Example sentences of "the [adj] or a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Circumstances which may lead to chronic grief or clinging , for instance , included a previous ambivalent relationship with the deceased or a previous relationship in which the survivor felt either inferior or insecure . |
2 | In each case students registered for the module in the current or a future term must be counselled about and registered for viable alternative programmes . |
3 | I was hoping that we could actually tease out as part of the discussion , whether there is erm a positive way forward if if we if you are minded if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , then I would hope we would tease out during the course of this discussion erm the preferred or a preferred host authority for this new settlement . |
4 | No matter whether the stochastic or a deterministic form is used , the successful use of the model will depend on two factors , which are |
5 | But , in support of the maternal depletion syndrome , perhaps contrary to popular belief , it appears from these data that a baby has better chances of being born alive to a woman in the 40–44 years age group if it is the first than the sixth or a higher order . |
6 | Any terms in light type which are not to be used as headings in the catalogue direct the cataloguer to a ‘ used ’ heading covering the same or a similar concept . |
7 | Instead , the vendor will normally seek undertakings from the purchaser only to operate the business in the same or a similar manner to the way it was operated before the sale . |
8 | Often the same or a similar fault can occur to the same aircraft a number of sectors later . |
9 | ( iii ) has had an order made against him which is not a bankruptcy order but which has the same or a similar effect under the law in force in any territory outside England and Wales ; |
10 | DNA typing showed the same or a similar strain to be present in at least two family members in three of the four family groups . |
11 | The idea is that if the seller can sell the goods elsewhere at the same or a higher price than the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller has lost nothing , in which case he will receive only nominal damages . |
12 | A hierarchical court structure is essential to give to a particular case a level of authority ; this will determine whether or not the case can be overruled by a decision of the same or a higher court , and which courts , if any , are bound by its decision . |
13 | If on the date the seller fails or refuses to deliver , the buyer can buy similar goods from elsewhere at the same or a cheaper price , then prima facie the buyer 's damages are only nominal . |
14 | It was obliged to do so if it was to operate within a competitive market where there were a sufficient number of firms producing the same or a substitutable commodity so that each firm was incapable of influencing the price of the commodity by adjusting its output . |
15 | ( 2 ) The High Court , or a judge thereof , or a county court , may , on the application by summons of any judgment creditor of a partner , make an order charging that partner 's interest in the partnership property and profits with payment of the amount of the judgment debt and interest thereon , and may by the same or a subsequent order appoint a receiver of that partner 's share of profits ( whether already declared or accruing ) , and of any other money which may be coming to him in respect of the partnership , and direct all accounts and inquiries , and give all other orders and directions which might have been directed or given if the charge had been made in favour of the judgment creditor by the partner , or which the circumstances of the case may require . |
16 | This second grating had either the same or a different orientation as the adapting grating and the subjects ' task was to indicate by means of a lever response whether the orientations were the same or different . |
17 | Therefore the features which recommend themselves to the attention in one text will not necessarily be important in another text by the same or a different author . |
18 | Whether the boxing and wrestling matches shown on the carved rhyton from Agia Triadha , a miniature fresco from Tylissos and certain sealings were part of the same or a different festival is not known : the way they are depicted suggests that they too had the quality of ritual struggle . |
19 | To generate the same type of report again with the same or a different set of inputs , the user should enter Y ( Yes ) and press RETURN . |
20 | For example , in Greene 's ( 1970a ) experiment subjects were asked to sort pairs of statements according to whether the statements in a pair had the same or a different meaning . |
21 | A Waiver of any breach of any terms or conditions of this appointment shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of conditions whether of the same or a different nature . |
22 | Geographers have studied the recent adaptations of local industries , such as Manchester clothing ( Gibbs , 1987 ) , but these appear to be more concerned with the survival of firms , with the same or a smaller workforce , than to do with major ‘ re-industrialization ’ . |
23 | Most years it was washed up again on the next or a later tide , but this was of no consequence so long as the Scapegoat had gone . |