Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For all his silence , he was passionate , not desolate ; if there was a sadness or loss there , it was bigger or deeper or stranger than the loss of one person .
2 Long-distance travel is a fever dream where time and mood slip out of control leaving one unexpectedly early or late delighted or depressed until a mosaic of tiny things builds a flat earth beneath you again .
3 The incremental cost of implementing either regimen ( US$0.08 per dose for OPV and US$0.35–0.50 per dose for IPV ) is similar to or lower than the cost of mass vaccination campaigns ( US$0.68–3.60 per dose ) , and would also be less than expansion of the routine immunisation schedule to provide even more doses .
4 A second would make it irregular for the start to be higher or lower than the finish by a factor of more than one metre for every kilometre of the distance .
5 The ABV of a beer may be similar to its OG — for example 3.6% ABV and 1036%degree ; OG but the ABV can be higher or lower than the OG according to the amount of sugar left in the finished beer .
6 Alternatively , a high SD indicates that more scores from the sample were substantially higher or lower than the mean .
7 Pickwick as you know we sold er , during the year , or sorry when the year ended , this year .
8 The legislative purpose of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 , said Lord Scarman , was ‘ to sweep away not only the structure of industrial relations created by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 , which it was passed to repeal , but also the restraints of judicial review which the courts have been fashioning one way or another since the enactment of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 …
9 It can not resolve the problem one way or another because the nature of the problem is itself ill defined .
10 If an observer interprets a piece of animal behaviour as either aggressive or altruistic he is , in effect , saying : " If that creature were a man I should describe his behaviour as aggressive or altruistic as the case may be . "
11 Again Law succeeded by unorthodoxy ; he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent 's argument and quite prepared to be rude or direct if the situation demanded it .
12 They were no more secretive or abashed than the soldier ants would have been , gnashing their way through anything that was organic , their collective mind unclouded by doubt , guilt or the smallest hint of compunction .
13 That is um in Burstow 's clinical practice she reckons that um sometimes people say something along the lines of well well um perhaps it was my fault , I was flirting with him , and things like that it and these are people who maybe have been about five or six when the abuse has happened and so y'know do five or six year olds flirt ?
14 These may be labelled a-type , b-type or c-type if the dipole change is along the A , B or C axis .
15 They would survive or not , to accumulate more memories , happy or sad as the case might be .
16 ‘ He 's marvellous ’ said Jennie , ‘ he does n't get upset or nervous if the rider gets in a muddle .
17 If colour is too intense , or in the wrong place , it is possible to ‘ take it out ’ with a dry squirrel mop or similar whilst the colour is still wet .
18 ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 .
19 A good caddie also has to be something of a psychologist , knowing when to cajole his player into making a better effort ; calming him down when he 's just three-putted or blazed a drive into the rough ; or steadying him up from being over-confident or over-zealous when the adrenalin is flowing after a couple of good holes .
20 Wrangham writes that in his observations the mounter could be either older or younger than the partner and that approaches were made in situations commonly lacking in social tension .
21 It was then as if the rotting maggot-infested flesh , or the tags of matted clothing , had already become part of the earth which clung to and enclosed them , no more unnatural or frightening than a clump of compost or a drift of decaying leaves .
22 STATUS_RETURN — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL is required .
23 STATUS_RETURN — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL is required .
24 STATUS_RETURN — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL is required .
25 STATUS_RETURN — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL is required .
26 /STATUS_RETURN/ — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of RETURN_DETAIL.ERRORS is required .
27 STATUS_RETURN/ — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of RETURN_DETAIL is required .
28 STATUS_RETURN/ — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of RETURN_DETAIL is required .
29 STATUS_RETURN/ — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of RETURN_DETAIL is required .
30 STATUS_RETURN/ — returns TRUE if no errors are detected and the operation is successfully completed , or FALSE if an error has occurred , indicating that a more detailed examination of RETURN_DETAIL is required .
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