Example sentences of "or an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dog , though , is not a repeated pattern of parts of a dog ; it is not a collection of ears or an assemblage of tails . |
| 2 | It is the autonomous achievement or pursuit of a goal or an activity of value which makes relationships and personal projects valuable . |
| 3 | Give a well organised and sustained account of an event , a personal experience or an activity . |
| 4 | Do you have a hobby — gardening , painting , collecting — or an activity — church or women 's group , political group , etc. — to which you regularly go ? |
| 5 | Very commonplace today go in to Thomas Cook 's there 'll be a video running continually with one destination or another or an activity holiday etcetera . |
| 6 | When one tries , one invariably finds an activity that one 's definition includes but that one would not want to count as a game , or an activity that the definition excludes but that one would want to count as a game . |
| 7 | If you sense a tantrum brewing , distract her with a toy or an activity that will get rid of some of her pent-up energy . |
| 8 | They have further powers , under the Mineral Workings Acts , to require improvements to be made or an activity to be stopped . |
| 9 | The subtitle could be ‘ Solidarity ’ and could take the form of a game ( Star Power ) or an activity of some sort . |
| 10 | He turned about abruptly , as if the subject was suddenly painful or an irritation . |
| 11 | In this analysis Freud thinks he has shown how even organized groups like a church or an army are held together . |
| 12 | try as one might , one ca n't change the group , but , but clearly these are not th the examples that Freud chooses are really big groups where the kind of factors he 's talking about comes through very clearly because y y you can not explain what happens in the Catholic Church or an army . |
| 13 | and I 'd like to go as an army chef or an army mechanic |
| 14 | The chemist suggested he try the Co-op , or an hotel . |
| 15 | Under the 1959 Act , only the holder of a public house or an hotel certificate could apply for a special permission , whereas , under 5.33 , any licence-holder . |
| 16 | The Prime Minister goes to Maastricht without a mandate or an agenda . |
| 17 | There are two artificial ways to clean the air — with an air purifier or an ioniser . |
| 18 | They may decide that they react to particular foods , on the basis of a bogus diagnostic test or an elimination diet that is not properly carried out . |
| 19 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 20 | Essentially the Finance Act 1986 has left the IHTA 1984 provisions intact but there are a number of changes , the most substantial one being that if an individual gives property to another individual , or an accumulation and maintenance trust , or a trust for the disabled and survives the gift by seven years and the gift is not subject to reservations ( the taxpayer can no longer have his cake and eat it ) no inheritance tax at all is payable . |
| 21 | For centuries the traveller who wanted to cross a sea or an ocean went to the nearest port and hung about until he found a ship going in his direction . |
| 22 | Every year , every clergyman in the diocese has an interview with a bishop or an archdeacon or a rural dean and , every five years , definitely with a bishop . |
| 23 | However a disadvantage of this technique in comparison with patch clamp is that you ca n't always guarantee the orientation of your channels , so that if you see some kind of rectifying characteristic in the bilayer er you have no way a prior of knowing whether that rectifying er characteristic is associated with an influx or an afflux from the cytoplasm . |
| 24 | One has to be a hypocrite or an innocent to believe that a husband will tolerate that kind of thing . |
| 25 | Was he an assassin or an innocent ? |
| 26 | Originating summonses and equivalent documents will be served by an officer of the court , who may be the clerk to the court ( as in Switzerland ) , or an officer with specific functions including the service of process ( such as the ufficiale giudiziario in Italy ) , or in some countries such as France a huissier de justice , a process-server appointed by the State authorities but engaged in a professional capacity by the plaintiff . |
| 27 | a person to whom this order is addressed or an officer or an agent appointed by a power of attorney of such a person or |
| 28 | The Local Government International Bureau exists to serve you , whether a member or an officer . |
| 29 | It is not always easy for an applicant to attend on a person to administer the oath and it has been agreed with the Department of Health and Social Security that the swearing should be dispensed with and the signature witnessed by the Commanding Officer or an officer appointed by him to do so . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) The Council may ( in order to ascertain whether or not any of these Rules or other rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of these Rules or section 9 of the Act are being complied with ) at any time by written notice require a recognised body or an officer or member of the body to submit to the Council any report , certificate , audit or other documentation or information which the Council may require and the recognised body or the officer or member as the case may be shall submit such item to the Council within such period as may be reasonably determined by the Council . |