Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would her bonnet take more ribbon , or perhaps a flower or two , to give her height ? |
| 2 | ‘ In a fortnight 's time , or perhaps a day or so before ; it all depends on the weather . ’ |
| 3 | it was just more or less They they certainly would n't have food or anything like that I think it was just more or less the supplier or That would be |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 6 | A little used dining room or even a corridor or hall ? |
| 7 | Thus we have seen that British capitalism in the 1860s abandoned non-economic compulsion of labour ( such as the Master and Servant Acts which punished breaches of contract by workers with jail ) , long-term hiring contracts ( such as the ‘ annual bond ’ of the northern coalminers ) , and truck payments , while the average length of hiring was shortened , the average period of payment gradually reduced to a week , or even a day or an hour , thus making the market bargain more sensitive and flexible . |
| 8 | For example , there are some very attractive red lacquered frames which could be very useful , you could choose a dark mahogany frame with a reddish tinge , or even a gold or wood frame if it sets off a dark red mount or background . |
| 9 | Others prefer a solid object , such as a filter tube , tank wall , or even a rock or flower pot . |
| 10 | So that 's another situation and as we 'll talk about and I hinted at yesterday er the dreaded vote of thanks situation and the the er giving of the gold watch and er and the being a best man at a wedding or even a bride or groom at a wedding er again is a is a way of helping this Aldershot method is a way of helping you to get your thoughts together and put them across effectively . |
| 11 | If you think you may be suffering from anorexia , bulimia , compulsive eating or an exercise obsession , you could also try your local doctor , or even a teacher or lecturer at college , and see if s/he could put you in touch with a counsellor or support group in your area . |
| 12 | However , our conception of word-meaning has the advantage of being intuitively plausible : its scope coincides well with the pre-theoretical notion of word-meaning that anyone with a practical interest in meaning — a lexicographer , translator , or language teacher , or even a novelist or poet — is likely to have . |
| 13 | In many of Morton 's experiments , priming effects of much longer duration were observed : there can be as much as half an hour between the primer and primed , or sometimes a day or more ( Scarborough , Cortese and Scarborough , 1977 ) . |
| 14 | The idea is that every person has another person ( or sometimes a group or committee ) to whom he or she has to account for the proper discharge of responsibilities . |
| 15 | It is now firmly established that a company ( or indeed a partnership or sole trader ) definitely can make purchases other than in the course of its business . |
| 16 | When these two holes are lined up just push a panel pin or maybe a nail or matchstick or something else suitable into the two holes . |
| 17 | If not , is there anyone out there that has any parts like needles , ‘ pulled yard ’ , auxiliary rail and plate weights ( for use with the lace carriage ) , pattern cards or books , or maybe a shop or engineer that has one tucked away ? |
| 18 | My father 's a refuse collector — or maybe an accountant or a barrister and I 'm the rebel of the family . |
| 19 | They may happen once or twice a week or several times in an hour . |
| 20 | So said the Court of Appeal in Dobie v Burns International Security Services ( UK ) Ltd ( 1984 ) , a case in which the employer 's services were governed by a contract with a local authority that gave the council the right ‘ to approve or otherwise the employment or continued employment of any member of the company ’ . |
| 21 | This can be contrasted with hospital care where either the patient or his relatives or both are not informed about the imminence of his death . |
| 22 | The Financial Secretary during the course of the relevant Act — Finance Act 1936 , s18 at that time — gave an assurance that only a transferor or his spouse could be made liable under what is now s739 ( HC Deb Vol 313 , cols 676 , 678 and 689 ) an assurance which was repeated by the Attorney General ( HC Deb Vol 313 , col 701 ) . |
| 23 | Um , said Tor , but then went on to explain that only a week or two before he had been within a hundred metres or so of a school of orca . |
| 24 | The court quashed the conviction finding that only the Minister or the Committee had the power to issue such orders under the statute . |
| 25 | For example , development must comprise private dwelling houses only , with no trade or business ( other than perhaps a doctor or dentist ) , no caravans or boats to be stored , no dogs , pigs or poultry , no sheds or sheds over a certain height , no loft conversions or extensions . |
| 26 | It is also necessary that no significant minorities feel themselves to be permanently excluded from power or influence ; that groups and individuals sense that they are roughly equal in their ability to influence the outcome of communal policy-making ; and that those outcomes embody what people recognize to be the general interests of society rather than merely a combination or balance of the interests of various particular and organized groups or specific interests . |
| 27 | More than just a pastime or a pursuit of Olympic excellence performed by an elite few , the worthy aim of teaching every child to swim 25 metres by the age of 11 will soon be a part of the national curriculum . |
| 28 | Harnesses are another popular option with owners of dachshunds , spreading the point of control more widely over the body , rather than just the neck or head . |
| 29 | International commerce was more than just an exchange or European manufactures for primary produce from the rest of the world . |
| 30 | In the present context , what is significant , if not altogether surprising , is that hardly a speech or publication went by between 1920 and 1922 without the most concentrated vitriol being poured upon the Jews . |