Example sentences of "either a [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 Shoes and socks are tackled before trousers , and track-suit trousers with an elasticated waist would be chosen for either a male or a female patient .
2 Cousin in 1 can , of course , refer to either a male or a female cousin .
3 What 's the chance of getting either a blue or a red ?
4 Patients developing tolerance to adenosine-mediated protection because of recurrent anginal episodes may be amenable to preconditioning with either a muscarinic or an adrenergic agonist depending on the level in the signalling pathway at which tolerance occurs .
5 It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) .
6 By the beginning of 1968 Britain was ceasing to be regarded by many Americans as either a powerful or a special ally .
7 The second requires the child to make a verbal response to either a verbal or a non-verbal stimulus and is used as a measure of the child 's ability to produce spoken language .
8 one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest .
9 With stable macro policies of either a monetary or a fiscal kind , rational expectations on behalf of economic agents mean that such agents fully appreciate the signals that trigger government policy and the prescriptions that follow , internalizing this into their behaviour .
10 We must learn to live without a theological faith in the working class as either a revolutionary or an antiracist agent .
11 Awards may be held on either a full-time or a part-time basis .
12 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during your loan .
13 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during the loan .
14 They are secured by either a fixed or a floating charge against the assets of the company .
15 Unsecured loan stocks are corporate bonds that are not secured by either a fixed or a floating charge .
16 A crude analysis of the use of doctors by the various socio-economic groups shows , for both males and females , either a similar or a lower use by the semi-skilled and unskilled groups than other groups .
17 The central research question is whether wartime training altered women 's position in the labour market on either a temporary or a permanent basis .
18 The scientists and technicians who were responsible for running the vessel were all ranking members of the Imperial Survey Service ; but that did not mean that they had the slightest notion about running either a tight or a tidy ship .
19 These societies would have the duty of distributing the dividends from the shares on either a universal or a restricted basis .
20 And the chance of getting either a red or a blue , If I say , Here you are , I 'm gon na you 've got this bag and it 's got three blue and one red in it .
21 And I 'm gon na pick one at random , and I 'm gon na have this bet with you that I will get either a red or a blue .
22 Well it 's a certainty that I 'll get either a red or a blue .
23 If I say , I 'll bet you I 'll get either a red or a blue .
24 Research on UK quoted companies indicates that over half use either a wrong or an inappropriate technique for evaluating leases ( ‘ The Leasing Decision : A Comparison of Theory and Practice ’ by Colin Drury and Steven Braund , Accounting and Business Research , Vol 20 No 79 , Summer 1990 , pp 179–191 ) .
25 Either a Tory or a Labour minority government will look at the next election down the track and say , ‘ Hang on , we ai n't going to win ’ . ’
26 Bibliographic citations , adequate for most commonly used bibliographic packages , in either a free or a tightly structured format ; and ,
27 These particles may carry either a positive or a negative electrical charge , or may be electrically neutral ; some have mass or weight , others appear to be weightless .
28 Expectation has been shown to influence the outcome of even the most carefully controlled double-blind trial in either a positive or a negative direction .
29 If fewer , it 's faster , either a little or a lot , depending on the speed of the camera — the projector speed is , of course , constant .
30 I studied at the Scuole Medie in the Istituto Melloni , which would enable me , after four years , to choose either a classical or a scientific education by taking the appropriate examination .
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