Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He works as an odd-job man or possibly , given the nature of the work , as a husband . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Well there was an odd chair or so , but apart from that nothing really . |
| 4 | A visit may lead to a display , or an audio-visual presentation or perhaps drama , role-play or empathetic work . |
| 5 | All the children we spoke to about reviews found them either an unnecessary irrelevance or else an extremely threatening or distressing event . |
| 6 | For teachers it can , however , sometimes seem like an administrative chore or merely an unwelcome interruption of the timetable . |
| 7 | Prices in such circumstances become an administrative convenience or merely irrelevant . |
| 8 | There is a small stone ‘ seat ’ running the length of both walls , but the most important piece of masonry within the building is a stone slab in the centre of the nave that might be an old tomb or perhaps even the site of an old altar . |
| 9 | Some propositions can be subjected to experimental test and the results used in the creation of an extended thesis or alternatively an antithesis . |
| 10 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 11 | ‘ My chances of making an honest marriage or even of keeping up my business would be less than dust without the good will of my neighbours . |
| 12 | All too often the profit earned on an individual house or indeed a development as a whole is less than would have been made if the site had merely been left undeveloped and sold at the end of the development period . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In practice , however , the elasticity of demand for imports and exports may not be of an appropriate value or else it may take considerable time before such automatic forces become effective . |
| 15 | It was n't that I was an amazing person or exactly the right guy for the job . |
| 16 | No wonder people sometimes start right off with an official complaint or even a writ . |
| 17 | For the constables , this clock discipline was reinforced by more severe castigation — perhaps for missing an unlocked door or newly broken window . |
| 18 | The manufacturer could impose full-line forcing , obliging the retailer to take a whole range of its products if it takes one , or tie-in sales , no X sold without Y. It could impose exclusive purchasing ( no products of a certain description to be bought from anywhere but itself ) , and may offer selective and exclusive distribution agreements ( suppliers have to meet certain criteria in order to be selected to distribute a product , and may be offered an exclusive territory or even absolute territorial protection ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 20 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 21 | There is no warrant for construing clause 9(a) in such a manner as to cover costs , charges and expenses of an unreasonable amount or unreasonably incurred . |
| 22 | Take particular care not to leave live electrical flexes trailing in an exposed position or even behind a chair where the puppy could conceal itself . |
| 23 | Toxic algae has previously been confined to lowland shallow lakes surrounded either by an increasing population or intensively farmed land . |
| 24 | Using an excessive amount or too rich a moisturiser on combination skin will congest it and lead to blocked pores and spots . |
| 25 | Do you plump for a bottle with an attractive label or simply stick to a wine that is familiar ? |
| 26 | The introduction of new partners involves similar problems whether they arrive as part of an expansionary exercise or merely to replace a partner who has died or retired from the firm . |