Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 2 | The fee is £10 or £6 for full-time students , the retired or benefit claimants . |
| 3 | More importantly , it reiterates the belief that ‘ [ t ] he organisation and content of media should not be subject to centralised political or state bureaucratic control ’ . |
| 4 | The other could think of nothing to tell to either corroborate or add to the mystery . |
| 5 | ‘ Depending on the personality of the child , he or she can either become destructive or switch off completely . |
| 6 | House-soiling , howling and barking , destructive or escape behaviours are not uncommon problems in these over-dependent relationships . |
| 7 | This might have been a drawback of such accounts but for the fact that linguistic accounts understood in accord with the current consensus among analytic philosophers either are not possible or lack any philosophical interest . |
| 8 | Sometimes there is no substitute — but then use as little as possible or go without ! |
| 9 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
| 10 | It may be prudent to discuss the possibility of a candidate 's overseas posting with as many managers whom he has dealings with as possible or send the employee to an assessment centre . |
| 11 | They will put the moment off for as long as possible or refuse to acknowledge that it is coming along and then protest that they were not told . |
| 12 | One way to continue federal arts funding , but avoid controversy , is to distribute all NEA monies to regional or state groups . |
| 13 | Never be apprehensive or let that apprehension show . |
| 14 | Yes , but one of them I 'll sign in your presence Maisie and her twenty year old son , not hundred per cent happy about it , I 'd prefer older people cos youngest like that are inclined try to put their music on a bit loud or invite their friends in when mum 's away , you know , and . |
| 15 | We have this church , where Bee preach the sermons quiet , without spirit so as not to move the congregation to sing too loud or ring the bell or catch the Spirit and speak in tongues , so when Corporal Prince break into the Church one evening , he and the whole Bonasse Police Force , he finds us singing soft and low as children in a Sunday School : ‘ God moves in mysterious way His wonders to perform . ’ |
| 16 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 17 | We need to be able to define a measure of strain which is valid for any type of deformation , not just extensional or shear distortion . |
| 18 | Either wait until all work is complete or abandon the current changes . |
| 19 | ARE Soaps just right or do you think we need more fun ? |
| 20 | So it 's confusing or overcomplex |
| 21 | There is no indication or evidence that under such circumstances contact can be confusing or lead to divided loyalties . |
| 22 | Likewise , bergamot and geranium can either sedate or stimulate according to the needs of the individual — a phenomenon totally alien to a synthetic or chemical drug . |
| 23 | The term ‘ own account ’ includes ( in the words of the FTA ) ‘ the delivery and collection of goods sold , bought , used or let on hire or hire purchase or processed in the course of the operator 's trade or business whether transport costs are included in the price of the articles involved or charged separately ’ . |
| 24 | Another common composite building placed the cow-house , stable or cart-shed under part of the barn . |
| 25 | On the downhill side the barn was thus at first-floor level with the cow-house , stable or cart-shed lying underneath . |
| 26 | The employers acknowledged that management should accept responsibility for doing everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce them . |
| 27 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 28 | Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves . |
| 29 | However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient . |
| 30 | The other instruments in this chapter are confined to the playing of one note at a time , other than the stringed instruments where it is possible to employ double , triple or quadruple stopping effects . |