Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , the deprave-and-corrupt test carries the sense of something ‘ strikingly or importantly bad or evil ’ , to quote the words of an educationalist in The Times ( 1977 ) , who continued : |
| 2 | Every time I think about it I 'm either too busy or the weather 's too rotten , when I 'm not tired the weather 's pouring with rain or bitterly cold or . |
| 3 | Ceauşescu 's decision to immortalize his rule in stone , or rather concrete and imitation marble , made clear the anachronistic , even archaic nature of his rule . |
| 4 | As David Aers has skilfully shown , the merchant , the monk and the very language of the Shipman 's Tale do co-act at a general level to show a society where spiritual growth has been stunted , or rather deformed and directed away from an ideal moral and spiritual state . |
| 5 | For example , it is often the case that the essential characteristic of a " slave " is not that he is in a servile position or economically disadvantaged but that , not being a kinsman , he is denied the rights of a full human being . |
| 6 | John Smedley knitwear was given the Red Or Dead once-over and became mock-boy scout gear , while Russian babooshka doll prints on stretch velvet should be everywhere next summer . |
| 7 | Although in both groups the disease can be either indolent or slowly progressive and most cases had a non-aggressive course , in patients grouped as low grade/mixed grade the disease can last for years and in those grouped as high grade for months only , a difference that is almost significant . |
| 8 | Total immersion is impossible or extremely rare and few anthropologists go completely native : most guardedly keep their distance yet observe and participate sufficiently to allow them to study things in their context . |
| 9 | That alcoholism occurs in people who are weak-willed or morally degenerate or both . |
| 10 | If you are wondering , for instance , why The Instant Calorie and Fibre Chart lists only three quarters of an ounce of shredded wheat and then an ounce or more of other cereals , ask yourself whether you have ever seen anyone eat one and a quarter , or perhaps one and one third , shredded wheats … |
| 11 | But actually in between , I 'd forgotten the in between bit of course is while all this pandemonium 's going on , the neighbourhood did n't realize she was moving , or perhaps one or two did . |
| 12 | We hope to rejoin Nick Harris in a few minutes , we hope he 's able to speak with manager , Brian Horton or perhaps one or two of the players . |
| 13 | Add a little vanilla essence for vanilla buttercream ( about 1·25ml/¼tsp per 75g/3oz icing sugar ) , or perhaps orange or lemon juice for a citrus cream ( add 5ml/1tsp per 75g/3oz ) . |
| 14 | Sometimes it is just one food , or perhaps three or four , and this is yet another example of individuality . |
| 15 | There 's ample scope for extending an accommodation enterprise by devising farm walks and selling your own produce , or perhaps growing and marketing something new . |
| 16 | It could be a company where only two or three brokers can make markets in the shares . ’ |
| 17 | First , the tasks we carry out are not only more or less complex but they also become more complex as they separate out into discrete categories or types of complexity . |
| 18 | The division of labour that achieves this may be more or less complex and more or less individuated . |
| 19 | Essentially it mean that er the work is is more or less complete and therefore we are pricing it on the basis of the actual out turn of costs . |
| 20 | Differences in ethnic identity , race , religion , social stratification , age and sex may be associated with more or less familiar or comprehensible values , attitudes and expectations . |
| 21 | A syllabus may be more or less fixed or negotiable ; apparently rigid courses can in fact be quite flexible in detail . |
| 22 | The rubber sheet could be more or less flat and of a certain definite size — it has a boundary or edge to it . |
| 23 | To have an infinite number of pebbles you 'd have to have a rubber sheet that was more or less flat and just went on and on for ever . |
| 24 | They have informed me that the seraglio contains beautiful apartments , more or less spacious and splendid according to the rank and income of the females . |
| 25 | No , the idea is , I 'll transcribe the tape more or less verbatim and then work in the other material . ’ |
| 26 | And gentility is a belief that life is always more or less orderly , people always more or less polite , their emotions and habits more or less decent and more or less controllable ; that God , in short , is more or less good , |
| 27 | These variations are however more or less superficial and the main differences between timbers lie in their density . |
| 28 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 29 | This can only be true for those speakers who are more or less monostylistic and " basilectal " : in other words , those whose repertoire is confined to a variety of Creole which is almost maximally different from Standard English . |
| 30 | Little reliable information is available at the time of writing and much of the " data " which does exist is based on guesswork — more or less inspired and sometimes merely sensational . |