Example sentences of "[adj] or [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies . |
| 2 | But in the Cambrian or earlier the chordates no doubt included animals little more highly organized than the contemporary arthropods or brachiopods . |
| 3 | Some subjects are painful , sensational , controversial or just a bit too exciting . |
| 4 | plastic ones which were close to the ceiling , can you , could you give me a bit more of a description of that or perhaps a manufacturer 's name ? |
| 5 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 6 | He died in 594 or perhaps a year later . |
| 7 | While some studies indicate a direct or indeed no relation between the serum cholesterol concentration and large bowel cancer , others indicate an inverse relation . |
| 8 | If the dice roll is 2 or more the unit passes the test and may fight normally this turn . |
| 9 | At this point you have got to say something interesting or else the conversation will pass on and leave you isolated once more . |
| 10 | Since oestrogen is a potent inhibitor of bone resorption , we investigated changes in calcium metabolism in women with hot flushes. 37 postmenopausal women ( at least 9 months after the last menstrual period ) were divided into groups according to the frequency of hot flushes over 4 weeks : ( A ) subjects without flushes ( 18 ) , and ( B ) with less than 2 ( 7 ) , ( C ) 3–9 ( 6 ) , and ( D ) 10 or more a day ( 6 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Is it for real or just a fantasy ? |
| 12 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 13 | From now on , music could be no more than tone-painting or else a stimulant for jaded nerves , where the words hardly mattered ( as was already the case in Euripidean lyrics ) . |
| 14 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 15 | So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible . |
| 16 | Figure 11.18 shows the percentages of pupils ( boys and girls taken together ) in each sector gaining three or more A levels ( important for university entry ) , in England and Wales in 1951 and 1981 . |
| 17 | Thus , however flat or sharp the key of the piece may be , the arranger is able to see to it that his clarinets never play in a key with a greater number of flats or sharps than three . |
| 18 | Often , of course , these were different forms of the same general relations , though the latter can not be reduced to the former , in all or even a majority of cases . |
| 19 | Inch loss from others varied according to their size but those with a 34–36 inch bust measurement either lost nothing at all or only an inch or an inch and a half . |
| 20 | The pair are planning to introduce and ship a line of four models this summer including a low-end colour unit priced under the $2,000 barrier and a monochrome unit that will equal or better the $1,000 price tag on Visual 's current entry level . |
| 21 | It would be foolish , however , to argue that the problems created by the increasing urban demand for recreation in the countryside are entirely illusory or simply a matter of arbitrary taste : they clearly are not . |
| 22 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 23 | However long or short the work , care is needed not to overload the tale with variations and divertissements . |
| 24 | The ordinary must be made dramatic or else the language has no tension . |
| 25 | It was , however , nothing so dramatic or pompous-merely a statement revealing that at that time the question of my succession to Macmillan had simply not crossed my mind . |
| 26 | REPEAT TIME is used to schedule LIFESPAN RDBI to run repeatedly at given time intervals , for example nightly or once a week . |
| 27 | First , the restitutionary remedy is expressed to be available not only against ‘ that person , ’ i.e. the contravener of section 3 or perhaps an associate of the contravener , but also against ‘ any other person … knowingly concerned in the contravention . ’ |
| 28 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 29 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 30 | Now confidence has manifested in lots and lots of ways and its appealing to that confidence as much as the insecurity , er that makes the advertiser 's and the manufacturer 's of all manner of products er , their huge profits , now I guess we all spend money on , on various products and er , do you , do you worry about how much you spend on the body beautiful or just the body ? , do you or , I mean does any , I wonder if you think you spend too much on it ? , let me ask you that , do you spend too much money on your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no . |