Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] either [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane Austen is less descriptive than either the Gothic novelists or Scott , for although her letters are full of domestic detail and she enjoins her sister , Cassandra , to omit nothing in her account of a house — ‘ For one 's own dear self , one ascertains & remembers everything ’ — novels are not written for ‘ one 's own dear self ’ , and she was not one to inflict what she did not enjoy — ‘ your descriptions are often more minute than will be liked ’ , she warns her niece , Anna Austen , an aspiring writer . |
| 2 | Their smaller size — an adult male weighs around 150 lb ( 70 kg ) and a female perhaps 30 lb ( 14 kg ) less — makes them more adaptable than either the lion or the tiger , as does their athleticism . |
| 3 | It is clear , therefore , that the 70 or so institutions which call themselves colleges or institutes of higher education comprise a sector of higher education which is more diverse than either the universities or polytechnics . |
| 4 | Thereafter , however , their share increased steadily until by 1850 this market was more important than either the European or North American market , in both of which home cotton manufacture had become significant . |
| 5 | I suppose this might be taken as perhaps a basic statement of Impressionist doctrine , and we know , incidentally , that the fictional painter in À la recherche , Elstir , who plays a very important role in the novel , perhaps more important than either the fictional writer , Bergotte , or the fictional musician , Vinteuil , that Elstir was modelled in considerable part on Monet . |
| 6 | Further , his total avoidance of arianism is held to have made him more acceptable to the catholic Gallo-Romans , than were the other kings of his generation , and to have helped ensure that the Franks were more successful than either the Burgundians or the Visigoths . |
| 7 | Now the quality obviously is not as good as either the flat or fully-fashioned and that 's why the Americans have a reputation for not but that 's the reason , productivity . |
| 8 | This is likely to be particularly serious if either the poverty trap or the unemployment trap is encountered . |
| 9 | The identification and correction of coding errors may be virtually impossible unless either a cost centre is obviously incorrect or a fairly detailed manual backup , such as is outlined in ( b ) above , is utilised . |