Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably the freezing or canning of peas or the turning of meat into sausages would amount to such an industrial process . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Fourteen per cent had only an occupational or state pension , while 16 per cent had one or other of these and also received income support . |
| 4 | This is not a political or class matter . |
| 5 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 6 | Whenever a new OR symbol X is folded , the algorithm modifies every AND production which contains an alternative for X. In the right hand side of each such production , it replaces every occurrence of P or Q or R or … by X. Thus , the production |
| 7 | Only women who are indigenous to the area wear masks , so she was a foreign Arab — probably a Sudanese or Somali . |
| 8 | The leaves when crushed give out a pungent or acid smell . |
| 9 | Show how the Exclusive Or operation can be used to ( a ) clear a word , ( b ) interchange two words without using an intermediate location , and ( c ) add two binary numbers ( And and shift may be used in this last part , but not of course any arithmetic operations ) . |
| 10 | It is then a parabolic or U-dune . |
| 11 | This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time . |
| 12 | If your profession involves architecture , cartography or professional illustration in either the technical or science field then this will be £165 very well spent indeed . |
| 13 | The Polish peasants were at best , he thought , poor , lazy and dirty , exceptionally ignorant , negligent of social obligation and therefore of little use to either the military or industry in any civilised and modern state . |
| 14 | Other forms of action , non-legal , are available including the referral of a complaint alleging maladministration to either the Parliamentary or Local Ombudsman ( See Chapter 7 ) and use of a Liaison Committee , if one is in existence in the area , in order to air any grievances and seek their resolution . |
| 15 | A decline in coal demand would benefit either the nuclear or gas industries . |
| 16 | All patients had chest pain and ECG changes of acute myocardial infarction ( initially at least 1 mm ST segment elevation in either the precordial or limb leads ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This requires the completion of a substantial piece of work which can be of either a practical or research nature , prepared within a strict timetable and documented and presented to an appropriate professional standard . |
| 21 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 22 | ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ... |
| 23 | Other compounds contributing to the odour may also be present which may not react with either an alkaline or acid reagent . |
| 24 | The tape was driven by either an electric or clockwork motor and the writing head was supplied with ink from a reservoir by siphon action , as the tape was being driven . |
| 25 | Yet an individual or government possessing the qualifications of being white , European in cultural origin and liberal-democratic by conviction will be remorselessly and unreasonably criticized for each and every offence against the supposedly absolute standards of protest-morality . |
| 26 | As already suggested , the social worker should ensure that the principal carer , be this a relative or neighbour , visits the residential Home prior to the admission , accompanying the elderly person if this is wanted . |