Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [prep] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can seek help with it in a number of ways : there are your own staff and possibly other work colleagues ; and there may be a personnel department or at least a person with some training in this area . |
| 2 | Whereas a system by thirds means that it 's unlikely that the council or at least a lot of councils , will suddenly have a quick switch around and you 'll get a greater continuity of policy . |
| 3 | Mr. Collins asserted that they had either such a right or at least a right that Lautro should consider whether to hear them . |
| 4 | These were essentially fighting men , or milites strenui , making a career of arms and receiving the sword-belt from a superior lord , preferably a king or at least a count . |
| 5 | This emphasis could be justified on the grounds that economics or at least a version of it — lies currently at the heart of government discourse on higher education , but it also reflects the fact that there is more to go on , in terms of information and analysis , with this aspect of the undergraduate curriculum than with the other seven . |
| 6 | In ideal circumstances a son or daughter may be able to provide a granny flat or at least a bedsitting-room which the older person can call their own and where they can have some personal furniture and possessions as well as privacy . |
| 7 | A young woman going to buy material for her Salwar Kamiz in Bradford or Newham would almost invariably be accompanied by her mother or husband or cousin or at least a friend . |
| 8 | Mrs Gray was a tall , fairish woman with a slight stoop or at least a tendency for her shoulders to bow forward round her chest . |
| 9 | Many still stand happily alone but they all know that without an ethernet or some other network port or at least a modem , they are very low technology in the world of the network . |