Example sentences of "or [adj] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surprise findings have worried island fishermen , who want more detailed monitoring to determine whether the oil is localised or spread over a wide area . |
| 2 | The hardest problems are those where simple processes are hard to find , usually because of some complexity of the puzzle which makes it hard to see the effects of moves , or those where the basic coordinate system and hence a notation is hard to find . |
| 3 | A second or two later the powerful beam of the flashlight cut through the darkness . |
| 4 | At that instant control called to announce that there was an Air Raid warning and put out all the lights , followed immediately by bombs exploding on the airfield , I knew the airfield well and I stuck to my heading and switched on my landing light just to " feel " the ground , landed and rolled along until I felt a sharp jerk and a bash or two then a complete halt . |
| 5 | A lot of excellent furniture-makers that I know have an unreasonable fear of chair-making ; for some reason or other even the strong go limp at the thought of all those angles and curves . |