Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is quite general : when the pragmatic implications of an utterance do not match the context , then in general the utterance is not treated as in any way infelicitous or inappropriate or bizarre-rather the pragmatic implications are simply assumed not to hold . |
| 2 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |
| 3 | If anything more was promised informally or verbally the American version remains classified . |
| 4 | So that was how it all began — the life , or rather the new life , or better still the Good Life . |
| 5 | The unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about so much , or rather the unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about a further statement about so much , follows from the metalinguistic view . |
| 6 | The point , or rather the angled corner , of the Polychromos Pastel and its chisel-like leading edge gives it is immediate graphic potential . |
| 7 | She was the defendant , or rather the accused , and should have known it all along . |
| 8 | Or rather the Neapolitan bone-ache , for that , methinks , is the curse depending on those that war for a placket . |
| 9 | He reached the door , or rather the cast-iron gate as his destination was a villa , quite a large villa with a central courtyard . |
| 10 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 11 | To revert to our example , we shall have to account for the fact that the predicate human , or rather the predicable " — is human " , unlike the predicable " — is a dragon " , has the capacity of being turned into a true proposition , and in order to do this , we shall have to make use of our original proposition , viz. that men do actually exist ( in the full-blooded sense of " exist " ) , and if so , nothing of any substance will have been accomplished by the attempted " reduction " . |
| 12 | It is the new paganism , or rather the old variety with a facelift and a fresh application of make-up . |
| 13 | I now had the distinct impression that headvoice had been right all the time , that it was in fact down to me , or rather the old ‘ guilty conscience ’ ( which is well known to be capable of playing up without proper cause ) , playing tricks with my head . |
| 14 | They were all here , or rather the outward appearance of what was them was here . |
| 15 | For the builder the most significant disadvantages created by the employment of directly employed labour are the need to : ( a ) Create incentive or motivation which will induce the operative to achieve a production rate that will equal or better the tender or estimate . |
| 16 | Or perhaps the subtle energy with which the place is charged will encourage the growth of a tree or the thickening of a hedge . |
| 17 | Or perhaps the recent tremor was just a prelude to the really big one . |
| 18 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 19 | Or perhaps the New Horizons people would prefer you to buy WinMail , which Software Partners also have on their lists at the same price — we 'll perhaps look at that another time . |
| 20 | Despite that , there are many cases when hill climbing is the best or perhaps the only practical approach : |
| 21 | Sometimes there is a curious line of dots curved into an arc shape , which may be taken to represent a rainbow or perhaps the Milky Way . |
| 22 | In the late seventeen hundreds or perhaps the early eighteen hundreds ’ |
| 23 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 24 | The talks came to grief after the separatists insisted that the government , or perhaps the ruling Socialist party , should publicly acknowledge that its representatives had agreed to negotiate with ETA on the Basque country 's political future . |
| 25 | At Stockwell Manor School we meet a certain amount of competition for the working areas and sometimes need to round-up hordes of energetic youngsters who have invaded the gym or perhaps the quiet concentration of a theory lesson is assailed by a steel band at full volume . |
| 26 | Examples include the attractive Devonshire Cup Coral , Caryophyllia smithi , which is a warm water species with a rather restricted distribution in the south and west ; or perhaps the attractive Leopard spotted Goby , Thorogobius ephippiatus a small fish know to be plentiful in the Mediterranean , but seen mostly by SCUBA divers . |
| 27 | Although some traces , such as scratch marks , can be attributed to arthropods ( or perhaps the related anomalocariids ) , in general tying traces to their makers is difficult . |
| 28 | Theorists tell us it ought to look more like a symphony orchestra or a hospital or perhaps the British Raj . |
| 29 | In spring it might be a cluster of brilliant tulips ; later on , splashes of annuals , or perhaps the fleeting but spectacular display of a tree in full blossom . |
| 30 | Though , as I mentioned , I was unable to make contact with Mr Mint , a letter accompanying his essay did make clear the unfortunate fact that its standard — or perhaps the startling originality of its thinking — did not meet with the examiners ' approval . |