Example sentences of "an [adj] or a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Administration of bFGF ( 3–300 µg/kg/day ) by an intragastric or an intraperitoneal route or sucralfate ( 400 mg/kg/day ) orally to rats with acetic acid induced gastric ulcers , enhanced the healing rate of these ulcers during seven day treatment in a dose dependent manner . |
| 2 | In judging this record there has been a strong tendency among commentators , from either an economic or a political viewpoint , to award the Labour government good marks for achievement [ Morgan , 1984 ; Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 3 | Meiklejohn says , " Every adjective is either an explicit or an implicit predicate " , the former corresponding in his book to appearance in predicative position and the latter to attributive use ; and he goes on to show , with examples , that he takes exactly the same view as is found later in accounts given within a Chomskyan framework . |
| 4 | There is evidence that some species of trichonemes may become resistant to benzimidazole compounds and to avoid this it is suggested that these should be alternated with chemically unrelated anthelmintics on an annual or a six-monthly basis . |
| 5 | The ownership of newspapers has rarely been seen as either an easy or a sure way of acquiring fortunes . |
| 6 | We are clued into Artistic seriousness by an arabesque or a beaten jump , into Moral seriousness by a hungry contraction or protracted lift . |
| 7 | The extent to which the exchange rate can contribute to the adjustment mechanism , in either an automatic or a discretionary manner , is influenced by the type of exchange rate system in operation . |
| 8 | These arguments can then be tested by studies in the field of either an observational or an experimental nature . |
| 9 | This fury can look like an onanistic or a solipsistic fury . |
| 10 | It may then be a momentary thought , a fleeting hope , the colouring of a feeling , the forming of an intention , a decision , a choice , a continuing sensation , an inactive or an active sensation ( pp. 221 f. ) , a persistent mood . |
| 11 | Analysis of ozone measurements for the 1970s , taken by 36 Dobson spectrophotometers throughout the world , reveal no evidence for either an upward or a downward trend , either on a global basis or on a regional basis ( Reinsel , 1981 ; Reinsel et al. , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | As he was not an insensitive or a brave man , the larger items in the national dailies frequently upset him and clouded his mind with vague anxieties . |
| 13 | The model including a recessive major locus gave a better fit than the model including an additive or a dominant locus , but the fit was not significantly better than for the multifactorial model with or without a generational difference . |
| 14 | We try to establish what caused it — was it an internal or an external cause ? |
| 15 | We discuss later in the chapter ( see section 8.4 ) the kinds of factors that determine whether a speaker decides to use an active or a passive sentence and factors that determine other such decisions about sentence structure . |
| 16 | Subjects were told whether to produce an active or a passive sentence to describe the picture , and production latency was measured . |
| 17 | Whether you want an active or a relaxed holiday in Bavaria , one thing does n't alter — the most breathtakingly beautiful scenery in Germany . |