Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Dukes 's C cancer or worse should be regarded a failure or surveillance because of the uncertain outlook . |
| 2 | Only a person of non-servile status might be ordained a clerk or become a monk or nun . |
| 3 | When you get back to your branches , you 'll be allocated a tray or a pigeon hole or something or other , and you 'll find within a month or so , that you get on all the mailing lists , and you end up with all this bumf . |
| 4 | It would n't have any point that could be called a beginning or end , any more than the surface of the earth has a beginning or end . |
| 5 | Now , on the chaise to Banff , Boswell planned with Johnson that they would regenerate the University of St Andrews according to the abilities or conceits of the Club members , each of whom would be granted a Faculty or two . |
| 6 | Although the cake and fondant icing can be prepared a week or so in advance if required , the chocolate work on this cake is best left until nearer the day . |
| 7 | It is this careful attention to traditional dance rhythms which is so important to the style of both ballets , although neither can be called a character or national work ( see page 28 ) . |