Example sentences of "or [adv] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , take what occurs around the 29th or thereabouts as a definite sign or signal from the heavens that not only must life go on , but that it also has to get better and better . |
| 2 | Foucault has even been accused of returning , in this work , to the concept of a totality in the episteme ; it has certainly been somewhat hastily assumed that the latter can be appropriated more or less as a new way of describing a historical ‘ period ’ . |
| 3 | Medved muddies the waters by treating cinema , television and pop more or less as a single entity . |
| 4 | These indicate that three strands have been plied together ; they are obviously thicker and knit up more or less as a double knitting type yarn . |
| 5 | The institution of monarchy thus dominated the political horizon , whether it was thought of in terms of Divine Right or merely as a secular institution guaranteeing civil peace and security . |
| 6 | Whether this ebullient novel of 1923 is to be considered as a parody or just as a light-hearted analogue of The Prisoner of Zenda , the resemblances are too close to be mere coincidence . |
| 7 | Presently , we are looking to the completion of the scheme , either as flats or possibly as a small hotel or restaurant . |
| 8 | The practice then has to be " proved " by evidence as to the intention of the parties , expert evidence on a trade practice or usage , a trade or technical gloss on the meaning of a particular term , or even as a separate term implied into the rules . |
| 9 | If you were involved in things at a senior level , whether it were as an administrator , a Minister or even as a senior policeman , you had hundreds of things on the go at any one time . |
| 10 | ‘ Any expenses incurred by the local authority under this section , together with interest from the date when a demand for the expenses is served until payment , may … be recovered by them , by action or summarily as a civil debt , from the person having control of the house … |
| 11 | Do people now think of their ‘ family ’ solely or principally as a conjugal unit , according other kin a very limited place ? |
| 12 | The latter can be thought of either as something like a pointer moving across a scale to a mark labelled " here " , or ultimately as a conscious observer looking at such a pointer and saying " By Jove , the electron 's here " on this occasion . |