Example sentences of "[v-ing] either a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they have reached an impasse , lasting either a year or 22 years , according to one 's point of view , they must keep trying . |
| 2 | There 's an underwater pump feeding either a fountain or a 30 gallon filter tank . |
| 3 | DRTF1 was purified from F9 EC whole cell extracts by sequential applications to a DNA-binding-site affinity matrix containing either a wild-type or mutant binding site . |
| 4 | Such reclining figures , clasping either a cornucopia or an urn ( and sometimes both ) , date back to at least the mid-sixteenth century ( for example at the Villa Lante at Bagnaia in Italy ) and were a commonplace in late seventeenth-century Baroque gardens ( for example at Vaux-le-Vicomte , Versailles and Het Loo ) . |
| 5 | When she had booked herself a room the clerk had suggested taking either a water-taxi or a vaporetto to the hotel . |
| 6 | Nineteenth-century choreographers creating either a character or a national ballet used both occupational and natural emotional gesture in their dance designs . |
| 7 | A little girl carrying either a doll or a child walked back and forth behind the windows . |
| 8 | In the Christianson and E. F. Loftus ( 1991 ) study subjects were shown a series of slides with a critical slide showing either a woman cycling ( neutral condition ) , a woman lying on the ground near her bicycle and bleeding from a head injury ( arousal condition ) , or a woman carrying her bicycle ( unusual condition ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a ferocious attack on his groin using either a knife or a screwdriver . |
| 10 | One is chemical , using either a metal softener or corrosive . |
| 11 | We believe that an emergency mesocaval shunt using either a vein graft or a synthetic material such as polytetrafluoroethylene is the procedure of choice for this difficult group of very sick patients . |
| 12 | All these can be difficult to file , so why not try the following : convert all documents to A4 size , using either a photocopier or paste and paper . |
| 13 | ( b ) question specific ; or , consist of generalized categories reflecting either a view of mathematical features , e.g. " skills " , " knowledge " , " systematic working " , " can make conjectures " ; or , may refer to phases of work undertaken by pupils , e.g. " method " , " results " , " conclusion " , not all to mathematical processes or content . |
| 14 | In a randomised blinded phase I/II trial comparing Ro-24-7429 with nucleoside RT inhibitors in 96 patients ( CD4 50–500/L ) , Haubrich et al ( California , USA ) found that although the drug was well tolerated , it was ineffective in producing either a rise in CD4 count or a fall in p24 antigen activity . |
| 15 | At Clubs offering half or full board , you can start the evening enjoying either a table d'hôte , buffet-style or an à la carte meal . |
| 16 | He is now in danger of receiving either a kick or a foot stomp . |
| 17 | The correct item was the one following either a photo frame , a vase or a window . |
| 18 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |