Example sentences of "[modal v] be either [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications for membership must be signed by two referees , who should be either members of the Society or professional colleagues of the applicant . |
| 2 | Transfer category should be either ASSESSMENTS or NOASSESSMENTS . |
| 3 | There are no special requirements in relation to the formation of a multi-national partnership — save that all the partners must be either solicitors or RFLs and there must be at least one of each to make it an MNP . |
| 4 | The alternative to institution-led standards might be either deprofessionalisation or re-registration tests of competence . |
| 5 | Tutwork was also estimated on a tonnage basis , the miners being paid on a bargain according to the actual weight of material extracted , which might be either ore or stone . |
| 6 | You have to put a book in first , that I was first to speak this morning , you were second and then it 'll be either Kelly Ann or Stephen next . |
| 7 | Because N may be either headlights or darkness they could also produce the sentence The darkness penetrated the headlights . |
| 8 | I would go further and accept that the armoury of common law defences , such as those which prevent recovery of money paid under a binding compromise or to avoid a threat of litigation , may be either inapposite or inadequate for the purpose ; because it is possible to envisage , especially in modern taxation law which tends to be excessively complex , circumstances in which some very substantial sum of money may be held to have been exacted ultra vires from a very large number of taxpayers . |
| 9 | Defects in β2 may be either mutations , which affect the structure of the protein , or greatly reduced expression or absence of mRNA . |
| 10 | In Powys , the HLCA payment would be either £28/LU or £42/LU for sheep ( £44.50/LU for cows ) in the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ zone which occupies most of the county . |
| 11 | But if Sunderland won , then the team relegated would be either Bristol or Coventry , depending on the outcome of their game against each other . |
| 12 | Three months after these transactions , suppose the share price will be either 500p or 300p . |
| 13 | And Hereford — that will be either Worcester or Stafford . ’ |
| 14 | Solid begins to form at point A. Depending on the composition of the mixture , the solid will be either benzene or naphthalene . |
| 15 | Substrate can be either aquarium sand or , if you prefer , gravel . |
| 16 | In the first case , either interpretation is fully acceptable — it can be either Farjeon or his style of undressing which has the quality of being clumsy ; and quite possibly the existence and use of such sentences provide the interpretative syntactic basis for the type which follows it , which therefore represents in a sense a second order of syntactic patterning . |
| 17 | The second letter , which can be either A or F , indicates whether the share forms part of the FT All Share Index ( A ) and if the company is also a constituent of the FTSE 100 ( F ) . |
| 18 | Failure to obey any instructions he or she might issue in this context may amount to the statutory offence of obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty , for which the sentence can be either imprisonment or a substantial fine . |
| 19 | Personal Pensions are ‘ money purchase ’ plans whereby the retirement benefits depend mainly on the amount of funds paid in and the return on investment , whereas the company schemes can be either money purchase or ‘ final salary ’ , where the benefits are based on the employee 's salary and length of service . |
| 20 | These are soft lacquer discs which record your ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ side from your studio master tape ( these discs can be either 7″ or 12″ , depending on your chosen format ) . |
| 21 | Sounds are treated as events , and can be either MIDI files , WAVE files or CD tracks . |
| 22 | So the child , can be born to Miss Jones , have a father called Smith , and the child can be either Smith or Jones . |
| 23 | Available in a variety of sizes , the table linen can be either hand or gently machine washed and will provide pleasure for years to come . |
| 24 | On arcade you can be either Guy you can be Guy and Codie and leave out Hagarth but most people go for Hagarth |