Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] or a " in BNC.
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| 1 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 2 | To be associated with them you must be either a square-headed German or a bearded Bolshevik . |
| 3 | Is he aware that many of us are concerned because the next generation of inward investment will be attracted not by a low-wage economy or a low-wage work force , but by the best trained and educated work force in Europe ? |
| 4 | Such social aggregations may be either a feeding adaptation or a means of avoiding predation . |
| 5 | When passing round a curve , one or other of these springs ( depending on whether the curve was a right hand or a left hand one ) had to be still further compressed . |
| 6 | The cabbies are all Saturnians who are n't even sure whether this is a right planet or a left planet . |
| 7 | Furthermore , the margin scheme applies only to goods sold by taxable dealers who have acquired them from a private individual or a very small dealer or a body exempt from VAT . |
| 8 | If the houses are bought by the council then the occupants remain secure tenants , but if a private landlord or a housing association becomes the new owner then occupants become assured tenants . |
| 9 | You can apply whether you are a tenant of a local authority , a new town development corporation , a private landlord or a housing association , or even if you live in a hostel . |
| 10 | Well , the war came , and Dick turned into a night person , got a job as a private cop or a night editor or something . |
| 11 | All the comfortable rooms have a private bath or a shower/wc . |
| 12 | " If only Toby had a little money or a proper job — he 's a sweet boy , but " |
| 13 | Using either a solid roller or a special Supamix roller attached to a broom handle , roll the dampened surface lightly . |
| 14 | A function can be a many-one mapping or a one-one . |
| 15 | Erlich would not criticise a timid woman or a timid man in the Kifisia suburb of Athens … |
| 16 | They went in behind Sir George , who waved his huge cone of light around the dark , cramped , circular space , illuminating a semi-circular bay window , a roof carved with veined arches and mock-mediaeval ivy-leaves , felt-textured with dust , a box-bed with curtains still hanging , showing a dull red under their pall of particles , a fantastically carved black wooden desk , covered with beading and scrolls , and bunches of grapes and pomegranates and lilies , something that might have been either a low chair or a prie-dieu , heaps of cloth , an old trunk , two band boxes , a sudden row of staring tiny white faces , one , two , three , propped against a pillow . |
| 17 | Celebrate with a cup of tea , that 's not bad do you want a strong cup or a weak one ? |
| 18 | Flashing that kind of money in this kind of joint could lead to either of two things , a uniformed policeman or a chippie . |
| 19 | A station 's status in Africa would depend upon its proximity to a European community or a white plantation area . |
| 20 | On this occasion he was dealt with by the juvenile court for an offence of being a passenger in a stolen car or a car taken without authority and he received a conditional discharge . |
| 21 | In seconds police officers can obtain details of a stolen car or a wanted person , and establish whether an offender has previous convictions for serious crimes . |
| 22 | You do n't have to be a seven-foot giant or a 16-stone powerhouse to succeed at it , and no ‘ performance-enhancing ’ drug can convert an ordinary player into a good one . |
| 23 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 24 | For those who have never had the experience , a bothy is a hut , either a renovated ruin or a specially built shack in the heart of the wilderness that walkers can use if they need shelter . |
| 25 | It was hardly the kind of place that a girl should arrange to meet her own father , unless she had a cruel streak or a deeply insensitive nature , or both . |
| 26 | This was available in the forms of either a treacly liquid or a dry powder . |
| 27 | For example , can you add on a hard disk , a high-resolution screen or a telex unit ? |
| 28 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
| 29 | He will have done such an act if he does something which substantially impedes his ability to return the goods by the end of the period ( whether that be a stipulated period or a reasonable length of time ) . |
| 30 | whether in its style of economic management a weak state or a strong one is best for the economy . |