Example sentences of "[to-vb] either the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need to know either the landlord or the tenant and , more important , he needs to know you before he can be expected to grant you the right to work on his land . |
| 2 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 3 | In this case the arbitrator has to accept either the position of the management or that of the workforce — the purpose of such arbitration is to encourage moderation , by discouraging unrealistically high pay claims from the workforce and unrealistically low offers from the management , in the expectation that a traditional arbitrator would eventually ‘ split the difference ’ between the two positions . |
| 4 | It seems extraordinary to today 's parents in England and the United States that women of the twenties and thirties should have been prepared to accept either the content of these pronouncements or the authoritarian tone in which they were made ; yet accepted they were , in that innumerable women made valiant efforts to stifle their natural desire to cuddle their babies and to feed them when they were hungry , or were wracked with guilt and shame when they ‘ mawkishly ’ rocked the child or sentimentally eased his stomach pangs in the small hours with a contraband couple of ounces . |
| 5 | Filters can be designed to extract either the background pattern or the pattern of local variation . |
| 6 | They spoke of ‘ an increasing displacement of the traditional curriculum in favour of new and artificial subjects ’ ; and they concluded that instead of such ‘ infantilizing ’ nonsense , ‘ the difficult subjects of the traditional curriculum are … the thing that is required if a child is to obtain either the competence necessary for a successful adult life , or the wider understanding and enriched experience which are the greatest benefits of education ’ . |
| 7 | His grandson and successor Louis XVI was not the man to regain either the power or the popularity of the monarchy . |
| 8 | We had been warned by a merchant on the road not to drink either the water or the muddy-coloured ales because the plague had recently been raging in the city and the streams might still be infected . |
| 9 | Once these stores are loaded , a process of CICR begins to activate either the IP 3 Rs or RYRs to release calcium . |
| 10 | This index enables you to select either the option to reserve a package or product name or alternatively reserve up to 29 source , foreign or pmodel names . |
| 11 | Conditional assembly is used within the macro to select either the screen or the auxiliary output depending on the value of op_flag . |
| 12 | For example an instrument which gives the holder the right to require either the transfer of cash or the issue of an equity share imposes an obligation on the issuer and should therefore be classified as a liability . |
| 13 | There was also the time when he was told he would have to win either the championship or the cup to ease the club 's financial plight . |
| 14 | The result was that producers wishing to secure a reasonable return from the British market had to persuade either the Rank or the ABPC booker to take their film . |
| 15 | Passengers who use this stop are advised to use either the stop on Yarnton Road or the stop on High Street outside Tesco . |
| 16 | I was well satisfied ; I had beaten what I considered to be a bogey track for me , determined not to let either the track or the stadium get the better of me . |
| 17 | Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . " |
| 18 | Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . " |
| 19 | However , there is as yet little experience or research to guide either the design of software for early education or the management of its use within classrooms . |
| 20 | Any attempt to determine either the direction of or the reason for changes in economic status must look at these four factors separately . |
| 21 | Where retirement relief is also claimed , the agreement of the market value will be deferred , unless requested by the claimants , until it is necessary to determine either the amount of the retirement relief due or the transferee 's cost of the asset . |
| 22 | Often , two individuals will sadly suffer their pain and loss alone , unable to share either the love or the suffering . |
| 23 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 24 | There is little evidence from controlled trials in this age group from which to assess either the value of treatment with antihypertensive drugs or their cumulative risk when taken for a remaining lifetime of 60 years or more . |
| 25 | If the matters set out in Article 15(1) are not established , the court will normally adjourn to allow either the gathering of further evidence or the making of fresh attempts to effect service . |
| 26 | These patients received treatment for H pylori infection and returned for endoscopy to investigate either the result of treatment or for the purpose of this study . |
| 27 | Married couples may now apply to have either the whole or half of their 1993/94 married couple 's allowance allocated to the wife ( p 105 ) . |
| 28 | Married couples may now apply to have either the whole or half of their 1993/94 married couple 's allowance allocated to the wife . |
| 29 | Schedule 17 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 which came into force on 1 July 1991 , aligns county court procedure with that of the High Court in allowing defendants in forfeiture cases to pay either the plaintiff or the court . |
| 30 | His naturally reserved style , together with his apparent unwillingness to condemn either the boycott or Sharpton 's involvement in the Bensonhurst case , resulted in widespread criticism that he was not doing more to ease racial tensions . |