Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not make any appreciable difference whether the solid is glassy or crystalline or even polymeric , nor does it matter whether it has a high or a low Young 's modulus 50 long as it more or less obeys Hooke 's law , virtually up to failure . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a lack of a shared view about what the health service 's purpose was , and yet without that how can you know if you 've done a good or a bad job ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why , ’ he went on , ‘ did n't I become a Sikh or a Hasidic jew ? |
| 4 | Within seconds visual behaviours are sending signals which create a favourable or an unfavourable impression . |
| 5 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 6 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a coroner is informed that the body of a person ( ‘ the deceased ’ ) is lying within his district and there is reasonable cause to suspect that the deceased — ( a ) has died a violent or an unnatural death ; ( b ) has died a sudden death of which the cause is unknown ; or ( c ) has died in prison or in such a place or in such circumstances as to require an inquest under any other Act , then … the coroner shall as soon as practicable hold an inquest into the death of the deceased either with or , subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , without a jury . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the coroner to dispense with an inquest in any case where there is reasonable cause to suspect that the deceased — ( a ) has died a violent or an unnatural death ; or ( b ) has died in prison or in such a place or in such circumstances as to require an inquest under any other Act . |
| 8 | During the expedition which was undertaken in the depth of winter he passed 5 weeks in the bush without seeing a civilised being sleeping occasionally in a Tent , sometimes under a cart but more frequently on the bare ground wrapped in a Kangaroo skin rug still he had not had a cold or the slightest disorder … ’ |
| 9 | It happens whenever you try to perform a bland or an extrude . |
| 10 | This is quite possible since MI5 did not make a detectable or a sustained effort to keep a watchful eye on Ivanov 's movements . |
| 11 | Do you want a two or a one ? |
| 12 | Do you want a white or a red one ? |
| 13 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 14 | According to Miller ( 1956 ) , who coined the term , a single chunk may contain a small or a large amount of information . |
| 15 | So that er you get a slow or a retarded er effect or solution rather absorption . |
| 16 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 17 | But how do we recognize a genuine or a profound understanding of society ? |
| 18 | Such research can only discover whether lawyers are doing a good or a bad job in terms of common sense criteria , themselves embedded in , if not derived from , the ideology of lawyers themselves . |
| 19 | So sorry can I just ask , so in effect you have n't shifted your ground from the view which you expressed in paragraph three point six of your submission where you 've just confirmed in fact that you 'd rather have a proper or the ability to make a sort of proper measured allocations , part of which would make provision or allow the facility to cater for major inward investment ? |
| 20 | You could either have a ten or a twelve pound |
| 21 | The important thing was not whether the decision-maker was performing a judicial or an administrative function but whether the decision made affected the rights of those subject to it . |
| 22 | Whether you are having a religious or a civil wedding , you must apply ( in person or in writing ) for a marriage schedule by giving notice to the local registrar where you want to marry at least 15 days ( but not longer than three months ) beforehand . |
| 23 | Why had n't he become a Sikh or a Hasidic jew ? |
| 24 | This will be a more flexible list because prices tend to creep upwards ( except when you want to sell anything ) and your tastes and finances might well change a little or a lot along the way |
| 25 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 26 | ‘ In the old days we should have thrown a guinea-fowl or a few warthog piglets in , too . |
| 27 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
| 28 | Now that has nothing to do about whether our children will get a better or a worse education if the school is opted out . |
| 29 | This spell enables the caster to transport a friendly or an enemy unit or a single model up to 18″ across the table in any direction . |
| 30 | Major and minor 2nds are perhaps best avoided except when an open string can be used e.g. : ( transpose a fifth or a ninth higher for the other strings ) . |