Example sentences of "[prep] either [noun] or [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there was no meat left now , the ration from now on until the supplies were exhausted would consist of one handful of either rice or dal and one of flour per person , the men being given a more generous helping than the women and children . |
| 2 | We can not explain our hostility to internal compromise by appeal to principles of either fairness or justice as we have defined those virtues . |
| 3 | However , the Family Allowances Act 1945 marked the first scheme of allowances to benefit all families with two or more children irrespective of the employment status of either mother or father and without proof of need or evidence of contributions . |
| 4 | ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference . |
| 5 | At the end of one debate there was nothing left of either Fascism or Communism when he had finished with them . |
| 6 | First , we studied the intestinal interactions of calcium , phosphate , fatty acids , and bile acids in animals fed the low calcium and phosphate control diet or this diet supplemented with either calcium or calcium and phosphate . |
| 7 | The doctors detailed the attempts made at resuscitation , but by 2.40 it was concluded that there was no activity in either heart or brain and that the President must be declared dead . |
| 8 | For under £10 , the film soundtrack can be bought on either cassette or LP before the prices rise to £14.99 for a Walkie Talkie set , £19.99 for an electronic board game , a Talk Boy cassette player or a talking Kevin Doll with the famous Culkin ‘ scream ’ for £24.99 . |
| 9 | Such interactions may have adverse effects on either product or container or both . |
| 10 | Effects of incompatibility between product and this primary container , which may be on either product or package or both , e.g. , corrosion of metal tubes ; stress-cracking of plastic tubes ; absorption of constituents of the product such as preservatives by the container ; leaching of constituents of the container by the product . |
| 11 | There is no harmful effect on either mother or baby but some women do n't like the mask over their face . |
| 12 | A child is often unacquainted with the precise and specialised social functions which are conventionally ascribed to either speech or writing and thus may be confused when asked to acquire ‘ skills ’ whose functions he or she can not see or act upon . |
| 13 | By the turn of the century it was accepted that certain parts of the brain were specialized for either sensation or movement but , as Brodmann ( in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) demonstrated , there are large areas of the human cerebral cortex that are neither obviously motor nor sensory . |
| 14 | In most cases the range of services is provided by either County or District but in respect of some services responsibility is split or shared . |