Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] or " in BNC.

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1 A characteristically political perspective would argue for a more articulated view of the complexity of centre-periphery relationships than either pluralism or Marxism can provide but would also warn against imposition of a single political model such as corporatism .
2 They are sources of energy — indeed they contain twice as much energy per unit weight as either carbohydrate or protein .
3 The evidence in rats that morphine 3-glucuronide may antagonise the analgesic actions of morphine is unsubstantiated and is hard to explain given that morphine 3-glucuronide has a much lower binding affinity for opioid receptors than either morphine or the active morphine metabolite , morphine 6-glucuronide .
4 Caustic cleaners are essentially formulations of detergent and either sodium or potassium hydroxide .
5 Many scalding accidents occur when people move from the cooker to the sink to drain off boiling hot vegetables and either trip or drop the pan .
6 When the current affairs machinery started to roll on the Aids issue , it quickly became apparent that this one had everything : public anxiety about health ; the awakening of incipient guilt over sexual freedom and either compassion or vengefulness , depending on your sympathies , for the gay community .
7 In patients with this problem who are elderly and in poor general health , other methods of stone fragmentation such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or biliary stenting without stone removal may be safer alternatives than either surgery or enlargement of a sphincterotomy that is already a reasonable size .
8 where plaintiff recovers costs of suing first plaintiff from second plaintiff they will be taxed on standard basis and not indemnity or solicitor and client basis .
9 Labour 's training levy — the introduction of yet another socialist tax on industry — would either reduce profit margins and therefore investment or , if it expanded the money supply , would lead to an increase in prices .
10 I find it almost impossible to accept that such an injury … could have occurred without extensive bruising and swelling of the nose and probably fracture or disruption of structures within the nose and associated tissues . ’
11 But when there is a conflict between the Bible and either tradition or the assumption of theology I believe we should assert the supremacy of the written Word if for no other reason than that our Lord adopted precisely this approach with respect to the Old Testament .
12 Secondly , an emphasis on the complexity of the issues at hand prohibits the portrayal of the Black community as either problem or victim , a recurrent feature of much race relations discourse and popular debate , and a recurrent feature also of much discussion of inner city communities generally .
13 These are more likely barrels for either water or perhaps wine or or or or ale although ale is different from beer cos it does n't have any hops in .
14 For example , with scant evidence that either length or quality of life is enhanced by coronary artery bypass surgery , American surgeons are four times more likely than Canadian surgeons to perform this procedure on patients aged over 75 .
15 Though this makes the two words par and key , the word park has a stronger activation than either par or key . ’
16 The children stand around the leader in a semi-circle and are numbered off until the last two become Jack and then King or Queen .
17 's ( 1965 ) three dimensions and in a survey of heads of household in Illinois , found that socioeconomic status generally accounted for more of the rural-urban variation than either occupation or residence , and then rejected Bealer 's approach when they argued that future work should concentrate on single-dimension variables .
18 It is clear from studies in man that either methanogenesis or dissimilatory sulphate reduction predominate in some populations .
19 That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit .
20 One possible explanation for the lack of correlation between risk and either normality or speed in the Groeger and Chapman study could be that the subset of 24 stimuli used were not characteristic of the whole 60 .
21 If you are interested in finding out more about Midland Lifetime , just complete the attached form and either post or take it to your Midland branch .
22 Heatpipes draw energy away from the electronics and pass it into a cooling unit where either air or water is used to dissipate the heat .
23 US consumption of electricity is expected to grow by 46 per cent , and coal , which produces more carbon dioxide than either oil or gas , is expected to continue as the staple fuel for generations .
24 Taken together , these findings exclude the possibility that either apoptosis or the protective effect of bcl-2 involves the mitochondrial respiratory chain , at least in these cells under the conditions that we have studied , and raise the possibility that the Bcl-2 protein might exert its protective effect while bound to the continuous nuclear and ER membrane .
25 If successful a place in the ‘ A ’ stream was guaranteed and beyond it lay grammar school and perhaps college or university .
26 Side effects may include vaginal thrush , sensitivity to sunlight and even depression or bowel problems .
27 Breakfast can be ‘ continental ’ , which consists of croissants ( rolls ) and butter with jam and either coffee or tea .
28 Illness is , as already pointed out in this section , more amenable to definition and measurement than either pain or health .
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