Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] or perhaps " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 2 | It may be on one of the islands that surround the Antarctic continent or perhaps in Patagonia on the South American mainland . |
| 3 | They may have contained either small units of the regular army or perhaps a locally raised militia . |
| 4 | Matching fringes give a rich finish or perhaps you could add a very heavy tassel to each of the corners to weight them . |
| 5 | Had the plea come from a budding starlet or perhaps an Italian supermodel , Jagger would have tripped over his lips in an effort to scrawl his name — and perhaps his phone number — in her book for posterity . |
| 6 | No doubt " and emptiness " adds a further precision or perhaps elaboration to the of line A ; that is to say , to the idea of ignorable non-existence is added that of chaotic absence of form . |
| 7 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 8 | In your own minds , now , I want you to think of a famous building or a famous site or perhaps a famous street or avenue yes a a statue would be fine , erm or something that 's famous , like an animal perhaps , or a park erm or a zoo , although that might be a bit difficult . |
| 9 | Therefore , the one is a destination which you 'll probably find you 'd prefer to go to for a long weekend or perhaps a , part of your annual holiday etcetera , our parks are places you go to for a day out and I think therefore there is a very er , strong difference between the sort of visit and because I feel that EuroDisney which will undoubtedly will be good , it 's a proven formula er , it 's run well er , it appeals to a lot of people and therefore it will be I think er , successful , exactly how successful I obviously ca n't say , but it will be successful , it will certainly attract British visitors , but they 'll come back , looking er , with certain higher expectation , a value for money , quality etcetera , etcetera . |
| 10 | It might seem that fax 's current growth in popularity is attributable to a technological breakthrough or perhaps to some new commercial need to communicate pictorially as well as texturally . |
| 11 | In that case it is legitimate to require some special process of constitutional amendment say that the legislature may amend the Constitution only by a two-thirds majority or after a general election or perhaps upon three months ' notice . |
| 12 | Consciousness of this fact , plus a desire to court moderate Republican opinion , ensured that early rebel pronouncements were limited to vague calls for the prevention of left-wing revolution , the maintenance of national unity and the restoration of authority ; beyond that it remained unclear whether the rising , if successful , would produce a conservative , more authoritarian republic , a monarchist restoration , a military dictatorship or perhaps even an out-and-out fascist state . |
| 13 | It means more than serious inconvenience , or even widespread inconvenience ( so that people might not be able to park where they usually do , or drive down a particular street or perhaps miss a train as a result of the demonstration ) . |
| 14 | The panel is still considering the divisional schools library service erm the , they 're very clear is at to whether these costs to the library is a fixed cost or a variable cost or perhaps even more to the point that it will need to reach the cost of libraries are fixed and variable and the differing views both within the panel and schools about that and the panel is continuing deliberating research . |
| 15 | Few of us will go through life without transgressing some rule of public law , the result of which will be the imposition of a financial penalty or perhaps , in more severe cases , deprivation of liberty . |
| 16 | They threaten to ‘ expose ’ a misdeed , probably a genuine mistake or perhaps complete fiction , but the salvation is that if he goes without a murmur the matter will be hushed up . |
| 17 | A visit may lead to a display , or an audio-visual presentation or perhaps drama , role-play or empathetic work . |
| 18 | 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 . |