Example sentences of "[adj] or in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiles can be laid on the diagonal or in a basket weave design to produce handsome effects . |
| 2 | For Wolfenden , these special circumstances were defined as the ‘ provision of sufficient safeguards against exploitation and corruption of others who are especially vulnerable because they are young , weak in body or mind , inexperienced or in a state of special physical , official or economic dependence ’ . |
| 3 | The latter finding arose from an observation by Brown and his colleagues ( 1966 ) that patients discharged to live alone or in a hostel often fared rather better than those who went to live with a spouse or parent . |
| 4 | Shall we be alone or in a crowd ? |
| 5 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |
| 6 | Subrules 1a and 1b specify that in monomorphemic monosyllables ( o ) will be realized as a raised and lengthened variant before a voiceless fricative occurring either alone or in a cluster ; alternatively , it will be raised and lengthened before any voiced consonant either alone or in a cluster . |
| 7 | Subrules 1a and 1b specify that in monomorphemic monosyllables ( o ) will be realized as a raised and lengthened variant before a voiceless fricative occurring either alone or in a cluster ; alternatively , it will be raised and lengthened before any voiced consonant either alone or in a cluster . |
| 8 | The unpulsed sounds seem to relate to times of heightened excitement , such as during feeding , when stranded or in a state of distress or alarm , or between mother and newborn calf . |
| 9 | Here the employer chooses , by whatever method he likes , a specialist either in the specification prior to tender or in a variation order during the course of the contract . |
| 10 | In general , married women could find paid employment only when the family income was insufficient or in a family business such as a shop . |
| 11 | ‘ Reb 's gettin' careless or in a hurry . |