Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work . |
| 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 | Clothes can be costumes , and for some young women , walking down the street with bleached hair or a biker 's leather jacket says more about them than a thousand words . |
| 4 | They are likely to have low self esteem , a low income or no money . |
| 5 | A tall story or a tour de force ? |
| 6 | Staff can produce an individual handbook covering specific aspects of care , for example pre-operative preparation or a doctor 's preferences for treatment . |
| 7 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
| 8 | " If only Toby had a little money or a proper job — he 's a sweet boy , but " |
| 9 | APPLICATIONS FOR CREDITS FOR AREAS OF STUDY OF EITHER THE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OR THE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA PROGRAMME |
| 10 | Each centre which has received approval to offer a course leading to the Professional Certificate or the Professional Diploma is deemed to have accepted the HCIMA Regulations . |
| 11 | What is more , a technical standard for representing letters which uses Bézier curves does not depend on any characteristic of the machine which is doing the printing : the same set of curves can be used to drive a professional typesetter or a cheap laser-printer ( though most fonts have to include ‘ hints ’ which help coarser machines interpret the curves ) . |
| 12 | The big advantage is that it can be left to knit on its own , ideal for the busy working mum or the ‘ two machine ’ household . |
| 13 | Fundamentalism at its simplest is the reduction of a faith , a political creed or a way of life to an extreme and recognizable core which dominates that faith . |
| 14 | And the outcome of the general election , due next year , would seem to be either a hopelessly splintered parliament or a second period of ‘ co-habitation ’ between a Socialist president and a conservative prime minister . |
| 15 | The first analytic conception understands the state as a machine controlled by an external elite ( whether an elected political elite or a non-accountable business — social elite ) . |
| 16 | You could just drift and hang out and see what happened , which suited me fine , even more than being a Customs Officer or a professional footballer or a guitarist . |
| 17 | Because at the end of the day , at the end of the negotiations , we were left with the two choices either the our budget reduced by half a million , which is point one six per cent — right — that budget or the Labour budget . |
| 18 | But if one failure damns us for life , there would never be a happy second marriage , a confident second-test driver or a successful birthday cake . |
| 19 | Whether you 're a complete beginner or a well-practised expert , you can have bewitching stitching at your fingertips with our superb prizes |
| 20 | This is because , with a literary text , what is caused is often inside your head : an emotional response or an impression of meaning . |
| 21 | Expenditure programmes may be executed by the Department of Defense , by the State Highways Board or by agencies such as the Office of Economic Opportunity or the National Institutes of Health . |
| 22 | The group may provide guidelines for behaviour such as a professional ethic or a code of conduct . |
| 23 | For example , the word ball may be either a noun , a transitive verb or an intransitive verb but for 99% of cases may be treated simply as a noun . |
| 24 | This will include : ( i ) the mother ; ( ii ) the father if he was married to the mother when the child was born ; ( iii ) the father , if he was not married to the child 's mother when the child was born but he has since married her or now has a residence order , a court order which gives him parental responsibility or a formal parental responsibility agreement made with the mother in accordance with s4(2) of the Act ; ( iv ) a guardian of the child which in this context means a testamentary guardian appointed in accordance with s5 of the Act ; ( v ) anyone who holds a custody or residence order relating to the child ; ( vi ) a local authority which has a care order in respect of the child ; ( vii ) anyone who has been granted an emergency protection order ; ( viii ) in the case of an adopted child , the adopters in place of the natural parents . |
| 25 | While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) . |
| 26 | I can only assume that it stemmed from wishful thinking or a misunderstanding on the part of one of the council employees or officers . |
| 27 | Some continuity of personnel between the new and the old is often welcomed as the most effective means of preserving the loyalty of the clients and maybe the appointment of the sole practitioner or the senior partner of the acquired business as consultant to the new firm for a limited time will be considered . |
| 28 | Other sponsorships could be for travel or study overseas or for specific research or a long-term project . |
| 29 | If the figures are more marginal then the Policyholder should be offered the possibility of a constructive total loss or the option of having the vessel repaired whereupon we would pay the insured value less the Policy Excess subject to proof being provided that the vessel has in fact been repaired . |
| 30 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |