Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] either a [noun sg] or " in BNC.

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1 This is best controlled with either a tablet and either a stylus or a puck but , given a steady hand , it works pretty well with a mouse .
2 For each one that is removed , there is a 5% chance that either a Bloodletter or a Fleshhound ( equal chance for either ) suddenly appears and attacks .
3 If , within 5 minutes of a want demand being refused , Joanne had not started screaming ( or any other tantrum behaviour ) , she was rewarded with praise and either a toy or a sweet from a reward ‘ menu ’ kept for that purpose .
4 It is not a message that either a Conservative or a Labour government would listen to .
5 A common lawyer , as in the 1520s , might seem a better choice than either a noble or a cleric in an office so concerned with the law , but in the early fourteenth century common lawyers were regarded with some suspicion by the king-witness the attempts to get them barred from parliament — and by people whose complaints about the corruption of lay judges were frequent until late in the century .
6 This occurs between a firm and either a supplier or an outlet .
7 Only decimal arithmetic may be provided , or separate instruction sets might treat each computer word as either a binary or a decimal value .
8 However , officials working on EC foreign policy co-operation discouraged any suggestion that either a statement or a special meeting to consider Panama was likely in the near future .
9 Each computer on the network should have its own registered copy of each piece of software unless either a site or networking licence is obtained .
10 That would seem to imply little reliability as either a mirror or informer of public opinion .
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