Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] either the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rhodes considered that there had been an improved performance in services which were the sole responsibility of either the GLC or the boroughs : but of those services which were shared ‘ only the group of transportation functions seems to show any marked advantages ; over both housing and planning there hang certain question marks ’ ( Rhodes 1972:468 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’ |
| 3 | By the end of the 1950s that argument was becoming less effective as time blurred the collective memory of the Republic and an increasingly large sector of the population had no direct experience of either the Republic or the Civil War . |
| 4 | In practice , however , the new republic 's distinguishing feature , in marked contrast to either the Third or the Fourth Republic , was the enormous power of the president . |
| 5 | Although Taylor was carrying out his research at the beginning of the century and despite the fact that his conclusions did not meet with the universal approval of either the workers or the management he left an important legacy which later theorists built upon : |
| 6 | In general , then , a number of geometries are possible ; as a result the most prominent surface structures may occur above or some distance to either the north or south of the subcropping basement thrust plane . |
| 7 | For my part I would not have been prepared to make an order in the terms proposed unless I knew that the letter was written by or with the direct authority of either the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of the Serious Fraud Office . |
| 8 | To be taken , in fact , for the perusal of certain pawnbrokers in St Jude 's Street , or to the back door of either the Beehive or the Dog and Gun . |
| 9 | In the past , fisheries have been able to start up without adequate information about either the target stock or its role in ocean ecology . |
| 10 | In the belief that what matters is the interaction of supply and demand , I will examine the range of market-based explanations which have been proffered by historians , while seeking to avoid an assertive list on either the demand or the supply side . |
| 11 | Congressional , state , and local elections held on Nov. 5 did not provide clear encouragement for either the Republican or Democratic parties . |
| 12 | For further information on either the camera or the upgrade contact : K. G. Corfield Ltd. 6 John Street , London , WC1N 2ES . |
| 13 | But what differentiates the earlier part of this century from either the present or the early nineteenth century is that these problems did not all coalesce into one disturbing image of a threatening , dangerous , and disorderly criminal class . |
| 14 | Although Trollope once remarked that ‘ when we have once learnt what was that picture before which was hung Mrs Ratcliffe 's solemn curtain , we feel no further interest about either the frame or the veil ’ , his remark is valid only for her species of the Gothic . |
| 15 | Chairman John Haynes said the group 's performance had been achieved with little help from either the UK or the US economies ( although the latter was showing a significant increase in retail spending in the fourth quarter ) : turnover was up by less than 2% to £11.1m . |
| 16 | Parallel congressional elections reflected trends in the presidential race , with no party gaining an overall majority in either the 60-seat Senate or the 180-seat Chamber of Deputies . |
| 17 | He suggests , instead , that local government reorganization took place precisely because local government is not ‘ a simple instrument of either the central state or dominant interests ’ and so has some room for political manoeuvre ( 1979 , p. 221 ) . |
| 18 | But it is not a favourable habitat for either the bank vole ( Clethrionomys glareolus ) , which does live in gardens , or the familiar house mouse ( Mus musculus ) . |
| 19 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 20 | The harsh lesson was that visible leaders , even journalists , were an easy target for either the Israeli or Jordanian authorities whose interest in containing Palestinian radicalism coincided . |
| 21 | Since an interview is essentially a stimulus-response situation this means that there is very little standardization of either the stimuli or the recording of the responses . |
| 22 | The third category of bureau is that which has no obvious base in either the design or typesetting market . |
| 23 | By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier . |
| 24 | After the Equine swimming pool or one of the other places of special interest , a visit to one of the many private training stables in the town is followed by a guided tour of either the National Stud or one of the world famous Studs in the area . |
| 25 | But the sentence can function as a satisfactory communication without either the hearer perceiving , or the speaker intending to convey , anything concerning the sex of the person referred to . |
| 26 | From this ratio , Heaviside established that attenuation constant a = So distortionless conditions could only be attained with a very large increase in either the leakance or the inductance . |
| 27 | The problem was to be with those institutions which had no previous connection with either the NCTA or the CNAA , and where the London degree had been a part-time one . |
| 28 | There is little evidence of either the presence or practical aid of Russian priests in the afflicted rural areas , though a considerable number of West European churchmen came in with relief organizations . |
| 29 | Sailor Malan was one of many South Africans who served with great distinction in either the RFC or the RAF — including such names as Andrew Proctor VC , ‘ Boetie ’ Venter and S M Kinkead from World War I and ‘ Pat ’ Pattle , John Nettleton VC and Edwin Swaley VC from World War II . |
| 30 | Someone hiring goods under a hire-purchase agreement is not a ‘ buyer ’ and therefore can not pass good title under either the Factors Act , section 9 or the Sale o Act , section 25 . |