Example sentences of "be a [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every by-election from now on must be a Labour or Lib Dem victory . |
| 2 | When an airstrip is spotted land on it ( whether it 's a friendly or enemy base ) , and you enter the option screen . |
| 3 | Whether it 's a knitted or fabric item , suitable fillings will be required so we thought we would tell you about a couple of products from Abbey Quilting Ltd , a company which specialises in wadding and filling products for craftwork . |
| 4 | Any change must not make it easier for a defendant to escape conviction for murder in cases where there is a planned or revenge killing . |
| 5 | An aneurysm is a swelling or dilatation caused by a weakening in the wall of a blood-vessel . |
| 6 | One field can not exist within another field without an interaction between them , therefore it can be argued that the Universe is an energy field and that everything that exists in it is a subsidiary or component part of the total field . |
| 7 | The only options open to the courts to enforce compliance with a contact order is a fine or imprisonment . |
| 8 | There is a tricuspid or heart shaped apical papilla flanked on each side by two distal oral papillae , which arise on the adoral shields occasionally the more distal one is divided making it appear as two papillae . |
| 9 | There is a pointed or heart shaped apical papilla with one pointed oral papilla on each side usually arising on the oral plates . |
| 10 | I had an awful pain in my chest and did not know whether it was a coronary or indigestion . |
| 11 | The initially strong emphasis on special educational needs ( and the attendant confusion over whether PNP was a special or general needs programme ) gave way to a concentration on curriculum development , mainly in response to the shifting national agenda . |
| 12 | When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground . |
| 13 | An absentee , according to the 1950 Israeli law , includes anyone who , between 20 November 1947 and the ending of the State of Emergency , was ‘ a legal owner of any property situated in the area of Israel … and who , at any time during the said period , was a national or citizen of the Lebanon , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Trans-Jordan , Iraq or the Yemen or was in one of these countries or in any part of Palestine outside the area of Israel … |