Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that , thought Dalgliesh wryly , was better than a note in the parish magazine , a telephone call to the daily papers or a sermon next Sunday on the phenomenon of stigmata and the inscrutable wisdom of providence . |
| 2 | A glance at the architectural section of any of the annual handbooks published by the leading denominations or a survey of the denominational press shows how important they had become . |
| 3 | 1.23 As a result of the automatic directions or a direction for reciprocal disclosure of medical evidence , evidence is agreed in the majority of cases . |
| 4 | The substance can be the damaged goods or a fuel ( e.g. coal or gas ) or tobacco . |
| 5 | You can use either the border version , the single motifs or a combination of both . |
| 6 | fix it firmly at the vase with a few stitches or a spot of glue and pull it round the ‘ neck ’ by winding a thread round it ( you 'll have a few small folds here ) . |
| 7 | A few apricots or a slice of bread will not by themselves supply that much iron . |
| 8 | In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis . |
| 9 | In addition , these holiday centres are increasingly catering for second holidays — a few nights or a week or so spent off-season — taken in addition to the main holiday abroad . |
| 10 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 11 | Money , said Constance , no longer had any relevance to the value of half a dozen eggs or a side of mutton , but had become a separate commodity for rich men to play with . |
| 12 | The town horses came in every three weeks or a month for re-shoeing . |
| 13 | Well , for a hundred miles or an hour , but you did a tenth of a mile in a , a thousandth of an hour . |
| 14 | At no time should a true satyāgrahi or a brahmacārin seek to avoid the company of women , but whether this justifies him in openly seeking the company of women in order to prove the strength of his brahmacārya vow , as Gandhi himself occasionally did , is a highly debatable point . |