Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ minimalist ’ manages to travel the world with everything packed into a small shoulder bag , and yet she always seems to have le vêtement juste — be it for a river-rafting trip , an ascent of an extinct volcano or an embassy garden party . |
| 2 | Scheme organiser Dawn Whitton said : ‘ Entries can include written reports or publications , tidying up campaigns , landscaping projects , studies of a species of wildlife , repairs to an historic building or a scheme to enhance a new development . |
| 3 | You will be able to choose between a single or a double oven , with an eye-level grill or a grill at waist level , often set into a small top oven . |
| 4 | However , drawing on an overdrawn account or an account overdrawn beyond the agreed credit limit does not amount to the appropriation of property because the bank has no obligation to meet the drawing . |
| 5 | This is because , with a literary text , what is caused is often inside your head : an emotional response or an impression of meaning . |
| 6 | Our only hope for a TV of our own was our uncle John Hep who did the bins and could always be relied on for an old radio or a gramophone . |
| 7 | If you are in an agency without someone trying to sell you something , even if it is only an old joke or a cup of coffee , within five minutes , you should be suspicious . |
| 8 | Ornaments , such as an interesting pot or a bust on a plinth , which make good daytime focal points , also look good at night . |
| 9 | The cripple , for example , who had flung Allen into the stream , was he an honest man or a rascal ? |
| 10 | Secondly , the assumption that the company behaved as a profit-maximizing unit of production just like an individual entrepreneur or a partnership was manifestly open to doubt . |
| 11 | An art monograph need not be about a person , but can be about an individual work or a scheme such as a mural decoration . |
| 12 | This form is to be completed if proofing of an individual entry or a range of entries is required . |
| 13 | This form is to be completed if cross-reference reports on an individual entry or a range of entries is required . |
| 14 | There were three types ( ‘ modes ’ ) , depending on whether the syllabus and/or examination were set by an examining board or a school . |
| 15 | Most of the time they will not need a tangible reward like an extra sweet or a trip to the park . |
| 16 | A modification in a theory , such as the addition of an extra postulate or a change in some existing postulate , that has no testable consequences that were not already testable consequences of the unmodified theory will be called ad hoc modifications . |
| 17 | Teaching about computers is important , both technically and from the role they 're going to have in the children 's lives , but as I have said before the main interest , from an educational point of view , is using it as one would use a video tape or an overhead projector or a blackboard and a piece of chalk . |
| 18 | It 's fairly clear when you would use a book or an Overhead Projector or a magazine picture in your teaching and it 's not difficult to see that video makes a different contribution . |
| 19 | In a communications system , the source of infra-red radiation may be an infra-red l.e.d. or a laser . |
| 20 | I was n't quite sure whether GLF was an actual entity or an attitude of mind . |
| 21 | In addition , the safety net of being able to dispose of an ill-targeted acquisition or a business that becomes non-core as a result of an acquisition may not exist when times are hard . |
| 22 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 23 | Forester could visualise the postman frowning at the interference with his sack , looking around angrily , seeing scuff-marks in the moss of the wall where Forester had stumbled over , the broken twigs and an undiscovered shoe or a sleeve glimpsed through the leaves ; he did n't dare even raise his head . |
| 24 | Certain contracts are excepted and are therefore not cancellable under the Regulations ( even if made during or following an unsolicited visit or an excursion ) , namely any contract : |
| 25 | ( a ) where a recognised body ceases to be registered under the Companies Act as an unlimited company or a company limited by shares ; |
| 26 | All bathroom light switches should be the ceiling-mounted , pullcord kind — as should double-pole switches fitted to control an electric shower or a shower pump . |
| 27 | Scorching of furniture left too near to an open fire or a gas fire would be considered as fire damage , but if it was an electric fire or a radiator , then this would not be fire damage as there would have been no combustion . |
| 28 | In this case the only possible solution when retrieval times become too long is to turn to an inverted file or a multilist . |
| 29 | It 's more difficult to capture the interest of TV and radio but they will pick up an unusual event or a visit to the school by a celebrity . |
| 30 | I mean Harlequins actually , erm , alleged that it was n't just an , an indiscriminate boot or a punch , this was quite er , yeah |