Example sentences of "[adj] or [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies . |
| 2 | Some subjects are painful , sensational , controversial or just a bit too exciting . |
| 3 | While some studies indicate a direct or indeed no relation between the serum cholesterol concentration and large bowel cancer , others indicate an inverse relation . |
| 4 | At this point you have got to say something interesting or else the conversation will pass on and leave you isolated once more . |
| 5 | ‘ Is it for real or just a fantasy ? |
| 6 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 7 | From now on , music could be no more than tone-painting or else a stimulant for jaded nerves , where the words hardly mattered ( as was already the case in Euripidean lyrics ) . |
| 8 | Thus , however flat or sharp the key of the piece may be , the arranger is able to see to it that his clarinets never play in a key with a greater number of flats or sharps than three . |
| 9 | It would be foolish , however , to argue that the problems created by the increasing urban demand for recreation in the countryside are entirely illusory or simply a matter of arbitrary taste : they clearly are not . |
| 10 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 11 | However long or short the work , care is needed not to overload the tale with variations and divertissements . |
| 12 | The ordinary must be made dramatic or else the language has no tension . |
| 13 | It was , however , nothing so dramatic or pompous-merely a statement revealing that at that time the question of my succession to Macmillan had simply not crossed my mind . |
| 14 | REPEAT TIME is used to schedule LIFESPAN RDBI to run repeatedly at given time intervals , for example nightly or once a week . |
| 15 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 16 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 17 | Now confidence has manifested in lots and lots of ways and its appealing to that confidence as much as the insecurity , er that makes the advertiser 's and the manufacturer 's of all manner of products er , their huge profits , now I guess we all spend money on , on various products and er , do you , do you worry about how much you spend on the body beautiful or just the body ? , do you or , I mean does any , I wonder if you think you spend too much on it ? , let me ask you that , do you spend too much money on your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no . |
| 18 | ‘ This friction between her and your mother — was it really important or just a manifestation of teenage rebellion ? ’ |
| 19 | Ed 's comment : Great care must be taken to ensure that the rocks used have no hidden cavities which might cause cracking or even an explosion when overheated . |
| 20 | Far better have many moots with a small or even no audience than one moot with a large audience . |
| 21 | The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain . |
| 22 | Could it be the years of experience it takes to know where the grape is just ripe or perhaps the skill needed to reach that perfectly balanced wine . |
| 23 | For any type of policy to be successful both of these conditions need to be satisfied or else the policy instruments under consideration will fail to give an adequate degree of control over macroeconomic objectives . |
| 24 | Dario Carella was n't a relative or even a friend . |
| 25 | If anyone would like to share their story with other readers , whether it 's happy , sad , amusing or just a bit out of the ordinary , then please write to us at the usual address . |