Example sentences of "be [adj] or [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 1500 or so bronze casts of Degas ' sculpture , not one cast in his lifetime |
| 2 | Others are witty or deliberately kitsch . |
| 3 | This system will be used in deciding on future allocations of the pool and the DES has already indicated that it would expect NAB to give advice about appropriate courses and rationalization , particularly concerning those which are expensive , those which are so specialist in nature that control of student numbers is required , and those where both university and public sector provision might be unnecessary or where rationalization is desirable for other reasons . |
| 4 | Should we be vegetarian or even vegan ? |
| 5 | But this would be to little avail if the ground were waterlogged or so acid as to prevent the normal action of soil life . |
| 6 | The dorsal arm plates are triangular or slightly bell shaped with a convex distal edge and are separated . |