Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] either [noun] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There need be no provision for either food or water during the average working day . |
| 2 | The study by Williams et al reported no metabolism of either butyrate or glutamine by biopsy specimens taken from two UC patients , although there was no report on tissue viability . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Foyle ( Mr. Hume ) has , much more eloquently than I could , told us of the damage that it does and the effect that it has on the young people of Northern Ireland because it gives them a future of either migration or unemployment . |
| 4 | ‘ But where the delivery has been delayed through the fault of either buyer or seller the goods are at the risk of the party at fault as regards any loss which might not have occurred but for such fault . ’ |
| 5 | There is no linkage , no indication of how to amalgamate one step with another and no indication of either rhythm or quality to make the movement come alive . |
| 6 | Monte Carlo or bust and the little Morgan made it , without the luxury of either hood or heater ! |
| 7 | One day he flew into a cloud and no trace of either plane or pilot was ever seen again ; a legend sprang up among a generation of French schoolchildren that he had been translated bodily to Heaven . |
| 8 | There is no harmful effect on either mother or baby but some women do n't like the mask over their face . |
| 9 | William Beckford , Walpole 's successor as both Gothic novelist and builder , carried his imaginings too far to have had as much effect on either fact or fiction . |
| 10 | There was no attempt by either Salisbury or Kilmuir to use what one might call a prefect 's influence on the opinion of those they interviewed . |
| 11 | For Godwin taught that one should ignore even the most obvious emotions , such as filial piety and gratitude : ‘ Gratitude — a principle which has so often been the theme of the moralist and the poet , is no part of either justice or virtue . ’ |
| 12 | The best way to check the efficiency of your filtration unit is to monitor the water quality for the presence of either ammonia or nitrate , at least on a weekly basis , and note the results . |
| 13 | The second problem is that , even when he is directly involved , Butman never gets under the skin of either characters or company . |
| 14 | With this in mind there is distinct reluctance about the direction of Working Paper 7 since it effectively takes no cognisance of either tradition or authority . |
| 15 | This was not a question of either niceness or laziness . |
| 16 | In the budget of 1992 it was announced that from 1993/4 onwards any extra married allowance can be claimed in its entirety by either husband or wife , or it can be shared equally between them , thus making the tax system fairer to married women . |
| 17 | A constant theme in this process has been the family 's duty to take responsibility for its members , to inculcate socially acceptable behaviour , and to safeguard virtues in danger of erosion through either time or opposition . |
| 18 | The intoximeter was found not to be working properly and the custody officer notified the defendant that , pursuant to section 7(3) ( b ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , an alternative specimen of either blood or urine , at the choice of the officer , would be required . |
| 19 | Perhaps the strangest ‘ Christmas ’ internee festival of either country or war took place fifty years ago today . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The results of the present studies show that no hypersecreton of either acid or pepsin occurs and we conclude , therefore , that the model is mediated by a diminution of mucosal defence . |
| 22 | ‘ 'Here behind me I leave no heir to either lute or name . |
| 23 | The project is concerned with examining the effects of a major geographical move on the individual in terms of psychological state , health , and efficiency , with specific emphasis on students who leave home to take a place at either university or boarding school . |
| 24 | cancellation by either client or hotel ; |
| 25 | Bidirectional transcription footprinting has been used to probe the platination of DNA by cisplatin , and to examine the modulation of these interactions by ( a ) cyclisation of the non-reactive amino group by either ethyl or propyl groups , and ( b ) the further addition of a pendant intercalator ( 9-amino acridine ) linked by either phenylethyl or phenylpentyl groups . |
| 26 | Human tasks and the purposes of task analysis are too varied for there to be one standard procedure for either analysis or description . |
| 27 | The stereoscopic images were accurately synthesized to mimic the viewing of a flat , densely textured , fronto-parallel surface at a distance of either 28cm or infinity . |
| 28 | This proceeded uneventfully for about a month with no obvious evidence of either haemolysis or regression of lymphadenopathy . |
| 29 | in both these instances , the degree of modification varies within a single species of predator according to the relative sizes of predator and prey , the maturity of either predator or prey , and the state of hunger of the predator ; |
| 30 | The cells are supported in a rotor of either titanium or aluminium alloy , which is attached to the drive motor by a fine steel wire , thereby allowing limited self-balancing to take place . |