Example sentences of "or [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or deftly rabbit-punch a kidney |
| 2 | By decreeing that the order to Nazimov ( the " Nazimov Rescript " ) be copied to other governors , Alexander more or less forced the rest of the empire to follow the example of the north-west . |
| 3 | Angelica loved the valley people — some of them , anyway but at times she could find them … well , basic more or less summarised the idea . |
| 4 | Elsewhere around the country Dorset side West Hants more or less sealed the Area 8 title with an eleventh hour 2–1 away win over Team Excel — which required a final doubles rubber tie-break to separate the sides . |
| 5 | The rise in rents between 1848 and the late 1880s more or less matched the rise in real wages during the same period . |
| 6 | The Socialist Party , which got its economics so disastrously wrong at the start of the 1980s , has now more or less caught the point . |
| 7 | What ‘ noble Remedies , what serviceable Instruments ’ had they produced to equal ‘ so good a Med'cine as Stew 'd Prunes , or so necessary an Instrument as a Flye-Flap ’ ? |
| 8 | Very few men have led so versatile or so successful a life as Peter Scott . |
| 9 | After a year or a month or possibly half an hour , God 's face looked in . |
| 10 | Unless the original is crisp and clear the copies will lose definition , the smaller or more delicate the typeface , the worse the problem . |
| 11 | Using enormous restraint , she stalked her prey [ or nearly half an hour , and only when she was certain did she leap from her crouching position and bring down her quarry , seizing it by the throat and suffocating it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Women are n't encouraged to be as confident in themselves or as single-minded the way men are . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The relegating acolyte does not realise that after a certain date nearly every book is as good or as bad a case as another . |
| 16 | All these men would not only write ; they would also have to read , because the Minister is not able to read all the Cabinet agenda before he gets there , or even all the agenda of the Cabinet Committees ; and if he does read the papers he reads them with an eye which often fails to understand and to spot the relevant . |
| 17 | Electronic mailing lists like this can easily be infiltrated by other supporters , but thankfully segregation is n't necessary , and so far policemen on horses have yet to be called in to arrest computer terminals ( or even Sonic the Hedgehog ) for causing an affray . |
| 18 | Ten minutes passed , or maybe half an hour , it was hard to tell . |
| 19 | New labour relations are being introduced in industries where they were technologically or politically unthinkable a decade ago . |
| 20 | However physically or mentally frail a resident is , you should help them maintain the maximum amount of independence possible . |
| 21 | Using an excessive amount or too rich a moisturiser on combination skin will congest it and lead to blocked pores and spots . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 25 | You know , if we had something too patterned or too dark the wood wo n't |
| 26 | Another strike , or too big a pay rise , and we might go under . ’ |