Example sentences of "either a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be associated with them you must be either a square-headed German or a bearded Bolshevik . |
| 2 | They went in behind Sir George , who waved his huge cone of light around the dark , cramped , circular space , illuminating a semi-circular bay window , a roof carved with veined arches and mock-mediaeval ivy-leaves , felt-textured with dust , a box-bed with curtains still hanging , showing a dull red under their pall of particles , a fantastically carved black wooden desk , covered with beading and scrolls , and bunches of grapes and pomegranates and lilies , something that might have been either a low chair or a prie-dieu , heaps of cloth , an old trunk , two band boxes , a sudden row of staring tiny white faces , one , two , three , propped against a pillow . |
| 3 | They are usually fitted into a timber sub-frame ( hardwood , in preference to softwood ; there 's little point in fitting an indestructible door in a frame that could rot in 10 years ) , and come with either a silvery finish or a factory-applied coating in a limited range of colours . |
| 4 | The engineering unions have been seeking either a 35-hour week or a two-hour reduction . |
| 5 | " A lease is not intended to be either a mental exercise or an essay in literature ; it is a practical document dealing with a practical situation " ( Levermore v Jobey [ 1956 ] 2 All ER 362 per Dankwerts LJ at 370 ) . |
| 6 | Marlowe in that year was for Eliot positively either a major atheist or a major Christian , but the enchantments of Faustus were Baudelaire 's paradis artificiels . |
| 7 | For those who have never had the experience , a bothy is a hut , either a renovated ruin or a specially built shack in the heart of the wilderness that walkers can use if they need shelter . |
| 8 | She had either a split skirt or split dress . |
| 9 | Both models are optimized for use in close proximity to a wall , or on a shelf , both are 8 ohms designs and both are finished in either a black ash or ( to follow ) mahogany effect vinyl . |
| 10 | In order to allow timeshare owners to exercise property rights , therefore , it is essential to form either a limited company or a club . |
| 11 | The company discourages staff from wearing earrings , however , either a solid stud or small sleeper variety with no stones or attachments may be worn , and only one in each ear . |
| 12 | His ‘ Army ’ gave either a solid start or valuable experience to dozens of comedians . |
| 13 | Using either a solid roller or a special Supamix roller attached to a broom handle , roll the dampened surface lightly . |
| 14 | The shares , however , rose 6p to 648p , indicating that the market continues to expect either a higher offer or the intervention of a white knight , possibly from continental Europe . |
| 15 | This was available in the forms of either a treacly liquid or a dry powder . |
| 16 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
| 17 | It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit . |
| 18 | It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit . |
| 19 | Between these times it shows either a slight rise or a general plateau ( tests of Groups 1 , 2 and 6 ) or a slight decline after a peak at about noon ( Groups 3 , 5 and 7 ) . |
| 20 | Any approaching troughs of wet weather were drawn in as lines , either a warm front or a cold front , and many isobars close together meant high winds . |
| 21 | Patients received either a general anaesthetic or intravenous sediation ( diazemuls ) , analgesic ( pethidine ) , and local anaesthetic ( 20 ml 2% lignocaine ) injected subcutaneously and long the percutaneous tract . |
| 22 | Transplantation with either a combined liver and lung ( heart ) or in certain situations a liver alone , however , offers the possibility of longterm relief of PHT . |
| 23 | When these two factors are put together , it is readily understandable that a request that treatment should cease should be seen as not really meant , but as merely the response to either a passing mood or a loss of mental fitness . |
| 24 | It is crucial not to take everything in either a literal sense or in a humanistic , reinterpretative sense . |
| 25 | Composition : a portfolio of original compositions plus either a critical commentary or a dissertation on a related subject . |
| 26 | There 's n it 's an interesting fact that as well that erm opinion polls are very often , it depends what the question you 're asked and when , when , when during elections people are asked are you prepared to s to have either A lower taxes or B spend more , higher taxes and spend more on the national health service , well people always say oh yeah , oh yeah fine . |
| 27 | " José Churruca " was the boy in whom his father saw " either a great soldier or a saint " and the man who , as an army officer , fought heroically for the Nationalists ( at the head of a unit of Legionnaires ) in order to save the Fatherland from chaos and destruction . |
| 28 | ( b ) Registered land The Board will register either a substantive charge or a notice or caution , depending upon the practice of the individual Board . |
| 29 | Also included in the pack are specimen compensation fund covenants for completion by either a recognised body or an individual solicitor or registered foreign lawyer . |
| 30 | It is also important to determine which activities and functions should be housed in the new and old locations especially if the organisation plans to carry out either a phased move or to keep a small presence in the old site after the main move has taken place . |