Example sentences of "[art] car or [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discernible attempt to use less oil , to cut down the size of the cars or the extravagance of the packaging industry . |
| 2 | Defences based on matters outside the driver 's control such as a dog running into the path of the car or a tree being blown across the road are generally good . |
| 3 | It always does , whether you are talking about the spread of the car or the spread of Aids . |
| 4 | ‘ Listen , Mrs Tea Cup , listen , ’ the Second Son would say as he slotted yet another tape into the nearest stereo or tape machine , whether in the car or the family room or the garden . |
| 5 | About the car or the horse ? |
| 6 | A mummy I 've got , I 've got a car or a welly boot with a teddy in it . |
| 7 | If you think about people in very large numbers , you can divide them into groups in a variety of ways : age groups , different sexes , marital status , numbers of children , where they live , what they do , how much they earn , how many GCSEs they have , whether they own a car or a colour TV , the colour of their skin … the list is , in practice , endless , especially if you add in ( say ) readers of Punch , or buyers of Beecham 's pills . |
| 8 | An owner who delivers a car or a bicycle by way of loan or hire to another parts with the possession to him , but does not cease to be owner . |
| 9 | ‘ You see very little from a car or a desk , ’ he once said . |
| 10 | Some people give more thought to choosing a car or a holiday than they do to choosing a career . |
| 11 | If you have an Orchard MSA and want to borrow on a more permanent basis , you can simply use your Orchard Reserve to cover the cost of major purchases such as a car or a holiday . |
| 12 | I mean do you really care when you look at these game shows , and things like that , whether this person wins a car or a holiday , you know in wherever ? |
| 13 | The farm cattle have their gods too and anyone who leaves a car or a tractor and trailer parked in a field of cattle can observe that when such a vehicle appears it produces the most unusual reactions amongst the herd . |
| 14 | This , however , need not so much reflect a decline of the village as a social centre ( its past vitality has often been greatly exaggerated ) as the extension of a wider range of choice to those sections of the rural population whose ownership of a car or a motorcycle has granted them easier access to urban amenities . |
| 15 | But there is another significant difference between the individual driving a car or a lorry and all these other forms of transport , and that is the chain of responsibility . |
| 16 | What , how you 're doing , doing a conversation at home cooking dinner , working and eating in office , serving a customer in a shop , in a car or a bus a train , out shopping with a friend , in a pub |
| 17 | Wish I had a car or a motorbike ! |
| 18 | ‘ You would n't believe how many of our employees told me what a good deal they got on a car or a boat because they adopted Karrass ' strategies ’ says an executive of a major oil company . |
| 19 | Play behaviour , as we will see , is largely assimilation : the person playing decides that a piece of stick is a car or a gun and treats it as such until the play ends . |
| 20 | It 's a car or a car mummy ? |
| 21 | It 's a car or a car . |
| 22 | No one moving , not a man nor a woman , not a car or a motor bike , not even a dog barking under the sickle moon which shone in an opalescent sky surrounded by a diadem of stars . |
| 23 | Since nobody knows the characteristics of next year 's model of a car or a washing machine , it is impossible to write legally binding contracts which could be enforced when the goods are actually delivered . |
| 24 | The difference is particularly marked for cars and telephones ; more than 8 out of 10 two adult households with children have a car or a van compared to only 3 in 10 on adult households with children and whereas 9 in 10 of the two adult households with children have a telephone , this is true for only 6 in 10 of the one adult and children households |