Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] or [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |
| 2 | Whether the same average onset of gastric ulcer and Dieulafoy 's type of bleeding is merely coincidential or suggests some common pathophysiological cause remains to be answered . |
| 3 | ‘ Are we just lucky or does the sun always shine at Walsall ? |
| 4 | An animal that is overtly unhealthy or has already started to give birth should not be used . |
| 5 | Since only Lancashire have won more 55– or 60–overs trophies ( and barely at that , 7 to 6 ) , this would seem to confound any theories about the one-day form being a batsman 's prerogative . |
| 6 | If the agreement is clearly inappropriate or fails to reflect what has already been agreed , this can be counter-productive . |
| 7 | By and large the evidence which Engels and his contemporaries saw as significant of the high status of women in primitive societies is often wrong or does not signify what it was believed to mean . |
| 8 | There are particular difficulties on the question of whether a covenant is purely personal or runs with the land where the obligation in question , whether on the part of the lessor , lessee , or third party guarantor , involves the payment of money other than rent . |
| 9 | It may be questioned whether such elaborate surveillance ( engaged in not only by the KGB but to a greater or lesser extent by other security organizations ) is really necessary or produces results commensurate with the time , energy and expense involved in the operations . |
| 10 | He is sometimes referred to as pseudo-Dionysius or pseudo-Denys . |
| 11 | No approval by the production Code Administration shall be given to the use of words and phrases in motion pictures including , but not limited to , the following : Alley cat ( applied to a woman ) ; bat ( applied to a woman ) ; broad ( applied to a woman ) ; bronx cheer ( the sound ) ; chip-pie ; cocotte ; God , Lord , Jesus , Christ ( unless used reverently ) ; cripes ; fanny ; fairy ( in a vulgar sense ) ; ‘ hold your hat ’ ; louse ; lousy ; Mada ( relating to prostitution ) ; nance , nerts ; nuts ( except when meaning crazy ) ; pansy ; razzberry ( the sound ) ; slut ( applied to a woman ) ; S O B ; son-of-a ; tart ; toilet gags ; tom cat ( applied to a man ) ; travelling salesmen and farmer 's daughter jokes ; whore ; damn ; hell ( excepting when the use of said last two words shall be essential and required for portrayal , in proper historical context , of any scene or dialogue based upon historical fact or folklore , or for the presentation in proper literary context of a Biblical , or other religious quotation , or a quotation from a literary work provided that no such use shall be permitted which is intrinsically objectionable or offends good taste ) . |
| 12 | So often the strength and meaning of a partnership is only revealed when one person is gravely ill or dies . |
| 13 | A good deal of research carried out in Britain and elsewhere between the late 1940s and the present chiefly by industrial sociologists and psychologists , demonstrates fairly conclusively that a high proportion of people in their sixties and seventies can work effectively at their accustomed or preferred occupation , even when this is physically quite heavy or makes significant intellectual demands . |
| 14 | The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself . |
| 15 | moon god of Thebes , child of Amun and Mut , who is either falcon-headed or has a moon disk on his head . |
| 16 | If the colours are lighter near the surface , the chances are that it is either old or has genuinely been bleached by the sun . |
| 17 | Everywhere there is delicious coffee served very strong and black in little cups — it is either free or costs about 2p , and seems as common as water here . |
| 18 | If the patient is over 40 or has risk factors for colon carcinoma , a barium enema is prudent . |
| 19 | ‘ From what I can see , Katie , this man is either very careful or has been very lucky . |
| 20 | Had one hoped for too much or has something gone wrong ? he wrote . |
| 21 | This is only possible where there is a transnational capitalist class willing to deal with the TNCs when , for example , the comprador role may be too dangerous or has actually been abolished . |
| 22 | The first fella is a bit er I , I think is is very academic or has a very ac academic |