Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so strong is the legal culture that radical change , to make the bar and judiciary more accessible or representative , looks unlikely . |
| 2 | There were areas where sheep-farming or cattle-breeding was still the most important economic activity . |
| 3 | The models shown here — a Tele , a Gretsch , a Flying V , an Explorer and a PRS — are just the tip of the iceberg , since Trevor offers a whole range of handmade miniature guitars either off-the-shelf or custom built to your exact specification . |
| 4 | Not necessarily as I five but as another fifty hectares as industrial or employment land whatever you 'd like to call it . |
| 5 | The first one was the result of the three month check cystoscopy either positive or negative and the second one the number of tumours at presentation either single or multiple . |
| 6 | Flight markedly undulating or dipping ; gait a hop . |
| 7 | This is the best ‘ bargain offer ’ pensioners have ever had , and any woman over 60 or man over 65 should take advantage of it if possible . |
| 8 | An employee of the port authority , dressed in a grey uniform , will indicate a space at the main wharf either stern or bow-to which involves picking up a mooring to hold the bow or stern off the quay . |
| 9 | If the Treasury economic simulation model predicts 15% inflation in 18 months ' time then people 's behaviour may well be influenced by the expectation that the model is correct in its predictions , no matter how good or objective the data on which the simulation was based . |
| 10 | Hence every society no matter how simple or complex must differentiate persons in terms of both prestige and esteem and must therefore possess a certain amount of institutionalised inequality ( Davis and Moore 1945 p. 243 ) . |
| 11 | Withdrawing from some drugs , such as barbiturates , are best dealt with in a situation where medical or specialist help is available . |
| 12 | The company 's remit is wide : negotiation of research and development contracts in collaboration with clients and staff ; drawing up of consultancy agreements , matching staff expertise to client specifications ; provision of both standard and customised training courses either in-house or on-campus , designed to meet the client 's needs ; negotiation of all EC contracts on behalf of the University . |
| 13 | The polarisation of the photon provides the single dynamical variable that Bell postulates and , as required , it can take only one of the two values : a photon or ‘ parcel ’ of light , may be polarised in a plane either parallel or perpendicular to a defined direction in space . |
| 14 | The writer enters the negative force-field and her steps are often tentative and painful ; her conclusions often oblique or noncommittal However , having traversed a terrain full of snares , in the final story , Northern Chess the female hero emerges triumphant from the ashes of her sisters , who over the centuries have been burnt at the stake for their dangerous powers . |
| 15 | It had long been thought that many seventeenth and eighteenth century blocks in Rome were of a type of construction essentially Medieval or Renaissance , but Ostia shows that the basic plan of these is Roman . |
| 16 | This is the time when self-poisoning or self-injury are most likely . |
| 17 | clarify your own bargaining power compared to the other side 's ; power and objectives must be in balance otherwise one or other is going to have to alter |