Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | moon god of Thebes , child of Amun and Mut , who is either falcon-headed or has a moon disk on his head . |
| 2 | Endoscopy was normal or showed a hiatus hernia without oesophagitis in 66 patients . |
| 3 | Everyone was given equal space and care was given to those of us who found it more difficult because of being deaf or having a speech difficulty . |
| 4 | The macroscopic aspect of the stomach is described as atrophic or having a cobble stone aspect . |
| 5 | When patients with malignant obstructive jaundice have been randomised to either surgery or insertion of a large diameter biliary stent , the 30 day mortality in the endoscopic group was significantly lower or showed a trend in that direction . |
| 6 | Your feelings of jealousy are n't perverse — even though you did n't want a baby , you 'd probably imagined yourself being very pregnant or holding a baby . |
| 7 | The best advice if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy is that you should stop drinking alcohol until after your baby is born . |
| 8 | If you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy , stop drinking alcohol until after your baby is born . |
| 9 | ‘ Article 77 Section I : striking or assaulting a member of camp administration , fifteen years to death . |
| 10 | It 's either that or taking a day 's leave on the Friday . |
| 11 | That OR play a team like Aston Villa home or away as they try and win whatever … so you always get open games . |
| 12 | Well would you rather do that or have a conservatory ? |
| 13 | Either that or find a robin who looks as if he has a purpose in life . |
| 14 | It may have been a teetotal , chapel-going household but do n't imagine it was ever narrow-minded or lacked a sense of fun . |
| 15 | Sometimes close friendships can go wrong or get a bit hurtful . |
| 16 | Mihalj Kertes , Zoran Pjanic and Miroslav Djordevic did not campaign , speak in public or produce a manifesto . |
| 17 | Many of the metals come from countries which are either politically unstable or have a near-monopoly . |
| 18 | When independence became assured , further party newspapers appeared as it became clear that owning a newspaper was a necessary part of a successful political campaign : for example , in Nigeria , Azikiwe and his NCNC party controlled ten newspapers in 1959 , while their rivals , Obafemi Awolowo and the Action Group , controlled fourteen . |
| 19 | It had been much more exciting than seeing a weka for the first time . |
| 20 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 21 | Sometimes it 's quicker than buyin' a pack of fags in the pub . ’ |
| 22 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 23 | Erm , to cut a long story short , if a attractive Fairfax erm , individual enterprise came up , we would be far more interested than taking a stake that was a , just an investment . |
| 24 | SOUNDS : Sadly missed rock 'n' roll weekly that gave a start to half NME 's current glitterati . |
| 25 | Shooting a film is more risky than publishing a paperback . |
| 26 | THE MOST widely-used test to detect chemicals that can cause cancer in humans is no more reliable than tossing a coin , says Dr David Salsburg , a statistician with a large American drug company . |
| 27 | This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) . |
| 28 | ‘ And there 'd be nothing easier than popping a cheque in the post to them , or sending them some cast-off woollies , or ladling some soup into them , or offering them advice . |
| 29 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 30 | Gestures of solidarity with Lithuania are easier than finding a solution to the issue of Czech-Slovak relations . |