Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a small hill or depression had to be crossed in the course of building a canal , a cutting or an embankment was often the engineering solution . |
| 2 | Madeira wine is relatively expensive and should not be used in basic cooking to give richness or tenderness where a cheaper red or white wine would suffice . |
| 3 | The second paper brings UK ethical rules into line with international guidance where a former partner or senior member of staff is headhunted to work for an audit client . |
| 4 | The Notes to the Rule emphasise that independent advice is particularly important in the case of a management buy-out , or where a controlling shareholder or group of controlling shareholders is making the offer . |
| 5 | When a general election took place , the limited amount of disposable patronage was stretched very thinly , and in Scotland most of what was available would be swallowed by the burgh politicians , where a crucial vote or two might carry the election of a delegate without alienating others . |
| 6 | There are such cases — where a novel idea originated with the Committee 's Opinion and is then taken into the legislation , where a national judge or European Advocate-General cites a Committee report or where a member of the European Parliament says in evidence that he will prepare an amendment to respond to a concern expressed by a sub-committee and then does so . |
| 7 | If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding . |
| 8 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 9 | Where a particular level or competence in numeracy is a course requirement , the following qualifications in Mathematics will be acceptable : |
| 10 | The use of a particular language does not necessarily coincide either with a group that claims common descent , or a geographical area or what is supposedly a culture . |
| 11 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 12 | It was n't a vision or a psychic experience or a message from above . |
| 13 | A key or a lifeless deed or a cheap Roberts reproduction , perhaps a family snapshot or a tourist postcard of the 1930s , is the nearest that many Palestinian exiles can move in spirit towards the place they regard as their homeland . |
| 14 | ‘ It does not matter if you are the world champion or a top-ranking player or if you have just won two tournaments in a row . |
| 15 | Would somebody with expertise here like to define for the rest of us what what , what differentiates somebody with a , a , an eating disorder , er from someone who 's er a chronic dieter or a chronic worrier or no not a chronic dieter at all , but someone who just thinks about it a lot ? |
| 16 | AEA 's extensive expertise and experience , and unrivalled access to the range of technology and systems needed , means that services can be tailored to meet precise requirements be it a single isolator or a comprehensive containment or a hazardous materials handling project for the pharmaceutical or process industry . |
| 17 | An animal or a living thing or person or whatever . |
| 18 | They specialised in questions which , to quote Bowley , " required an answer of 'yes ' or 'no' or a simple number or something equally definite and precise " . |
| 19 | Women can wear different colour tights , or a new scarf or shirt . |
| 20 | Whatever the situation in which you find yourself living alone ; whether your husband or wife has left you or the children have left home ; whether your husband or wife or elderly parent has died or your flatmate has left ; whether you are starting college or a new job or have just decided to leave the family home , you must accept and make the very best of your new life . |
| 21 | The tenant may exercise his right to remove tenant 's fixtures so long as he is in possession as a tenant , whether under the original contract of tenancy or a new tenancy or by holding over ( New Zealand Government Property Corp v H M & S Ltd ) . |
| 22 | He saw human beings not as a mass of contradictions but as a particular sort of person — a great nobleman or a poor scholar or a spotty-faced announcer from the BBC . |
| 23 | The panel is still considering the divisional schools library service erm the , they 're very clear is at to whether these costs to the library is a fixed cost or a variable cost or perhaps even more to the point that it will need to reach the cost of libraries are fixed and variable and the differing views both within the panel and schools about that and the panel is continuing deliberating research . |
| 24 | Registered letter envelopes in different sizes can be obtained from the post office , or a stout envelope or package can be used by drawing blue lines across the face before it is handed in to the post office . |
| 25 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 26 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 27 | Anyone with a suspected heart condition or serious bleeding or a major fracture or head injury comes first , though , and every time an ambulance brings someone , they get seen immediately in the trolley area . ’ |
| 28 | It 's not that you have n't got , or a black skirt or something . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) ( a ) Where a member of a recognised body dies the recognised body shall ensure that any shares registered in his name at the time of his death are within twelve months of his death registered in the name of a solicitor or a recognised body or ( where permitted by paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) of this Rule ) a registered foreign lawyer or ( where the recognised body is a company limited by shares ) are acquired by the recognised body itself . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) ( a ) Where a member of a recognised body dies the recognised body shall ensure that any shares registered in his name at the time of his death are within twelve months of his death registered in the name of a solicitor or a recognised body or ( where permitted by paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) of this Rule ) a registered foreign lawyer or ( where the recognised body is a company limited by shares ) are acquired by the recognised body itself . |