Example sentences of "[verb] either a " in BNC.

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1 Jacquard patterns which are knitted using the AX ( KX ) or FX settings can be knitted following a full needle rib , but those knitted with the BX ( LX ) or HX settings will need either a 2x1 rib or a tubular welt as the full needle rib would be too wide for the fabric .
2 At the other end of the lead you 'll need either a 25-pin or a 9-pin connector depending on your make and model of PC ( or any other computer , come to that ) to attach to the serial port .
3 I 'm quite clear that I do not need either an outline or a planning application in order to arrive at my conclusion that the effect of any development on these sites would be deleterious to the historic character of Skelton .
4 For each pair of sentences the ‘ incorrect ’ picture contains either a grammatical distractor ( e.g. ‘ He is sitting in the tree ’ vs .
5 Friendly society schemes involve either a £100 or £200 sum , or £9 or £18 a month .
6 The result of these indicated the ongoing commitment by regional office and site staff with all regions returning either a very small number of minor non-conformances or none at all .
7 Game and Games — you might get the impression that this is a shop where you could buy either a brace of grouse or a set of Monopoly .
8 I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol .
9 Addition of anti-peptide A , but not the preimmune serum , causes either a supershift and concomitant reduction in DRTF1a , b and c ( Fig. 2 b , antiserum 3 ; compare tracks 1 and 2 ) or abolishes all DRTF1 complexes ( Fig. 2 b , antiserum 4 ; compare tracks 5 and 6 ) .
10 He may have been in his forties and driving either a grey , silver or light metallic-coloured car .
11 And the ending of the play is tantalisingly ambivalent , representing either a fresh start or a flight from responsibility , depending on your point of view .
12 For reasons which are not stated the legislature in 1988 made it essential for a successor to live in the dwelling house during the period of six months but did not amend the Act of 1985 so as to impose either a six months ' period or residence in a particular dwelling house in the case of a council house .
13 Thus , the managing partner of these firms of the 1980s usually has either a recruitment or management consultancy background , rather than just having worked in industry .
14 In general terms , if you machine currently has either an MFM or RLL drive , investing in a cacheing controller card for it will be an unwise investment — assuming you can find one , that is .
15 The most commonly seen current formulations of this model alternatively emphasize either a maximizing human nature determined by biology , or a tabula rasa wholly tractable to the collective will of society , either the ‘ selfish gene ’ , or the selfless primitive communist at one with the collective consciousness of his group .
16 Ed Morrison and Roger Quittenton ( England ) , Jim Fleming ( Scotland ) and Steve Hilditch ( Ireland ) will lecture and the weekend will include either a Pilkington Cup match or a Courage League match on the Saturday and a county side versus Brighton on Sunday .
17 These can include either a loss of control or a tendency to freeze in the face of attack .
18 Please do not send the artefacts or coins , but provide either a good quality drawings or photographs of front and reverse , and include details of dimensions , material of manufacture and any other helpful information .
19 Diners used either a fork or a knife to eat their food until the idea of putting the two together was imported from Italy in 1608 .
20 It 's thought the attackers used either a knife or a wooden stake .
21 There are five degree programmes , designed to provide either a specialized or interdisciplinary pattern of study .
22 Intending participants were asked to provide either an extended abstract or a position paper for the workshop , and a number of these were selected for presentation .
23 Actor and acted-upon were either human ( e.g. , a girl , a milkman ) , animal ( e.g. a cow , a horse ) or inanimate ( e.g. a bicycle , a ball ) and the depicted action involved either an actor and acted-upon of the same class ( e.g. two humans ) or a different class ( e.g. a human and an animal ) .
24 Either way , the prejudiced persons are attempting to justify their position by adopting either a theoretical or empirical perspective .
25 He thinks you want either a windscreen wiper arm or a window regulator arm .
26 A graphics display terminal is a high-resolution TV set and , like a TV set , it can display either a monochrome or a colour image .
27 In Chalatenango , for example , the FMLN forces maintain that by preference , sexual relations should not occur outside of a matrimony ( understood in a broad sense and not implying either a civil or religious ceremony ) .
28 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during your loan .
29 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during the loan .
30 Finally , unless you can afford both , you will probably choose either a fast " daisywheel " printer or one of the new breed of correspondence quality " dot matrix " printers with a high resolution graphics capability — possibly even colour as well for graphical presentation of results Third , the all important choice of software .
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