Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of seeking to contain royal power they were preoccupied with gaining the favour of the Grand Prince , or control of the government when the monarch was personally weak or a minor . |
| 2 | He turned about abruptly , as if the subject was suddenly painful or an irritation . |
| 3 | If you are going to be lightly humorous , skimming like a butterfly , then you will be ill served by a plot that is impossibly ingenious or a plot that has at its centre something too grave to be dealt with light-heartedly when , long after you have embarked on the actual writing , the moment comes to reveal all . |
| 4 | I mean you 'll work out whether it 's a bit more reactive or a bit less . |
| 5 | It is equally an offence to administer drugs to a woman for a similar purpose or to procure a girl under 21 or a defective to have sexual intercourse with a third party in any part of the world . |
| 6 | They may be geometrically related , as previously described , geometrically independent or a combination of both . |
| 7 | If I was some fucking private eye or something I 'd head back out to Mr Azul 's big house and break in somehow and find something really interesting or a body or a beautiful woman ( or just get slugged on the back of the head and wake up wise-cracking ) . |
| 8 | Take a sampling of modern preaching , for example a minister who is culturally aware or an evangelist in the classic nineteenth-century tradition . |
| 9 | Was it quite comfortable or a bit basic ? |
| 10 | A third of respondents , however , blamed damage on their own clumsiness , and nine in ten admitted having spilled at least one or a combination of the following on themselves ; coffee , tea , correction fluid , tea , copier toner , water , cold drinks and glue . |
| 11 | I love them Terry Either that or a labrador . |
| 12 | I needed some valerian tea ; either that or a monster Manhattan . |
| 13 | Either that or a swimming party or |
| 14 | Either that or a dong the size of a surfboard . ’ |
| 15 | So long as this is done where improving the outcome is more important than deciding for oneself this acceptance of authority , far from being either irrational or an abdication of moral responsibility , is in fact the most rational course and the right way to discharge one 's responsibilities . |
| 16 | Not that O'Hara was either lean or a monster . |
| 17 | Its slight irregularity could be either intentional or an accident due to the hard-edged woman 's discomfort with the beads of meaning . |