Example sentences of "or [det] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In this region the integration of the drainage pattern is so good that practically every point in the area can be assigned to one or another of the former drainage basins .
2 Although there is a very wide range of coldwater fish which may be kept in a garden pond the majority of pondkeepers choose Orfe or some of the many varieties of goldfish .
3 Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting .
4 Lower courts will be bound by that precedent , while superior courts or those of the same rank will not upset it without reasoned consideration .
5 Policy statements which emanate from government departments are often , in practice , the product of prior consultation and negotiation between the centre and one or more of the many associations — not least the professional bodies , which on occasions serve to ‘ unite ’ civil servants and local authority employees .
6 Do n't be tempted to buy three or more of the same species .
7 If any readers know anything of the current whereabouts of Tin Tin , Milly Molly Mandy , Jennings and/or Derbyshire , Rupert Bear , any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven , Billy Bunter , My Naughty Little Sister ( presumably now in freelance tax-free employment round the back of King 's Cross ? ) or any of the many others , I 'd like to hear about it .
8 I 'm no braver than Mrs Smith or Mr Jones , or 2-year-old Tommy , or any of the many people who have cancer .
9 Or both at the same time ?
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