Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] or even [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of one bee carrying out a struggling sister or even the queen should convince us that behaviour can seem intelligent in its normal context without any need for the intellectual participation of the actors . |
| 2 | For about 100 years Jewish and Christian scholars have demonstrated over and over again that the stereotype of the Pharisees found in the Gospels is a distortion which reflects the animosity of the Evangelists rather than the historical truth or even the attitude of Jesus himself . |
| 3 | A year of continuous musical training at a conservatoire and she would be fit for a top orchestra or even the concert platform . |
| 4 | The submissive spouse or even the martyr may be giving rein in an oblique way to a desire for mental or physical pain . |
| 5 | Some are remarkably hardy , whereas others need the protection of a warm wall or even a greenhouse . |
| 6 | No wonder people sometimes start right off with an official complaint or even a writ . |
| 7 | The Throwbag Holster from Suzy is a carrying device for the Green Slime 's Rescue Throwbag , other line of similar size or even a camera , flares at sea or other item of equipment . |
| 8 | Aptly named Tumbler is an ideal tomato for a large basket or even a patio tub or window box . |
| 9 | For some people ‘ appraisal ’ smacks too much of an excessively rigid method which could involve unfair disciplining or even the sack . |
| 10 | AT A TIME when many private railways are suffering stagnant growth or even a decline , the Great Central Railway is enjoying a steady rise in income from the second year running . |
| 11 | Thus , if a trustee of a family trust or a nominee or bare trustee or even an agent receives rent there can be a liability to income tax on him ( normally just at the basic rate but sometimes at the additional rate ) . |
| 12 | BATON DE MESURE : A very short rod or even a scroll of paper used in a concert by the Maître to control the rhythm and indicate metre and tempo . |
| 13 | Of course the Tory party will simply say it is up to the others to attract a winning minority or even a majority . |
| 14 | The procedure is very informal ; a short note or even a telephone call will suffice in the first instance as we are mainly interested in concepts rather than with detailed descriptions . |
| 15 | I am going to vote against the motion , I 'm disappointed with the liberal group not come in with a more constructive amendment or even a proposal , as I would say asked you to do . |
| 16 | In insects with a complete metamorphosis the wings arise from imaginal buds or thickenings of the epidermis , usually in the neighbourhood of one of the larger tracheae , and are evident in the very young larva or even the embryo . |
| 17 | Often only broken fragments of these inlays survive , and nothing of the item of furniture to which they were attached , so it is difficult to visualize the original effect or even the extent of the shell decoration . |
| 18 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |