Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] a [noun] or " in BNC.

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1 It is perhaps dubious to argue that a prayer or worship becomes more efficacious if more people join in , but there is no doubt that man was created a social animal and ritual that is shared is ritual that becomes more meaningful .
2 A Coventry survey of the registered disabled showed that a half or more experienced difficulty with hills , ramps , steps and crowds , a third with crossing roads , a fifth with uneven or narrow pavements , and a tenth with kerbs .
3 There are times when it is difficult to decide whether a syllable or word has one or two lengthened segments , if it is the vowel or the consonant that is lengthened , or both .
4 In what sense is it true to say that a watch or an airliner or an earwig or a person is complex , but the moon is simple ?
5 But it is not true to say that a legacy or institution made in terms other than these was unquestionably void .
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