Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scheme organiser Dawn Whitton said : ‘ Entries can include written reports or publications , tidying up campaigns , landscaping projects , studies of a species of wildlife , repairs to an historic building or a scheme to enhance a new development . |
| 2 | Clothes can be costumes , and for some young women , walking down the street with bleached hair or a biker 's leather jacket says more about them than a thousand words . |
| 3 | Staff can produce an individual handbook covering specific aspects of care , for example pre-operative preparation or a doctor 's preferences for treatment . |
| 4 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
| 5 | Fundamentalism at its simplest is the reduction of a faith , a political creed or a way of life to an extreme and recognizable core which dominates that faith . |
| 6 | You could just drift and hang out and see what happened , which suited me fine , even more than being a Customs Officer or a professional footballer or a guitarist . |
| 7 | The group may provide guidelines for behaviour such as a professional ethic or a code of conduct . |
| 8 | I can only assume that it stemmed from wishful thinking or a misunderstanding on the part of one of the council employees or officers . |
| 9 | ‘ The firm name used by a multi-national partnership shall consist only of the name or names of one or more lawyers , being present or former principals of either the multi-national partnership or a predecessor legal practice , together with , if desired , other conventional references to the firm and to such persons ; or a name approved in writing by the Council as the name of the multi-national partnership or of a predecessor legal practice . ’ |
| 10 | But radical governments depend in large measure on opportunities — for example , an inept political opposition or a crisis — and have to catch a mood . |
| 11 | On this occasion he was dealt with by the juvenile court for an offence of being a passenger in a stolen car or a car taken without authority and he received a conditional discharge . |
| 12 | These may of course in practice be confused or entangled with each other , as they are in Northern Ireland , or as they are in any state where the elections are largely or wholly a political ritual or a way of mobilizing mass support or approval for a regime in which party and state are indistinguishable , and electoral choice between contestants for office non-existent . |
| 13 | If the dwelling was without some necessary attribute such as a damp course or a roof , then it would be unfit for habitation , even though the problems resulting from the lack of the attribute had not then become apparent . |
| 14 | It looked more like a public building or a sanatorium . |
| 15 | So although the budget is two thousand that 's what , a cumulative budget or a share of the annual budget ? |
| 16 | And at the same time , it owes its very existence to an alliance of social forces that sees government as the instrument of social domination — whether by a ruling class , a small party or tribal elite or a coalition of either with the bureaucracy of the state . |
| 17 | they presume it 's their right and just go through , generally find it 's someone with either a high powered car or a flash , you know , sort of , Granada or summat like that . |
| 18 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 19 | a British citizen or a citizen of the Commonwealth or of the Republic of Ireland ; |
| 20 | Teachers report a common range of such self-indulgences : allowing yourself ( in the middle of a bad patch ) to give in to temptations like cream cakes , cigarettes , a bottle of your favourite booze or a spending spree . |
| 21 | The main reason for this caution is that since a magnetic tape or a photograph furnish a permanent record of behaviour , the subject is entitled to be aware that such a permanent record is being made . |
| 22 | A Clownfish , marine Angelfish or a Piranha will each cost you £20 , and Electric Eel £40 and a Shark £90 . |
| 23 | An early estimate suggested that it was more than seven times as high , when social disadvantage was defined by the presence of all three of the following indices : overcrowding ( more than 1.5 persons per room ) , low income ( supplementary benefit or free school meals ) and adverse family circumstances ( coming from a single-parent home or a home with more than five children ) ( Wedge and Prosser , 1973 ) . |
| 24 | Group membership includes all those attending a Medau class in a residential home or a Day Centre for the elderly or disabled . |
| 25 | The creep of the wood is the reason why one must not leave a wooden bow or a violin tightly strung . |
| 26 | The chances are that if you are told a nasty tale about the sexual misdemeanours of a headmaster , a vicar , a scout leader , a member of Parliament , a public performer or a novelist then you will assume it to be the truth . |
| 27 | But you 'll still be legally entitled to some compensation if the machine is faulty , so it may be worth thinking about accepting a free repair or a replacement . |
| 28 | The importance of food to the family can be as a social process or a centre around which all family communication and interaction takes place . |
| 29 | He has also drawn the attention of the House to the difficulties he has faced in arranging a proper investigation or a change in BR 's management 's attitude towards an employee . |
| 30 | Other exclusion criteria included unstable gait or a tendency to fall , and concomitant administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs , none of which is an uncommon finding in the ‘ free-living ’ elderly . |