Example sentences of "for [adv] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | We look in vain for strikingly deviant or schematic uses of language in James . |
| 2 | The simpler forms are designed for less prestigious or valuable property . |
| 3 | The power delegated to him must never be misused for merely personal or even dynastic ends . |
| 4 | Proposals for further new or revised OESs are included and comments are invited before 30 April 1992 . |
| 5 | Data archives store , catalogue , index and disseminate the data for further contemporary or historical research . |
| 6 | For more complex or specialised enquiries , your local branch or Business Centre will put you in touch with specialists including those in the column on the right . |
| 7 | The efficacy of definitional overlap varies greatly across domains , such that specialist dictionaries may be required for more esoteric or specialist domains . |
| 8 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 9 | Credit costs are lower than they would be if they had to provide for more bad or difficult debts . |
| 10 | Throughout the text , other works are cross-referenced for more detailed or specific assistance to a practitioner who may be looking into one particular area in more detail . |
| 11 | One of the sport 's most natural drivers — no one , ever , participated in more forms of motor sport , for as long or even remotely as successfully — he favoured , as a simple man , those things which gave him simple pleasures . |
| 12 | The faunas and/or floras of these two formations are likely to be different for purely ecological or preservational reasons ( in fact the lower formation in this case , having been metamorphosed , will presumably have no recognisable fossils anyway ) . |
| 13 | If a number of people for purely social or philanthropic reasons agreed upon a joint plan of action , the purpose of which was not to make a profit , this would not be a partnership . |
| 14 | That could be recognised in a scheme for supporting lone parents , along with many others who care single-handed for particularly frail or handicapped people . |
| 15 | The rational agent can then calculate the expected utility of each action by assigning a ‘ utility ’ ( a quotient of happiness , so to speak ) to each consequence and discounting it for how likely or unlikely it is to be the actual consequence . |
| 16 | It also provides an opportunity for the therapist to re-evaluate the need for either additional or alternative treatment . |
| 17 | No significant differences were found between the two groups of patients for either systolic or diastolic blood pressure . |
| 18 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 19 | Well , clearly income can not fall below zero , so in a sense that represents an ‘ absolute ’ floor ; in practice , however , although investment demand can fall to zero when firms are so pessimistic that they have no demand for either new or replacement capital , consumption demand must always be positive , if only to sustain life . |
| 20 | One feature of lamb is that any part of the meat is suitable for either roasting or grilling , depending on the cutting . |
| 21 | With the introduction of Community Charge all charge payers will pay their annual bill by ten monthly instalments commencing 15th April unless they opt for either annual or half-yearly payments . |
| 22 | Unbaptised infants are thought to live in limbo , and their spirits may be summoned or used for either good or evil purposes . |
| 23 | Though I am not superstitious or religious in any formal sense , I do feel that certain places that have had working within them strong forces for either good or evil absorb something and retain some of that force . |
| 24 | Students are encouraged to identify and develop their aptitude for either specialist or interdisciplinary projects both in relation to the basic resources of the course , and by extending their studies to include other relevant resources which the Faculty has to offer . |
| 25 | Unless a watercourse is very small or the pollutant particularly powerful , the natural processes of dilution and purification will often make it very difficult for either proactive or reactive discovery to reveal the existence of pollution soon enough and in sufficient detail for it to be traced to a particular discharger . |
| 26 | To help you cope with really poor lighting , some camcorders are fitted with a small onboard video light for either manual or automatic control . |
| 27 | Matching BARBICAN GATES , single , double leaf or sliding , are available for either manual or electrical operation . |
| 28 | At least at first , sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer . |
| 29 | This planting plan is suitable for either sloping or level ground , but these plants all need to have free-draining soil . |
| 30 | It is to be hoped that as the patient begins to feel better , there will be less need for either smoking or alcohol . |