Example sentences of "or [art] [noun] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A male may not be aware or the possibility or a female 's alternative reading of what an object constitutes or signifies ; similarly , it may never occur to a member of a one social class that some revered object may be subject to a parodied and subversive interpretation by members of another . |
| 2 | If the liberal humanist wishes to criticize a Christian or a Buddhist or a Marxist , that is his right . |
| 3 | Want to get a comedy or a thriller or a drama . |
| 4 | That 's saying that being a biker or a greaser or a punk is dirty — that 's a real stereotype old people believe about young people . |
| 5 | I ai n't a bl builder or a carpenter or a chippy or a tiler but as I say I I I plan it out , always plan it out how I 'm going to do it . |
| 6 | ‘ I never , ever had any desire to run a hotel or a bar or a restaurant . |
| 7 | In most contexts , however , the natural ‘ effort after meaning ’ will impel the hearer / reader to try to co-interpret chunks of language which he finds close to each other on a page , or a stone or a wall and , where possible , to interpret the language as relevant to the physical context . |
| 8 | It is to require banks to hold capital specifically against market risk — broadly , the chance that the price of a share or a bond or a currency , for example , will fall , and expose the bank that holds it to loss . |
| 9 | Or a tap or a till or a thought or a thrill , |
| 10 | What we do is prompted by what we believed a minute or a year or a century ago . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you want to build a hangar or a silo or a workshop ? |
| 12 | During the summer months it was possible to get a much more highly paid job as a housecleaner , a ‘ barker ’ or a bingo-caller or a taxi driver , and so the winter job of working in a factory was a ‘ stop gap ’ . |
| 13 | Not a sock or a shirt or a kettle or a jam jar or a jawbox or a cludgie . |
| 14 | Great effort , patience and care are not required ; for destruction , all that is necessary is strong arms , or a knife or a gun ’ |
| 15 | Whether it was a zebra , or a panda or a bear or a seal , cat , ocelot or kangaroo was unclear , but whatever it was , on the grounds of its appearance , it had every good reason to be depressed . |
| 16 | Or a tap or a till or a thought or a thrill , |
| 17 | At worst he was boring , in the same way that a golfer or a photographer or a dinghy-sailor or any other person obsessed by a hobby is boring . |
| 18 | Every now and again , without a word , he would point at some object , a chair perhaps , or a sideboard or a marquetry table which had graced some Krishnapur drawing-room , and his henchmen would dart forward , seize it , and carry it away . |
| 19 | Do we wonder if they live alone , or if there is a mother at home or a sister or a husband ? |
| 20 | Eight-year-old Judi Ellingham of Eastcroft School told the Secretary of State : ’ I want to be a footballer , or a violinist or a firefighter . ’ |
| 21 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 22 | Or a tap or a till or a thought or a thrill , |
| 23 | Indeed if the three years and a day expire on a Saturday or a Sunday or a bank holiday , when one can not issue a writ , the limitation period is extended until the next day on which one can ( Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [ 1973 ] QB 336 ) . |
| 24 | At least seventy five percent you can work out well what have we got we got an acid or a base or a carbonate or what , and does it fit any of the I mean there are n't many patterns , there 's metal acid , what does that give ? |
| 25 | A vast bulk of political time was taken up with the importunacy of subjects : petitions for an office or a wardship or a lease of Crown land ; begging letters for pensions ; suits for a pardon ; requests for the Crown 's help in a law-case . |
| 26 | Without this , human language would be limited to mentioning phrases , in principle indefinitely many , and in principle without restriction on their length , but still merely phrases , not construed into a whole capable of constituting a statement ( or a question or a command ) . |
| 27 | The termination of a benefit or a payment or a service is a sharp , specific assault upon identifiable individuals ; it gives political opponents something solid to talk about ; they can actually produce the bodies and point to the wounds . |
| 28 | Well when you 've got a fence or a shed or a garage to cover up . |
| 29 | The T V image woman does not push a buggy or a vacuum cleaner , or a lawnmower or a shopping trolley . |
| 30 | Now the other thing about an integral really when it boils down to it it 's only a number or a function or a sine or a cos it comes down to you these are just numbers you 're playing with erm |