Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the replacement needs to be something desirable and/or less harmful than the original habit you are seeking to break . |
| 2 | Above all , the deprave-and-corrupt test carries the sense of something ‘ strikingly or importantly bad or evil ’ , to quote the words of an educationalist in The Times ( 1977 ) , who continued : |
| 3 | Every time I think about it I 'm either too busy or the weather 's too rotten , when I 'm not tired the weather 's pouring with rain or bitterly cold or . |
| 4 | Ceauşescu 's decision to immortalize his rule in stone , or rather concrete and imitation marble , made clear the anachronistic , even archaic nature of his rule . |
| 5 | As David Aers has skilfully shown , the merchant , the monk and the very language of the Shipman 's Tale do co-act at a general level to show a society where spiritual growth has been stunted , or rather deformed and directed away from an ideal moral and spiritual state . |
| 6 | For example , it is often the case that the essential characteristic of a " slave " is not that he is in a servile position or economically disadvantaged but that , not being a kinsman , he is denied the rights of a full human being . |
| 7 | John Smedley knitwear was given the Red Or Dead once-over and became mock-boy scout gear , while Russian babooshka doll prints on stretch velvet should be everywhere next summer . |
| 8 | By not feeling personally hurt or professionally inadequate when matters get worse despite one 's best efforts . |
| 9 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 10 | Sainte-Engrâce was until very recently a remote settlement , because the road into the valley was also the only road out ; as a consequence it had a fine tradition for smuggling , since the last thing Basque smugglers ever wanted was good roads along which they might be pursued by excise men far less agile or locally knowledgeable than themselves . |
| 11 | Although in both groups the disease can be either indolent or slowly progressive and most cases had a non-aggressive course , in patients grouped as low grade/mixed grade the disease can last for years and in those grouped as high grade for months only , a difference that is almost significant . |
| 12 | Total immersion is impossible or extremely rare and few anthropologists go completely native : most guardedly keep their distance yet observe and participate sufficiently to allow them to study things in their context . |
| 13 | That alcoholism occurs in people who are weak-willed or morally degenerate or both . |
| 14 | The handsomest loafer was again made by Faith Royal — lighter & less clumpy than others , and with the all round sole extension . |
| 15 | Add a little vanilla essence for vanilla buttercream ( about 1·25ml/¼tsp per 75g/3oz icing sugar ) , or perhaps orange or lemon juice for a citrus cream ( add 5ml/1tsp per 75g/3oz ) . |
| 16 | There 's ample scope for extending an accommodation enterprise by devising farm walks and selling your own produce , or perhaps growing and marketing something new . |
| 17 | The Imperial survey had not cited a continent which was more or less populated than any of the others . |
| 18 | First , the tasks we carry out are not only more or less complex but they also become more complex as they separate out into discrete categories or types of complexity . |
| 19 | The division of labour that achieves this may be more or less complex and more or less individuated . |
| 20 | Essentially it mean that er the work is is more or less complete and therefore we are pricing it on the basis of the actual out turn of costs . |
| 21 | Some might call Connaught the Real Ireland , but I do n't see why turf-cutters are any more or less real than Midland golfers who cut a different kind of turf when they swing their clubs . |
| 22 | Is it more or less progressive if the exemption is raised from 2000 to 5000 ? |
| 23 | Differences in ethnic identity , race , religion , social stratification , age and sex may be associated with more or less familiar or comprehensible values , attitudes and expectations . |
| 24 | A syllabus may be more or less fixed or negotiable ; apparently rigid courses can in fact be quite flexible in detail . |
| 25 | The rubber sheet could be more or less flat and of a certain definite size — it has a boundary or edge to it . |
| 26 | To have an infinite number of pebbles you 'd have to have a rubber sheet that was more or less flat and just went on and on for ever . |
| 27 | They have informed me that the seraglio contains beautiful apartments , more or less spacious and splendid according to the rank and income of the females . |
| 28 | No , the idea is , I 'll transcribe the tape more or less verbatim and then work in the other material . ’ |
| 29 | And gentility is a belief that life is always more or less orderly , people always more or less polite , their emotions and habits more or less decent and more or less controllable ; that God , in short , is more or less good , |
| 30 | The activities of politicians , pop stars and policemen notwithstanding , life for most people is much the same , obviously , whatever decade it is — more or less endurable if you are young , that is , and quite the opposite if you are not . |