Example sentences of "or [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or deftly rabbit-punch a kidney |
| 2 | Very few men have led so versatile or so successful a life as Peter Scott . |
| 3 | The EPR paper concludes with the words While we have thus shown that the wavefunction does not provide a complete description of physical reality , we have left open the question of whether or not such a description exists . |
| 4 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 5 | Whether or not such a statement reflects an adequate level of planning and depth of thought about curriculum development depends on the quality of the deliberations of the faculties and departments , and the coordination of the various submissions made to the committee . |
| 6 | This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man . |
| 7 | But you do n't have to be as colourful a performer or as vivid a personality as these two to make an interesting subject . |
| 8 | The relegating acolyte does not realise that after a certain date nearly every book is as good or as bad a case as another . |
| 9 | With the advances in information technology , answers to many questions could be delivered in minutes , not just on industrial issues , like how cold does it have to be before we stop work , or how heavy a load should I lift , but other questions not related to work that we have not always answered in the past . |
| 10 | Or , imagine that the lights go out as Harry has just begun saying : ( 2 ) Listen , I 'm not disagreeing with you but with you , and not about this but about this Or , Suppose we find a bottle in the sea , and inside it a message which reads : ( 3 ) Meet me here a week from now with a stick about this big We do not know who to meet , where or when to meet him or her , or how big a stick to bring . |
| 11 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |
| 12 | So how big was a how big a institution or how important a institution was the Cooperative then , here ? |
| 13 | New labour relations are being introduced in industries where they were technologically or politically unthinkable a decade ago . |
| 14 | However physically or mentally frail a resident is , you should help them maintain the maximum amount of independence possible . |
| 15 | Using an excessive amount or too rich a moisturiser on combination skin will congest it and lead to blocked pores and spots . |
| 16 | Honeysuckle likes its feet in the shade and head in the sunshine ; grown in too sunny or too warm a place , it becomes infested with greenfly , blackfly , caterpillars and red spider mite . |
| 17 | This information should enable the investor to decide : ( a ) if the size of the workforce is to be reduced , at what cost , bearing in mind the notice periods , age and length of service of the employees ; ( b ) if the workforce is to be increased , at what cost ; ( c ) whether the existing terms of employment , benefits and so on are appropriate , or too great a burden for the target business ; ( d ) the importance of key individuals and whether any action should be taken to ensure their loyalty or protect the company 's position by , for example , keyman insurance ( particularly important in service industries ) ; and ( e ) action to be taken in respect of any share option arrangements , incentive schemes , or the funding ( or under-funding ) of pension schemes . |
| 18 | Another strike , or too big a pay rise , and we might go under . ’ |