Example sentences of "[det] [conj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we add up the probabilities , to find out the chances of getting that or that . |
| 2 | I might add that Filmer 's notion of dominion as originally granted to Adam included both ownership of property and authority over men and here Filmer was trading on erm erm the feudal tradition of erm property erm erm erm dominion erm entails that if you have property rights in a certain tract of territory you also have political authority over the people inhabiting that or that territory you know , think of a straightforward standard lord of the manor and his service you know , he has property rights in the territory , he also has authority over erm the individuals who live off that territory . |
| 3 | That or that door ? |
| 4 | As Gramsci points out , the religion of the clergy is not necessarily the religion of this or that social group of laity , whose religious interpretation is also related to their own concrete world of experience . |
| 5 | The atmosphere was , however , cordial , if not convivial , and the talk was of what grandchildren were up to or what Dr So-and-so said about this or that particular problem . |
| 6 | Now I am twittering on about buying a new workshop , equipping it with this or that kind of planer/thicknesser , getting this or that panel saw . |
| 7 | Now I am twittering on about buying a new workshop , equipping it with this or that kind of planer/thicknesser , getting this or that panel saw . |
| 8 | In practice , whatever the solution adopted there is always an uncomfortable shifting of gears in the movement from one of these perspectives to the other : nor does the assertion of this or that ‘ homology ’ between style and narrative do much more than to pronounce resolved in advance the dilemma for which it was supposed to provide a working answer . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , Boyo , it 's either this or that , ’ said Taff , pointing to the alternative — a large piece of meat that had been roasted over a fire and looked most unappetising . |
| 10 | That a language , whatever it be , not repress another ; that the subject may know without remorse , without repression , the bliss of having at his disposal two kinds of language ; that he may speak this or that , according to his perversions , not according to the Law . |
| 11 | But it is not enough to single out this or that Minister , or even the officials responsible . |
| 12 | If I do n't match up then they 'll say , oh , Dusty would have done this or that . ’ |
| 13 | Although all epochs have helped themselves to this or that aspect of Mozart , all have over-emphasised the ‘ charm ’ . |
| 14 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 15 | As for these general ideas , ideas of particular things , they come to be general by our ‘ separating from them … [ any detail ] … that may determine them to this or that particular existence ’ . |
| 16 | You will be wondering , what is the message of Christmas for me this year in the face of this or that problem ? |
| 17 | The professors went on : ‘ We are speaking not as members of this or that nation , continent or creed but as human beings , members of the species Man whose continued existence is in doubt … a biological species which has had a remarkable history and whose disappearance none of us can desire . ’ |
| 18 | We are not rich people , I can not afford to buy the costliest brands of this or that . |
| 19 | The dealers and auctioneers are clearly dishonest men , for did not the newspapers contain , almost daily , stories of this or that forgotten family possession , found in an attic or lumber room or trunk , and fetching colossal sums ? |
| 20 | This you must have if players are going to accept that this or that is not right . |
| 21 | They were like law reports , cases concerning this or that , rather than a narrative linking events in a chain as cause and effect . |
| 22 | Even curry powder is merely a base , relying on ground coriander and ground cumin for its essential character and then turned this or that way , sometimes by roasting , more usually by the addition of other spices , fresh herbs , aromatic vegetables and so on . |
| 23 | Remembering that , whatever the indignation aroused by this or that programme , previous studies have shown the public at large is not convinced of BBC bias . |
| 24 | ‘ Some very clever , very nice and very holy people need to be turned away from internal debates on the relative clap-happiness of church services or the sexual inclinations of the clergy or whether to write letters to the papers campaigning for this or that party in general elections . |
| 25 | SIR — With such well-informed media personnel telling us every hour on the hour that Messrs Kinnock , Hattersley , Patten , Mandela , Smith and Gould are ‘ expected ’ to make an announcement after the weekend , or within a day or two , stating that they will do this or that , probably because of this reason , possibly causing this response — is it absolutely necessary for us to have to endure the appearance of the person concerned to tell us what has been drummed into us until our eyes stick out like organ-stops ? |
| 26 | I do n't know who belongs to what clique and whom I 'm offending by doing this or that . |
| 27 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 28 | They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate , or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters . |
| 29 | ‘ Women 's magazines , not this one , are always emphasising you 're supposed to feel this or that when someone does this or that to you . |
| 30 | Just as cricket buffs can remember who scored how many runs on this or that ground in a particular season decades ago , so too the Hawaiian can recall who surfed which wave when , where and how . |