Example sentences of "[adj] or an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the Japanese are by no means a lazy or an idle race , and though they possess none of that apathetic indolence common to those Eastern races who dwell beneath a tropical sun , still all notions of speed , haste or flurry are utterly foreign to their nature . |
| 2 | Administration of bFGF ( 3–300 µg/kg/day ) by an intragastric or an intraperitoneal route or sucralfate ( 400 mg/kg/day ) orally to rats with acetic acid induced gastric ulcers , enhanced the healing rate of these ulcers during seven day treatment in a dose dependent manner . |
| 3 | She was a member of this or an allied tribe . |
| 4 | They were then immediately entered into a single centre double blind trial in which they were randomised to receive either oral cisapride 10 mg twice daily or an identical placebo tablet for up to 55 weeks . |
| 5 | Research on UK quoted companies indicates that over half use either a wrong or an inappropriate technique for evaluating leases ( ‘ The Leasing Decision : A Comparison of Theory and Practice ’ by Colin Drury and Steven Braund , Accounting and Business Research , Vol 20 No 79 , Summer 1990 , pp 179–191 ) . |
| 6 | From a production point of view , it can either be obtained ready-made from a music ‘ library ’ , or be specially recorded — whether it is music composed for the commercial or an existing piece . |
| 7 | Should it be a historical or an anthropological science ? |
| 8 | It may be a direct or an indirect restraint or it may be contained in an agreement outside the primary contract between the parties . |
| 9 | Mary Helen Washington 's book is a formidable and elegant work of scholarship , a reference work to dip into time and time again , and a reminder that there is no such thing as a free or an easy book . |
| 10 | It 's not that he 's 27 years old or an amateur boxer , but that he 's black . |
| 11 | There are two types of patentable invention , a product invention and a process invention , and it has been said that an invention is a new way of making something old or an old way of making something new . |
| 12 | Power assistance is available as standard or an optional extra on all models except those with 1.2-litre engines . |
| 13 | Within seconds visual behaviours are sending signals which create a favourable or an unfavourable impression . |
| 14 | ‘ ( 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | This is not surprising , for the job of the liberal state was to maintain and promote the liberal society , which was not essentially a democratic or an equal society . |
| 17 | Meiklejohn says , " Every adjective is either an explicit or an implicit predicate " , the former corresponding in his book to appearance in predicative position and the latter to attributive use ; and he goes on to show , with examples , that he takes exactly the same view as is found later in accounts given within a Chomskyan framework . |
| 18 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 20 | ‘ A body corporate or an unincorporated association shall not be appointed as , or be permitted to continue as , a member 's appointed representative unless the member is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the controllers , directors and senior management of that body or association are of good character and are competent and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on the member 's behalf . |
| 21 | Persons found guilty of a corrupt or an illegal practice on prosecution therefore , or by an election court ( contesting the validity of the ‘ election ’ of a candidate ) may be disqualified . |
| 22 | These arguments can then be tested by studies in the field of either an observational or an experimental nature . |
| 23 | It was n't a famous or an outstanding school . |
| 24 | The techniques themselves are identical whether the variable being controlled is a prior or an intervening variable in the relationship being investigated . |
| 25 | Whereas the priests told him that he must die and would go either to heaven or to hell , the singers of songs told him that , though he must die , his name need not and that it was up to him whether he left behind a good or an evil reputation . |
| 26 | It was either the Grand or an early night . |
| 27 | ‘ Alas , disclaimers may work if , for example , the property being valued is industrial or an expensive house . |
| 28 | But be prepared and able to speak without it just in case it is not available or an electrical fault develops . |
| 29 | What mattered to the informed public in the late 1850s was whether the building was to be Gothic , Classical , Tudor , Italianate or an eclectic design . |
| 30 | We will assume that the evaluation of every occam expression yields a value ( even though it may contain division by zero or an uninitialised identifier ) . |