Example sentences of "[subord] a [adj] [noun sg] or a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels , but if I have no love my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell . |
| 2 | Fifth , it is a continuous or long term process rather than a one-shot exercise or a brief episode in the life of the school . |
| 3 | There was no impetus to develop anything more sophisticated than a spoken announcement or a separate piece of paper packed into the box . |
| 4 | But that is what the arrangement was : an alliance rather than a consolidated interest or a genuinely shared culture . |
| 5 | If the indices are raised , say , from 2 to , then the closed curve produced has more character than a simple rectangle or a simple ellipse … it becomes a superellipse . |
| 6 | Thereafter it 's no more than a recurrent talking-point or a way of talking down , with all this I do n't feel I really know you and What 's really going on in there ? and Show me the real you . |
| 7 | The unspoken and unacceptable reality is that when I do decide to have a baby , my bosses will regard me as less promotable than a childless woman or a man . ’ |
| 8 | Believe me , when you are hungry , really hungry , so that your stomach clings to your backbone , nothing is more tasty than a succulent rat or a well-roasted leg of cat ! ] |
| 9 | Scrounges — unofficial ways of resisting the uniformity of the beat — often meant little more than an illegal cigarette or a beer , forms of resistance accompanied by their own surreptitious rituals . |
| 10 | You see , it needed more strength than an elderly lady or a boy could have . |
| 11 | A high level of linguistic competence is obviously an advantage but a flair for friendship is more important than an impeccable accent or a perfect lexicon . |
| 12 | Enriched uranium or plutonium in the wrong hands could be infinitely more dangerous than an oil-rig fire or a coal mine disaster . |
| 13 | You must wait at that depth , within 0.5 metres , until a shallower depth or a new no-stop time is indicated . |
| 14 | If a sole trader or a partnership goes bankrupt the sole trader or partners respectively are fully liable for the debts of the business . |
| 15 | If the houses are bought by the council then the occupants remain secure tenants , but if a private landlord or a housing association becomes the new owner then occupants become assured tenants . |
| 16 | At this stage , if an invalid date or a date later than the current date is entered , an error is reported and the date is requested again . |
| 17 | If an invalid date or a date in the past is entered , an error message will be displayed and you will be requested to correct the input . |
| 18 | The nimblest escapees hopped across the heads of the living and the dead , till a twisted ankle or a gasping angry hand brought them down . |
| 19 | The main reason for this caution is that since a magnetic tape or a photograph furnish a permanent record of behaviour , the subject is entitled to be aware that such a permanent record is being made . |
| 20 | A cinema organ is like a big jelly mould , illuminated from within , a most spectacular thing that changed colour according to whether a major key or a minor key was being played . |
| 21 | However one designs the procedure — whether a parliamentary procedure or a public inquiry — the majority of poeple will think that it is unfair that it is being forced or inflicted on them . |
| 22 | The European Court further ruled in this case that Arts 48 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not prevent a member state from requiring that the exercise of the profession of auditor in that state by a person qualified to carry on that profession in another member state be subject to conditions which are objectively necessary to guarantee observation of professional rules concerning the permanence of the infrastructure in place for the completion of the work , the effective presence in the member state and assurance of the observation of professional ethics , unless respect for such rules and conditions is already guaranteed by a reviseur d'entreprises , whether a natural person or a firm , established and recognised in the state , and in whose service is placed , for the duration of the work , the person who intends to exercise the profession of auditor . |
| 23 | The user can also indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 24 | The user can also indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 25 | The user can also indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 26 | The user can also indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 27 | The user can also indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 28 | The user can indicate whether an Abbreviated Listing or a Full Listing is required . |
| 29 | There will be serious dangers , however , if the information that is set out in performance tables is clouded by footnotes and qualifications , which sometimes are advocated because they are designed to prove that whatever the differences between examination performances there is no such thing as a good school or a bad school . |
| 30 | Broadly speaking , it can be challenged in the same way as a floating charge or a preference can be challenged under the Insolvency Act 1986 . |