Example sentences of "or even a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | TDS.3 was asked to set about considering a means of taking a Jeep ( 3,000lb ) or even a Valentine tank ( 14 tons ! ) into battle under a detachable rotorhead ! |
2 | Imitation or role modelling by children describes the way that they copy the actions or behaviour of someone they admire , usually of their own sex and possibly a parent or even a tv character . |
3 | An option for those sure of the system they wanted would have been one of the many mail order suppliers like Elonex , Opus , or even a sister company of PC World , like Computers by Post ( see panel : A Brief History ) . |
4 | And with a little extra trouble it can be turned into a splendid party dish — not for a grand formal party to be sure , or even a buffet party , but the sort of meal for intimate friends when you can put all the food on a huge scrubbed kitchen table and everyone sits round and helps themselves . |
5 | Let's face it , a factory or studio or even a taxi firm that has fun in what they do is likely to communicate more , work more co-operatively and generally loosen up.There 's a hell of a way to go in changing our businessmen ( and women ) from the habits of macho corporatism but with fun as the name of the new game , the future looks rosy . |
6 | Because New Jersey does not have its own television station , or even a state newspaper , the candidates have bought expensive air time on the New York City-based stations and in Mr Florio 's case , they seem to be working . |
7 | There should be a company protocol for dealing with suspected alcohol and drug misuse , including a named senior executive ( or even a company doctor ) with whom you may raise your suspicions in confidence . |
8 | If their driving is hazardous enough they can be charged with dangerous driving and tried before magistrates or even a crown court . |
9 | It is also advisable to float something on the surface of a concrete pond to help absorb some of the pressure produced by the ice patch , an empty , sealed lemonade bottle , plastic football , large piece of cork or even a tennis ball will do the job admirably . |
10 | A Dispel card , other dispel , or even a drain magic , will not unfreeze water once it has been frozen , but any of the following Bright Magic spells will automatically unfreeze water if they are cast upon it : Piercing Bolts of Burning , the Burning Head , Conflagration of Doom , Fireball , Blast and Flamestorm . |
11 | If your material consists of pure text ; a book or report , for example , then it is quite likely that you 'll be better off with a high-powered word processor such as Word 3 , MacAuthor or even a typesetting system like JustText , TeXtures or Page One . |
12 | Moving to a different part of the country , for example , or even a chance meeting , may be the trigger to reactivate a relationship with someone in this outermost circle , thus drawing them into the second category . |
13 | To celebrate the arrival of two notables in town , I approached the mayor , well known for his Butchers Arms , and asked him to send a joint off the Old Dun Cow or even a Bulls Head . |
14 | A small apple tree , a garden pea or even a strawberry plant pass through various stages during spring and summer and children can look for the first appearance of leaves and flowers and fruit . |
15 | it may sound impossible to many that a sergeant or a young junior officer coming straight from the Empire Training Scheme either in Canada or Rhodesia , was a far better prospect than shall we say a group captain or a wing commander , or even a squadron leader , who had spent the entire war in the training machine . |
16 | The procedure is very informal ; a short note or even a telephone call will suffice in the first instance as we are mainly interested in concepts rather than with detailed descriptions . |
17 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
18 | ‘ I do n't fancy Mark Wright as a skipper — or even a centre half . |
19 | Almost any small feature in a building or even a field wall may say something of the structures that once stood on such sites . |
20 | There was a time when it must have seemed to many of them that he would never receive a bad review , or even a cross word . |
21 | All because she did n't have the money to buy a plane ticket or even a bus ticket . |
22 | ‘ Consumers are entitled to know the price of almost any item which they may be interested in purchasing , should it be staple foods , confectionery , clothing or even a motor car . |
23 | Again the shop need not be an all-purpose grocers , but might be a supermarket , sweet shop or toy shop , or even a post office with sticky-paper stamps , a letter-box and a postman . |
24 | The organist had said that if there was an organ , or even a piano transcription of the music , he would play it . |
25 | But there would be no effect , say , on the shoes on your feet or the gloves on your hands if you were n't already in flesh contact with a door or a wall … or even a light switch … when the lightning strikes . |
26 | Or even a rock star ? |
27 | As she had little dress sense , only a vague fear that any hat or dress she chose might be vulgar , so she had no sense of a possible style in which to decorate a house , or even a dining table , for Christmas . |
28 | Thus the way a prison warder , or even a shopfloor supervisor , exercises authority to get subordinates to do what he wants will be different from the way in which the director of a public company or the managing director of an audit firm will exercise theirs . |
29 | Even close to major cities and towns where the passage of thousands of feet , hooves and occasional wheels had the effect of beating out a route 's direction very clearly , there was no local Department of Highways , or even a town plan to enforce legal limitations on the line of a particular road . |
30 | But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that . |