Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was still an hour or so left of debate . |
| 2 | Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap . |
| 3 | The cake keeps well in a tin or tightly wrapped in foil and should be served sliced , buttered or with jam . |
| 4 | The rank was either conferred by birth or else acquired by practice of the law , medicine or the liberal sciences , membership of a university , or serving as a ‘ captain in war ’ . |
| 5 | As a result , the wider human habitat , far from being humanised and ennobled by man 's agricultural activities , becomes standardised to dreariness or even degraded to ugliness ’ . |
| 6 | If not , one presumes that radiography would have either shown no lesion or not contributed to management of disease . |
| 7 | Since West German parties and voters have deep respect for professional competence , lists may include also experts not distinguished for party , activity or well suited to constituency campaigning . |
| 8 | If they broke the vow a curse would ensue according to which they would be savaged by a bear , split apart by an axe , knifed to death or even choked by food . |
| 9 | Iron sulphides occur naturally in the form of mineral iron pyrites , derived from rock slate or else found in peat and marine deposits . |
| 10 | Dr Peter Fleming , who has done research in Bristol , said overheating due to environmental temperature , over-insulation or both contributed to cot death . |