Example sentences of "or [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything more was promised informally or verbally the American version remains classified . |
| 2 | So that was how it all began — the life , or rather the new life , or better still the Good Life . |
| 3 | The unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about so much , or rather the unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about a further statement about so much , follows from the metalinguistic view . |
| 4 | The point , or rather the angled corner , of the Polychromos Pastel and its chisel-like leading edge gives it is immediate graphic potential . |
| 5 | Or rather the Neapolitan bone-ache , for that , methinks , is the curse depending on those that war for a placket . |
| 6 | He reached the door , or rather the cast-iron gate as his destination was a villa , quite a large villa with a central courtyard . |
| 7 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 8 | It is the new paganism , or rather the old variety with a facelift and a fresh application of make-up . |
| 9 | They were all here , or rather the outward appearance of what was them was here . |
| 10 | Or perhaps the subtle energy with which the place is charged will encourage the growth of a tree or the thickening of a hedge . |
| 11 | Or perhaps the recent tremor was just a prelude to the really big one . |
| 12 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 13 | Sometimes there is a curious line of dots curved into an arc shape , which may be taken to represent a rainbow or perhaps the Milky Way . |
| 14 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 15 | At Stockwell Manor School we meet a certain amount of competition for the working areas and sometimes need to round-up hordes of energetic youngsters who have invaded the gym or perhaps the quiet concentration of a theory lesson is assailed by a steel band at full volume . |
| 16 | Though , as I mentioned , I was unable to make contact with Mr Mint , a letter accompanying his essay did make clear the unfortunate fact that its standard — or perhaps the startling originality of its thinking — did not meet with the examiners ' approval . |
| 17 | Another result of the ease and availability of the Pill is an assumption that this is more or less the only method of birth control . |
| 18 | But , as James Fenton wrote in a piece about The Killing Fields published in Tatler , with specific reference to Al Rockoff : ‘ More or less the only thing you do is try to get as close as possible to people who are killing each other — and take photographs of them . |
| 19 | Bumboy not only won : it was more or less the sole survivor . |
| 20 | Shipman 's two-volume Story of the Cinema ( Hodder and Stoughton ) is also a very good read — the first volume goes up to Gone With The Wind and the second starts with Citizen Kane and reaches more or less the present day . |
| 21 | This means that the heads stay in more or less the right position when switching between applications , thus speeding things up a little . |
| 22 | well this people I mean with , with , that I mean that really is more or less the same amount as the other companies have said for er more or less the whole lot , so why the wardrobes are so cheap and yet the , the bed surrounding is so expensive , we do n't know |
| 23 | And the ‘ they ’ of more or less the whole town will have heard too . |
| 24 | If animals , particularly mature birds and the higher mammals , are taken as possessing more or less the full range of human capacities , with the exception perhaps of moral agency , and if the only dissimilarity is that the capacities are manifested in more limited ways , then there will be an almost irresistible temptation to give them moral status approaching that of recently discovered Stone Age tribes such as the Dani of Irian Jaya . |
| 25 | It 's more or less the hard ground . |
| 26 | Giving in , or submissive behaviour , is more or less the opposite side of the coin to aggressive behaviour . |
| 27 | It would be more surprising if it were otherwise — or so the new novel seems to tell , or remind . |
| 28 | I understand John McGrath 's sentiments but over the last decade or so the political dynamic of our society has changed so much , the social fabric has been so profoundly ravished that a different form of theatre is called for . ’ |
| 29 | FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity . |
| 30 | Or so the medical propaganda would have you believe . |