Example sentences of "for an [adj] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No man 's the worse for an extra prayer or two , ’ said the steward , visibly thawing . |
| 2 | Lisa pulled herself up to her full five feet three inches , wishing for an extra foot or so so that she could look him in the eye . |
| 3 | For an extra tea or coffee-time treat , how about some Tesco shortbread ? |
| 4 | She stands off expectantly to one side , limbs and body ready for an instant gallop or spring , her eyes focused upon you in an attempt to induce an endless repetition of the game . |
| 5 | Sooner or later it may become impossible for an elderly person or couple to continue living in their own home without support . |
| 6 | A daughter ( or more rarely a son ) who has never left the parental home , or who has returned after widowhood or divorce to stay on indefinitely to care for an elderly parent or parents , does not make this choice automatically . |
| 7 | The experience of becoming an adult child taking filial responsibility for an elderly parent or another aged relative , has been documented in American literature ( Blenkner , 1965 ) . |
| 8 | The gaps in our data do not make it possible to say anything of statistical value , merely to point out that the evidence fragmentarily available suggests that it was by no means exceptional for women to be sole breadwinner in a household , usually in three precise sets of circumstances : in widowhood , with or without children ; after marriage when the husband was away , unemployed or chronically sick ; when unmarried , either living alone or — more frequently in our sample at any rate — caring for and responsible for an elderly parent or sick sibling . |
| 9 | Anyone who is caring for an elderly mother or father would be well advised to visit the local office of the Department of Health and Social Security and ask for a complete set of leaflets on this subject which will explain what financial help is available , apart from the State Retirement Pension , both for their parent and for themselves . |
| 10 | If you are outside London , photocopies can be sent to you for an additional charge or you can use the self-service photocopier if you are in the library . |
| 11 | The logical result of excommunication was deposition , for an excommunicate bishop or king could not rule a diocese or kingdom . |
| 12 | Unless , therefore the guarantee was void as having been made for an illegal consideration or voidable on the ground of economic duress , the extrinsic evidence establishes that it was supported by valid consideration . |
| 13 | She had a neat , methodical mind and it pleased her to hunt around for an odd half-hour or so to fill with planting lettuces or doing the mending . |
| 14 | The award , worth £20,000 , is given to ‘ a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding June 1992 ’ and was granted by a jury consisting of Nicholas Serota , director of the Tate Gallery , Marie-Claude-Beaud , director of the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain , Robert Hopper , director of the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Sarah Kent , art critic of Time Out magazine and Howard Karshan , representative of the patrons of New Art . |
| 15 | and we either go with the word report or we look for an alternative word or words . |
| 16 | The two can be used separately — only one line is needed for an ordinary conversation or data transfer — or they can be used together for applications that need a lot of line capacity , a videoconference call , for example . |
| 17 | So this was Inez , the femme fatale of the Glynn brothers : her features were patrician : a long , slender neck , pouting , sensuous lips , a slightly aquiline nose and sloping forehead — a model for an Egyptian tomb-painting or limestone relief . |
| 18 | Whilst he was chasing girls ( or were the girls chasing him ? ) and always looking for an easy pound or two , I was deeply concerned by the deteriorating political situation . |
| 19 | In order for an apparent consent or refusal of consent to be less than a true consent or refusal , there must be such a degree of external influence as to persuade the patient to depart from her own wishes , to an extent that the law regards it as undue . |
| 20 | The Great Barr , located to the north of the city , close to motorway links and ideal for an overnight stop or as a touring base for the motorists exploring the Big Heart of England . |
| 21 | further , there is less need for an experienced programmer or database administrator to access the database as there are languages available which are easier to use , such as QBE . |
| 22 | And you might even have to do this er for an interim period or something |
| 23 | This simple but stylish cake — perfect for an older child or teenager-is easy to assemble , being a basic loaf cake . |
| 24 | Some People do not like the puppy stage and go for an older dog or bitch . |
| 25 | Section 51 applies where an article is made to a design recorded in a design document and suppresses copyright protection unless the design is for an artistic work or typeface . |
| 26 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
| 27 | The magazine yesterday launched an appeal , which it called ‘ Lemon Fund ’ to raise money for an eventual settlement or to finance an appeal . |
| 28 | It was the awareness that she was now a possible target for an anonymous terrorist or an unknown madman . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's so flexible that it 's the first book we reach for , whether for an intensive teenager or adult refresher course . ’ |
| 30 | Plans are afoot for an informal dance or ceilidh . |