Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Every by-election from now on must be a Labour or Lib Dem victory .
2 Beyond the red end of the visible spectrum is the infrared or IR .
3 ( is the natural or equilibrium rate of growth of output and the income elasticity of demand for nominal cash balances . )
4 When an airstrip is spotted land on it ( whether it 's a friendly or enemy base ) , and you enter the option screen .
5 Whether it 's a knitted or fabric item , suitable fillings will be required so we thought we would tell you about a couple of products from Abbey Quilting Ltd , a company which specialises in wadding and filling products for craftwork .
6 Any change must not make it easier for a defendant to escape conviction for murder in cases where there is a planned or revenge killing .
7 An aneurysm is a swelling or dilatation caused by a weakening in the wall of a blood-vessel .
8 One field can not exist within another field without an interaction between them , therefore it can be argued that the Universe is an energy field and that everything that exists in it is a subsidiary or component part of the total field .
9 The only options open to the courts to enforce compliance with a contact order is a fine or imprisonment .
10 There is a tricuspid or heart shaped apical papilla flanked on each side by two distal oral papillae , which arise on the adoral shields occasionally the more distal one is divided making it appear as two papillae .
11 There is a pointed or heart shaped apical papilla with one pointed oral papilla on each side usually arising on the oral plates .
12 For the most part , the site determines how I think about what I am going to build , whether it be an urban or landscape site , a room or any other architectural enclosure .
13 Although the principle tenet of the Sale of Goods Act — that goods should be ‘ of merchantable quality ’ or ‘ fit for their purpose ’ — does not automatically apply when the seller is an individual or club , all second-hand goods must ‘ fit their description ’ .
14 Also nesting in large numbers was the white or fairy tern .
15 I had an awful pain in my chest and did not know whether it was a coronary or indigestion .
16 The initially strong emphasis on special educational needs ( and the attendant confusion over whether PNP was a special or general needs programme ) gave way to a concentration on curriculum development , mainly in response to the shifting national agenda .
17 When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground .
18 An absentee , according to the 1950 Israeli law , includes anyone who , between 20 November 1947 and the ending of the State of Emergency , was ‘ a legal owner of any property situated in the area of Israel … and who , at any time during the said period , was a national or citizen of the Lebanon , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Trans-Jordan , Iraq or the Yemen or was in one of these countries or in any part of Palestine outside the area of Israel …
19 There was no inherent or common-law jurisdiction in a magistrates ' court to order rehearing of a case which had already been decided ( R. v. Campbell , ex. p .
20 There was no personal or family history of diabetes and the relatives denied any access to hypoglycaemic drugs .
21 But what , in particular , these movements had in common was an evolutionary or organicist method .
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