Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thirties was the decade when smart hostesses took to serving a great many dishes iced or frozen simply for the originality of the idea . |
| 2 | ‘ Depending on the personality of the child , he or she can either become destructive or switch off completely . |
| 3 | Sometimes there is no substitute — but then use as little as possible or go without ! |
| 4 | No such route was possible or had probably ever been possible . |
| 5 | Times sets of and lots of , that 's the sam it 's like counting in threes or counting in let's add another three , add another three add another three . |
| 6 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 7 | The caravan is ideally designed as er an exhibition with steps in er either right or left in to see whatever 's on show and then out on the opposite side . |
| 8 | ‘ The problem exists in the way people used or did not obey the contracts between us , ’ argued Mr Thomson . |
| 9 | In most countries , damage to spruce remained stable or decreased slightly , although a notable deterioration was recorded in Czechoslovakia , Lithuania and Poland . |
| 10 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 11 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 12 | The vocabulary we have painstakingly acquired is steadily being eroded or expanded or taking on new and important meanings . |
| 13 | The results show that when body temperature is low or falling then not only is fatigue higher but also sleep is easier to initiate . |
| 14 | I can assure you that there is nothing sub-standard or left out of a home built machine . |
| 15 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 16 | In this kind of rift , however , the marginal uplift is either narrow or lacking altogether . |
| 17 | As Spence ( 1975 ) says , " the firm , in large part , consists of non-market institutions whose function is to deal with resource allocation in the presence of informational constraints that markets handle poorly or do not handle at all " ( p. 164 ) . |
| 18 | Becoming pregnant or going ahead with a pregnancy has to be a personal choice for each individual HIV positive woman . |
| 19 | In the WFS , however , those women were considered " fecund " who were either pregnant or did not report fecundity impairment . |
| 20 | Oh do , is that where forging ahead comes |
| 21 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 22 | Cells and embryos can be viewed alive or fixed immediately after staining . |
| 23 | I have no birth certificate , no National Insurance number , nothing to say I 'm alive or have ever existed . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you want to keep that child alive or do n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 26 | Either that or go down there to this guy with black hair and a big beard and stop him womanising , gambling and drinking . |
| 27 | Christopher will you drink that or do n't wipe it on the floor ! |
| 28 | And that is , now did he mention that or did n't he , or did I because . |
| 29 | And possibly either after that or simultaneously with that or to transfer there , he might go up to live in his father 's house up in Yorkshire , Mytholmroyd er er I du n no but it seems to me that if there is a worse place to be unemployed than Wolverhampton , West Riding has got ta be erm a competitor |
| 30 | Wallace ( 1889 ) agreed that combat between males was an important source of selection pressures leading to sexual dimorphism but regarded this as a form of natural selection on the grounds that it increased ‘ the vigour and fighting power of the male animal , since , in every case , the weaker are either killed , wounded or driven away ’ . |