Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [adj] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in support of the maternal depletion syndrome , perhaps contrary to popular belief , it appears from these data that a baby has better chances of being born alive to a woman in the 40–44 years age group if it is the first than the sixth or a higher order . |
| 2 | We believe that the migration rates that should be used should be a three year average rather than an eight or a ten year average . |
| 3 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 4 | And yet , on the matter of whether the colonial or the metropolitan revolution had priority , the statement was equivocal . |
| 5 | ( d ) Both operands are in accumulators and the result replaces the contents of one of the accumulators , whether the first or the second usually being fixed for a particular computer ( as with two-address instructions ) . |
| 6 | No matter whether the stochastic or a deterministic form is used , the successful use of the model will depend on two factors , which are |
| 7 | Although the debate over whether the pre- or the postsynaptic changes are the most important is still raging as I write , it is likely to turn out , as is sometimes but not always the case in science , that both camps are more or less right . |
| 8 | There were some striking differences among the non-right handers with lesions of the right hemisphere , depending on whether the left or the right hand was used for writing . |
| 9 | If a cleric engaged in crime , it could be disputed whether a lay or an ecclesiastical court should try him ; if there was a dispute about marriage , which carried with it the inheritance of land and other corollaries , lay and Church courts would both be concerned in it . |
| 10 | Many times good teaching in churches is wasted because its hearers never engage with it in a context of personal relationship , whether a one-to-one or a group relationship . |
| 11 | Even something from the day 's newspaper can be all that is needed as an effective starting-point , just as the latest or the most interesting work done in other subject areas of the curriculum may be used . |
| 12 | Mary Helen Washington 's book is a formidable and elegant work of scholarship , a reference work to dip into time and time again , and a reminder that there is no such thing as a free or an easy book . |
| 13 | Other surveys have estimated that as many as a third or a quarter of prisoners may have mental health problems ( Fennell , 1991 ) . |