Example sentences of "was [det] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another , there was little or no chance that the National government , working with a very large Conservative majority , would be in danger of political defeat even on the matter of ‘ appeasement ’ . |
| 2 | They repeatedly stated that the situation was ‘ hopeless ’ in that there was little or no chance of employment at the end of training . |
| 3 | There was little or no talking within the group as most were engrossed with making the boxes stick . |
| 4 | The detailed examination of the organisation of these references confirmed the view that there was little or no commonality between the systems used , and within each system , reference fields were utilised for any combination of alphanumeric codes that suited the purpose of the prime users . |
| 5 | They found that ‘ there was little or no accumulation of long-stay patients ’ during the period . |
| 6 | On March 8 Labour Minister Norbert Blüm announced the government 's intention to extend by six months ( to end-1991 ) its " short-time " policy , whereby employees for whom there was little or no work nevertheless received 70 per cent of their salary rather than be made redundant . |
| 7 | There was little or no evidence of ‘ home comforts ’ in the cells , the walls of which were plain concrete , with cot-type beds and what really amounted to a hole in the wall to house each occupant 's personal effects . |
| 8 | The LBS report was uncompromising ; it showed that even with full trains , there was little or no money at the bottom end of the market , whereas with first-class and full-dining trains , there was considerable profit potential . |
| 9 | To name a child with an English word was thought particularly propitious , though there was little or no consideration given to what the word actually meant . |
| 10 | A cheque for £400 had been received from the Radcliffe Trustees , Mr Park had collected £389 of the £521 from ratepayers , but on 18 December 1896 , it was reported that a further debit of £21 6s 6d had been received from the Locomotive Department , increasing the total to £2,935 10s 7d , and none of the ratepayers who owed the uncollected £132 were property owners , so there was little or no hope of collecting it ; that was written off . |
| 11 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 12 | Amitha : I was appointed in September 1984 under the Race Relations Act and there was little or no idea why they wanted an ‘ Asian ’ worker . |
| 13 | Reports from the constituencies in May showed 259 local parties against the Bill and only thirty-two in favour ; eighty-three suggested no change in wartime ; twice as many local parties supported votes for women as opposed the idea , by ninety-eight to forty-four , and there was little or no support for proportional representation . |
| 14 | There was little or no provision for the " gutter " women ; the heavy drinkers who slept rough . |
| 15 | There was little or no oxygen . |
| 16 | Even though industrial sectors where there was little or no potential for technological innovation were not included in the study , one-quarter of firms had not bought any kind of new technology in the five previous years . |
| 17 | Traditionally the contract of employment was drawn up by the employer and there was little or no negotiation as to its contents . |
| 18 | Since there was little or no lending to the Government during the year 1967/68 , it follows that that billion and a half of expenditure was financed from one of two sources . |
| 19 | There was little or no difference in technical quality between the systems , and as far as we are concerned the matter can be decided on price . |
| 20 | There was little or no sabotage behind the lines . |
| 21 | With this limited view of ‘ overseas operations ’ there was little or no need to become trapped in a semantic jungle . |
| 22 | There was little or no attempt to denationalize the giant state monopolies thereafter . |
| 23 | Control of public expenditure until the 1960s was highly fragmented and largely revolved around the consideration of annual estimates : there was little or no attempt to plan expenditure programmes for the medium or long term . |
| 24 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 25 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 26 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 27 | But it was that or a Vauxhall . |
| 28 | Well it was that or the cold . |
| 29 | In any case , it was that or the wolves . |
| 30 | Where was this when the water froze ? ’ |