Example sentences of "at one [noun sg] or another [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Smith has adumbrated four different tests which the courts have at one time or another used . |
| 2 | Although nobody ever remarked upon the fact , it was tacitly acknowledged now that Nails slept with Firelight ; he had been discovered by them all at one time or another early in the morning still asleep . |
| 3 | On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ . |
| 4 | Anne , the Pixie Second , often ran errands for her , and at one time or another most of the Brownies in the Pack had done a good turn for the little old lady . |
| 5 | Thirty-four of the company 's reservoirs were contaminated with faecal coliforms , and drinking water was also found to contain excessive levels of pesticide residues. 80 per cent of its water supply areas failed at one time or another last year to meet statutory requirements . |
| 6 | At one time or another these projects were respectively code-named Alaska , California , Montana and Nevada . |
| 7 | At one time or another these projects were respectively code named : Alaska , California , Montana and Nevada . |