Example sentences of "[art] [adj] or [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , there may well be reluctance or bad feeling when the operative or gang is obliged to undertake work without bonus . |
| 2 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 3 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 4 | My father preferred and still prefers to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue is about to be potted . |
| 5 | My father preferred to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue was about to be potted . |
| 6 | For Leese , the Nordic or Aryan was the sole creator of culture and civilization . |
| 7 | On the Continent the arbalest or crossbow was used extensively , and crossbowmen often formed an individual armoured unit , both for defensive purposes and as a serious threat to charging cavalry . |
| 8 | Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November . |
| 9 | When either the supply or the demand curve for a good or service is very inelastic , the imposition of a tax will lead only to a small change in quantity . |
| 10 | The most common reaction when hearing of the sudden death of a relative or friend is to say it can not be true ! |
| 11 | An " interim " residence order may be a satisfactory alternative to care where a relative or friend is able to offer the child a home for the duration of the proceedings . |
| 12 | It is not a geographical accident of birth that determines whether an individual or group is going to be rich or poor , but a question of class location . |
| 13 | A rejection of an ideal or principle is involved only if , when considering the relation of a man to his acts , his principle or ideal is regarded as absolute in the sense that it constitutes an infallible guide to human conduct , or if it is conceived of as a maxim in the Kantian sense and provides the reason a man might have for thinking it worthwhile for him to act morally . |
| 14 | An eighteen or nineteen-year-old is usually much more mature than a fourteen or fifteen-year-old , and may even be contemplating marriage by this time . |