Example sentences of "[noun pl] or else [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or the curious dentelle de cire or literally ‘ wax lace ’ : mourning candles resembling strings of pasta which could be wound tightly into packages or else extended and draped . |
| 2 | Having studied the proposals on behalf of the assembly 's Environment Committee , German MEP Mrs Ursula Schleicher said : ‘ The problem is immense , the substances involved — approximately 100 000 — are produced in anything form massive to minute quantities , dangerous to widely varying degrees and either known to possess dangerous properties or else shrouded in mystery on that point . |
| 3 | Since the building of the huge medieval tithe barns , constant changes in farming methods have meant that most farm buildings have had to be adapted to new uses or else demolished or simply abandoned to the elements . |
| 4 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 5 | In the handful of states where such measures were successful in winning legislative approval , however , the bills were either vetoed by state governors or else beset with legal challenges [ for Supreme Court ruling on parental notification see p. 37605 ] . |