Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Cochrane et al. ( 1985 ) , the land-use practised depends mainly on how well or badly the savannas are drained . |
| 2 | It did n't take the Brain of Britain to deduce that he had known , somehow , that she had drugged his coffee , and full marks to his rapier mind — he had turned the tables , or rather the mugs , very neatly . |
| 3 | In 1813 he mentions ‘ our dance , or rather the girls ' first dance ’ and there are many other diary entries showing attendance at Balls at Hawkshead and Ambleside . |
| 4 | Shakespeare and Racine — or rather the developments which led up to them — each found his own reason . |
| 5 | So when my parent says to me , give those two units of parental investment that I just gave you , to , to offspring B I do n't want to , because the benefit to offspring B , or rather the genes I share with offspring B , does n't compensate sate me for the , for the sacrifice . |
| 6 | The exertions of all the different kinds of labour that are directly or indirectly involved in making it ; together with the abstinences or rather the waitings required for saving the capital used in making it : all these efforts and sacrifices together will be called the real cost of production of the commodity . |
| 7 | Thanks to his efforts — or rather the efforts of a couple of socially mobile former PR girls who worked for him — several fortunes were directed , with maximum publicity , into the coffers of the needy . |
| 8 | To read of the confrontations between newspaper owners and their staff , or rather the unions which represent them , you might think that this technology was a recent phenomenon . |
| 9 | But it is another matter to use these ideas , or rather the names of their originators , primarily as weapons against an insular establishment . |
| 10 | This position is undermined by the fact that the sharp distinction between observation and theory can not be maintained because observation , or rather the statements resulting from observation , are permeated by theory . |
| 11 | It must have been a worrying time for Titfords and Hasteds alike , not to mention the rest of the inhabitants of the densely-populated riverside parishes ; the victims of the killer — or rather the remains — were laid to rest in a corner of St George 's churchyard , while the murderer himself , who eventually committed suicide , was buried with a stake through him at the top of Cannon Street where the newly-built Commercial Road crossed . |
| 12 | People began to take notice of the miner 's conditions & inspectors from the govt. came & eventually the reports reached Parliament , where Acts were passed : |
| 13 | As we were hearing from Rupert just now , you know , you start if you travel to the States and spend two or three weeks wandering around there , you get an impression of the travel industry as a consumer , and you come back and go to a hotel here and you find that it seems a bit more expensive , or perhaps the meals are n't quite so good , or , as Rupert pointed out , the service is n't quite so good . |
| 14 | You could use these to make up some smaller pictures for the bridesmaids , or perhaps the mothers of the newly married couple . |
| 15 | It was oddly heavy — or perhaps the horses were very tired . |
| 16 | The highlights , or perhaps the lowlights , have included singer James Hetfield getting himself barbecued by an over-enthusiastic pyro , while the temporary pairing with Guns N' Roses caused further turbulence — or so the press would have us believe . |
| 17 | or perhaps the sports grounds down there |
| 18 | Others dived and scurried for any food they found — sometimes a speck of meat from the eagles ' own food , or perhaps the crumbs from some piece of bread that the visitors to the Zoo wrongly threw in . |
| 19 | Or perhaps the subjects of Cameron 's study were simply malnourished , as happens in many institutions , and the RNA served as a dietary supplement . |
| 20 | He has the manner , or perhaps the mannerisms of a bishop without actually having become one . ’ |
| 21 | If your claim is £650 or less no costs at all will be awarded to you . |
| 22 | The re the essence of was they made more or less the customers ' requirements . |
| 23 | There was quite a few men and made more or less the customers ' requirements and when I was in charge , there was sixteen and they , about in two or three parties , er you know and they 'd make different kinds of locks what was ordered and not particularly er mortice or rim er what the customer required . |
| 24 | No well more or less the branches had the opportunity to send in resolutions to the national agreement which were dealt with at conference . |
| 25 | Within a day or so the goods had been divided between the landlord and Mahmoud and removed from the premises . |
| 26 | Or so the girls from the postroom told me later . |
| 27 | Or so the stories went , and excellent publicity they proved to be . |
| 28 | Or so the organisers would have you think . |
| 29 | Emma : Too clever by half , Or so the critics said , week in , week out . |
| 30 | ‘ Pigs can fly already , or so the druggies think when they see the police helicopters . ’ |