Example sentences of "or [adj] [noun] [art] [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concluded that he would either have saved £2,000 a year or that £2,000 a year would have gone towards any increase that there might have been in the cost of living or any increase in the standard of living of the family . |
| 2 | Tests show that eating lots of fibre or switching to polyunsaturated fats has about as much chance of prolonging your life as wearing a wig , but a kipper two or three times a week will have your life assurance rep collecting the premiums for ever . |
| 3 | However , even as little as two or three sessions a week can help to reduce stress , improve concentration and encourage creativity and inspiration . |
| 4 | This is more likely when , for example , the difficulties concern the general aspects of a relationship , or non-specific dissatisfaction a person may experience with his current lifestyle . |
| 5 | Where a loss is caused by wear and tear or gradual deterioration no claim will be recoverable under this Policy wording . |
| 6 | If a long hall was to be vaulted by a cross or groined vault the room would be divided by piers into square bays each of which would be covered by a cross vault . |
| 7 | Given his rate of drift , within ten or fifteen minutes the home-base would pass onward beneath him . |
| 8 | For fourteen or fifteen years no man could have been less conscious of himself and of his own life , less informed about the world than Antoine Bloye . |
| 9 | If it were possible to be clear about what power or general role the House should have , the relations between MPs and the executive could be adjusted accordingly . |
| 10 | With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found . |
| 11 | On the cheaper , and slower , PCR or SlideWriter recorders the process can run to 12 or 15 minutes . |
| 12 | The fresher the soot , the longer it needed to percolate through the hessian , but within three or four days the water would be nicely laced . |
| 13 | For late or underpaid tax the rate will be 2.5% over bank base rate less tax relief at the small companies rate of corporation tax ( currently 25% ) . |