Example sentences of "with [adj] or [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue . |
| 2 | The leaflet marks a major departure in this country which has long ignored the millions of carers who struggle on alone with little or no financial help . |
| 3 | Other theatres operate this system quite successfully with little or no financial risk at all . |
| 4 | So far , the personnel mentioned in relation to ward teaching are those with little or no specific preparation for it . |
| 5 | Huge cuts in EPA 's research Funds ( down by nearly 50 per cent since Reagan took office ) can perhaps be justified on the grounds that , in hard times , scientific priorities can be temporarily reshuffled with little or no long-term damage . |
| 6 | Type I foci , which was regarded as not significant , consisted of condensed cells with little or no cellular overlap . |
| 7 | The Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture , formed in 1791 , was essentially a body of theorists and amateurs with little or no practical influence . |
| 8 | The researches of Keith Wrightson and David Levine have revealed that Terling was socially and culturally divided between , on the one hand , a godly elite of ‘ the better sort ’ — yeomen , substantial husbandmen , and craftsmen — who attempted to bring about a reformation of manners through their control of local offices ; and on the other , an illiterate ‘ multitude ’ with little or no religious commitment . |
| 9 | And of those cases , the majority involved matters of statutory interpretation with little or no political impact . |
| 10 | Compared with subjects with little or no periodontal disease , those with gingivitis were at about 23% higher risk , and those with periodontitis or who had no teeth were at about 50% higher risk of dying during follow up . |
| 11 | The scheme allowed the outsider , a solicitor with little or no criminal practice , to gain access to the criminal courts , receive a ready made clientele either through the cells or via the clerks and magistrates , represent these clients , get his face known , be talked about , be mentioned in the local newspaper and generally com-mence to build a reputation as a criminal lawyer . |
| 12 | The cut may be made with little or no apparent awareness , the patient suddenly discovering that she has cut herself and at the same time experiencing a sense of relief . |
| 13 | Cramped into the narrow property boundaries of the old farming strips , the alternative Brighton was built rapidly with little or no conscious design or realisation of the longer-term implications . |
| 14 | How I long to see the black kid depicted as something other than the tam-donning , dope-smoking , unemployed gang member , structuring his life around reggae music , blues parties , and thieving , and phrasing his life 's ambitions in terms of one day to the next with little or no positive orientation to the world and an outlook flavoured by prejudice and ignorance . |
| 15 | Many of the deliberations of the LDDC have been taken with little or no public scrutiny . |
| 16 | Sabbath observance is held most strictly in much of the Outer Hebrides , travelling amongst the locals being limited with little or no public transport . |
| 17 | Such management has been recruited from a combination of civil servants with little or no commercial experience , individuals with limited commercial experience in , for instance , the co-operative movement , individuals with experience in foreign-owned enterprises but at a low level , or even ex-politicians . |
| 18 | Certainly the importance of the TPC can not be overemphasised as , with more and more candidates entering the profession with little or no previous work experience , and all professions coming under more frequent pressure from a litigation-conscious public , the need for proven professionalism is greater than ever . |
| 19 | There are two first-year courses : one for students with the appropriate SCE or GCE qualifications ( Spanish 1B ) and the other for those with little or no previous knowledge of the language ( Spanish 1A ) . |
| 20 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
| 21 | He said ‘ We are approaching the situation where the ‘ mixed-economy ’ will mean public money funding private profit with little or no statutory provision to provide choice or help to set standards . ’ |
| 22 | It was a language with little or no tribal identity . |
| 23 | superficial self-cutting , usually of the wrist or forearm , associated with little or no suicidal intent . |
| 24 | Very dark halls with little or no natural light will benefit from what the Americans call ‘ Plugmold ’ . |
| 25 | We should be prepared to countenance the possibility that there will be children who leave school with little or no literary knowledge ; but there should be no children who leave without competence in their own native tongue . |
| 26 | The new work also involved the construction of a road over a quarter of a mile long but no unexpected difficulties were experienced , either with this or the realigned route of the railway . |
| 27 | In 1947 over half the mornings and one-third of the evenings were owned by companies with few or no other newspaper interests elsewhere . |
| 28 | But to be at his table , one would think South America were really there , to see a servant come in every day with ten or a dozen pine apples , as much as he can carry . |