Example sentences of "be [art] [num] or a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said it could be a thirty or a sixty minute job . |
| 2 | ‘ He ought to be a twelve or a thirteen , he 's so good . |
| 3 | For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures . |
| 4 | For any tiny Dart of the stratigraphical column of which we are particularly fond in Our own backyard , we can almost always find somewhere else in the world where that same division is a hundred or a thousand times thicker . |
| 5 | ‘ A trusted formula for me is a 57 or a Beyer 201 , with perhaps a Neumann U87 in the room — but definitely not too close to the cab . |