Example sentences of "or [noun] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 2 | His almost total indifference to the trappings of conspicuous wealth or consumption proved a subtle , yet powerful , role-model , and a disincentive to the usual gripes about status and salary . |
| 3 | The near extinction of the North American buffalo or bison offered a chilling example of the destructive power of modern firearms . |
| 4 | This was probably an enclosed wood for the use of the lord of the Manor for in the old English the term Hag or Haggs denoted a fenced or enclosed wood . |
| 5 | There was a tradition in Wales that when club or country wanted a front row forward all they had to do was stand at the pit head and whistle . |
| 6 | Just as serious students with a syllabus to get through needed lectures different from those whose hobby was science , so those studying biology or medicine needed a different sort of museum from the general public , excited by dinosaur bones and stuffed grizzly bears . |