Example sentences of "either [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Two hypotheses are worth mentioning , either of which would account for a significant number of cases .
2 During the course of March , however , anti-abortionists attempted to enact laws in Guam and Idaho , either of which would have forced the Supreme Court to decide upon the legality of the core of the Roe v. Wade judgment .
3 There is an immense difference between the political systems of fascism and of liberal democracy , either of which may exist in a capitalist society ; and no one can doubt that the history of the world would have been very different if the fascist powers had been victorious in the Second World War .
4 β-blockade might impair carbohydrate metabolism either as a consequence of direct β-adrenoreceptor blockade or as the result of relatively unopposed α activity , either of which might suppress insulin release .
5 Sometimes the testicles suffer from under or over-suspension , either of which can cause discomfort , but this is unlikely to have been caused by a vasectomy operation .
6 As well as the inescapable carrier bag , and the rubbish bin liner , either of which can provide large enough pieces for a kite sail , the material is available by the metre or on the roll .
7 23.1 If any dispute or difference arises between the Parties hereto in connection with or arising out of the Agreement and provided that either of them shall have given notice in writing thereof , the Parties shall try to reach an agreement by negotiating in goodwill and at the highest level .
8 7.5.2 When the circumstances contemplated in clause 7.5.1 arise the Rent [ and Service Charge ] or a fair proportion of the Rent [ and Service Charge ] according to the nature and the extent of the damage sustained shall cease to be payable until the Premises or the Retained Parts or the damaged parts of either of them shall have been rebuilt or reinstated so that the Premises or the affected part are made fit for occupation or use [ or until the expiration of [ 3 ] years from the destruction or damage whichever period is the shorter ] [ ( the amount of such proportion and the period during which the Rent [ and Service Charge ] shall cease to be payable to be determined by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator ) or ( any dispute as to such proportion or the period during which the Rent [ and Service Charge ] shall cease to be payable to be determined in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1950 to 1979 by an arbitrator to be appointed by agreement between the parties or in default by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party ) ] This provision should always be amended to include reference not only to the premises but also to the building of which the premises form part in the event that the premises do not stand alone .
9 He could n't mean she belonged to him — that would be the last thing either of them would want — but the predatory gleam in his eyes said differently , and an involuntary spark of anticipation was born deep inside her .
10 Getting Ace on his side had helped : the Doctor had an attachment to the woman that went deeper than either of them would admit .
11 Either of them would have grabbed the hand .
12 Not that he supposed either of them would jump at him , since neither was short of admirers .
13 Either of them may have seen the killer .
14 Their partners are making dollars faster than either of them can count , some of it in black market trading .
15 The contact was more than either of them could bear , and it was n't to do with the heat .
16 The aunts would reply indignantly that they only wanted to help , whereupon Addy would shout from the kitchen that if either of them could cook worth a damn perhaps they could be something other than a bloody nuisance .
17 The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees .
18 sometimes come to Glasgow and either of them could go up to Stirling
19 There was no way either of them could have worked out what was going on .
20 Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question .
21 Why , thought Joe , should Blackbeard think either of them could read Russian ?
22 If either of you should get into difficulties , help will be at hand .
23 You have a bank account where either of you can sign , one dies the other can still sign and therefore it belongs entirely to that survivor .
24 ‘ I do n't really think , ’ said Helen , ‘ that either of us would feel very comfortable after this . ’
25 ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’
26 Before either of us could react to this confession , unexpected even to me , I ploughed on .
27 But I do n't see that either of us could produce a shred of evidence to support our extremely unlikely thesis , so I do n't see that we 're much further advanced .
28 I doubt that either of us could survive such a lengthy association . ’
29 ‘ Put like that , ’ said Karelius , smiling , ‘ I do n't see how either of us can refuse . ’
30 Meanwhile , there 's nothing much either of us can do for them .
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