Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What justifies the assumption that two qualitatively identical things can occupy simultaneously two different places , or numerically the same place in succession ? |
| 2 | The problem is quite general : when the pragmatic implications of an utterance do not match the context , then in general the utterance is not treated as in any way infelicitous or inappropriate or bizarre-rather the pragmatic implications are simply assumed not to hold . |
| 3 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |
| 4 | If anything more was promised informally or verbally the American version remains classified . |
| 5 | So that was how it all began — the life , or rather the new life , or better still the Good Life . |
| 6 | ‘ Let me outline the case , or rather the two cases , to you all . |
| 7 | The unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about so much , or rather the unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about a further statement about so much , follows from the metalinguistic view . |
| 8 | The point , or rather the angled corner , of the Polychromos Pastel and its chisel-like leading edge gives it is immediate graphic potential . |
| 9 | Or rather the Neapolitan bone-ache , for that , methinks , is the curse depending on those that war for a placket . |
| 10 | He reached the door , or rather the cast-iron gate as his destination was a villa , quite a large villa with a central courtyard . |
| 11 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 12 | It is the new paganism , or rather the old variety with a facelift and a fresh application of make-up . |
| 13 | They were all here , or rather the outward appearance of what was them was here . |
| 14 | Or perhaps the subtle energy with which the place is charged will encourage the growth of a tree or the thickening of a hedge . |
| 15 | She would be a great actress or a great painter , or perhaps the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 16 | Or perhaps the recent tremor was just a prelude to the really big one . |
| 17 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 18 | Or perhaps the New Horizons people would prefer you to buy WinMail , which Software Partners also have on their lists at the same price — we 'll perhaps look at that another time . |
| 19 | Sometimes there is a curious line of dots curved into an arc shape , which may be taken to represent a rainbow or perhaps the Milky Way . |
| 20 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 21 | They burnt on occasion a couple of Popes , or perhaps the same Pope twice ; it was n't anti-Catholicism , teenage daughters just objected to something he had said . |
| 22 | At Stockwell Manor School we meet a certain amount of competition for the working areas and sometimes need to round-up hordes of energetic youngsters who have invaded the gym or perhaps the quiet concentration of a theory lesson is assailed by a steel band at full volume . |
| 23 | Examples include the attractive Devonshire Cup Coral , Caryophyllia smithi , which is a warm water species with a rather restricted distribution in the south and west ; or perhaps the attractive Leopard spotted Goby , Thorogobius ephippiatus a small fish know to be plentiful in the Mediterranean , but seen mostly by SCUBA divers . |
| 24 | Although some traces , such as scratch marks , can be attributed to arthropods ( or perhaps the related anomalocariids ) , in general tying traces to their makers is difficult . |
| 25 | Theorists tell us it ought to look more like a symphony orchestra or a hospital or perhaps the British Raj . |
| 26 | Though , as I mentioned , I was unable to make contact with Mr Mint , a letter accompanying his essay did make clear the unfortunate fact that its standard — or perhaps the startling originality of its thinking — did not meet with the examiners ' approval . |
| 27 | Another result of the ease and availability of the Pill is an assumption that this is more or less the only method of birth control . |
| 28 | But , as James Fenton wrote in a piece about The Killing Fields published in Tatler , with specific reference to Al Rockoff : ‘ More or less the only thing you do is try to get as close as possible to people who are killing each other — and take photographs of them . |
| 29 | Bumboy not only won : it was more or less the sole survivor . |
| 30 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |