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 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ The problem exists in the way people used or did not obey the contracts between us , ’ argued Mr Thomson . |
| 8 | In most countries , damage to spruce remained stable or decreased slightly , although a notable deterioration was recorded in Czechoslovakia , Lithuania and Poland . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 11 | The vocabulary we have painstakingly acquired is steadily being eroded or expanded or taking on new and important meanings . |
| 12 | The results show that when body temperature is low or falling then not only is fatigue higher but also sleep is easier to initiate . |
| 13 | I can assure you that there is nothing sub-standard or left out of a home built machine . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In this kind of rift , however , the marginal uplift is either narrow or lacking altogether . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Becoming pregnant or going ahead with a pregnancy has to be a personal choice for each individual HIV positive woman . |
| 18 | In the WFS , however , those women were considered " fecund " who were either pregnant or did not report fecundity impairment . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Cells and embryos can be viewed alive or fixed immediately after staining . |
| 21 | I have no birth certificate , no National Insurance number , nothing to say I 'm alive or have ever existed . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you want to keep that child alive or do n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | I think I 'm exhausted or hung over . |
| 25 | When faced with the decision about choosing a residential or rest home , you will need to discuss admission to a local authority home with a social worker . |
| 26 | These are often displayed when the horse is fresh or feeling rather well : shying and pulling . |
| 27 | The Funding Council shall not borrow money from any source , give any guarantee or indemnity or create any trust or security over or in respect of any of their property which was acquired , improved or maintained wholly or partly , directly or indirectly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State under section Payment of grants , etc. to Funding Council of this Act or from the proceeds of or any consideration for the disposal of any property so acquired , improved or maintained . |
| 28 | 6. — ( 1 ) The Funding Council shall not dispose of any property acquired , improved or maintained wholly or partly , directly or indirectly , out of funds provided by the Secretary of State under the said section Payment of grants , etc. to Funding Council or from the proceeds of or any consideration for the disposal of any property so acquired , improved or maintained without the prior consent , given in writing , of the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | With each coffee sourced from just one country , the Lyons World of Coffees range provides three unique and highly distinctive flavours to suit every mood and occasion — whether entertaining or indulging alone . |
| 30 | By and large the evidence which Engels and his contemporaries saw as significant of the high status of women in primitive societies is often wrong or does not signify what it was believed to mean . |