Example sentences of "a [adj] or [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the Japanese are by no means a lazy or an idle race , and though they possess none of that apathetic indolence common to those Eastern races who dwell beneath a tropical sun , still all notions of speed , haste or flurry are utterly foreign to their nature . |
| 2 | one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest . |
| 3 | The 10th , 14th and 27th are departure points , whether this means leaving the past behind in a literal or a figurative way . |
| 4 | Awards may be held on either a full-time or a part-time basis . |
| 5 | With stable macro policies of either a monetary or a fiscal kind , rational expectations on behalf of economic agents mean that such agents fully appreciate the signals that trigger government policy and the prescriptions that follow , internalizing this into their behaviour . |
| 6 | Following Sambrook 's logic , though he does not use these terms , this image may interpreted either in a descriptive or a normative sense . |
| 7 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
| 8 | So I do n't think anyone here as an elected member , needs to defend their positions if they wish to move from a political or a bureaucratic policy to something which is more pluralist and much more representative of the kind of policies that this council should be discussing not only now but also in the future . |
| 9 | Should it be a historical or an anthropological science ? |
| 10 | Sisters were categorised by Orton ( 1980 ) as having either a high or a low student orientation . |
| 11 | Mary Helen Washington 's book is a formidable and elegant work of scholarship , a reference work to dip into time and time again , and a reminder that there is no such thing as a free or an easy book . |
| 12 | Research on UK quoted companies indicates that over half use either a wrong or an inappropriate technique for evaluating leases ( ‘ The Leasing Decision : A Comparison of Theory and Practice ’ by Colin Drury and Steven Braund , Accounting and Business Research , Vol 20 No 79 , Summer 1990 , pp 179–191 ) . |
| 13 | It may be a direct or an indirect restraint or it may be contained in an agreement outside the primary contract between the parties . |
| 14 | A later generation was to see Cistercians sent out as missionaries , especially among the heretics of the Languedoc ; and the wandering preacher — a very familiar figure in the twelfth century — became in the thirteenth a Franciscan or a Dominican friar . |
| 15 | These societies would have the duty of distributing the dividends from the shares on either a universal or a restricted basis . |
| 16 | Despite its title , the Public Order Act creates some offences which apply whether the conduct takes place in a public or a private place . |
| 17 | Section 4(2) of the Public Order Act 1986 extends the old Section 5 breach of the peace offence by providing : An offence under this section may be committed in a public or a private place , except that no offence is committed where the words or behaviour are used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation is distributed or displayed , by a person inside a dwelling and the other person is also inside that or another dwelling . |
| 18 | ‘ The location of the offence can be described in evidence by any witness of the incident to show that it occurred in a public or a private place . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 2 ) An offence under this section may be committed in a public or a private place , except that no offence is committed where the words or behaviour are used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation is distributed or displayed , by a person inside a dwelling and the other person is also inside that or another dwelling . ’ |
| 20 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 21 | Is it a male or a female speaker ? |
| 22 | Cousin in 1 can , of course , refer to either a male or a female cousin . |
| 23 | Shoes and socks are tackled before trousers , and track-suit trousers with an elasticated waist would be chosen for either a male or a female patient . |
| 24 | Whether we think the high price P M charged by a monopolist is a rip-off or the just reflection of what consumers are prepared to pay is a pure value judgement about equity . |
| 25 | This is not surprising , for the job of the liberal state was to maintain and promote the liberal society , which was not essentially a democratic or an equal society . |
| 26 | Within seconds visual behaviours are sending signals which create a favourable or an unfavourable impression . |
| 27 | Do sentences on the whole have a simple or a complex structure ? |
| 28 | Is this a clever or a foolish place to advertise a product associated with rapid communications ? |
| 29 | They are secured by either a fixed or a floating charge against the assets of the company . |
| 30 | Unsecured loan stocks are corporate bonds that are not secured by either a fixed or a floating charge . |