Example sentences of "[adj] or [art] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no response after three or four pills then either the prescription is wrong or the remedy is no good and has lost its potency for some reason . |
| 2 | A smaller , or zero tuning delay is best set when facilities are unavailable or the machine is lightly loaded to maximise the work achieved in a discrete time interval . |
| 3 | Very little mess occurs , about the worst that can happen is that the jet gets clogged causing the ink drops to get oversized or the reservoir is removed without being capped . |
| 4 | Disregarding the cases when the electric field is very large or the conductor is very hot ( beyond the scope of this course ) the electrons can not get farther than the boundary of the conductor . |
| 5 | It is perfectly natural to say that the candle is alight or the house is on fire when strictly speaking only a part of it is . |
| 6 | The system senses when there is a drop in spray pressure , when the foam level is incorrect or the filter is dirty , and makes adjustments automatically . |
| 7 | Do n't think that there is anything amateurish in using a putter , particularly if the lie is bare or the ball is sitting awkwardly . |
| 8 | When the rash appears late or the chest is particularly affected ; dry , hard , painful cough with chest stitches or tearing pains ; twitches of muscles ; pale face ; eyes red ; constipation and frequently frontal headaches ; mild delirium and the child ‘ wants to go home ’ . |
| 9 | Heads roll ( though out of sight of the passengers ) if the local bus is late or the agent is lost . |
| 10 | If the procedure is long or the dressing is painful analgesia may need to be given by injection ½ — 1 hour before the dressing . |
| 11 | In bites and stings if the creature is known to be poisonous or the person is known to react badly to such bites or stings . |
| 12 | Octel Communications Corp has announced that Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais SA , the privately-owned Groupe Speciale Mobile cellular operator in Portugal , is offering call completion services to its subscribers using Octel 's Sierra voice processing system : if the Telecel customer is not available or the telephone is engaged , the system will answer the call and store the caller 's message ; the value of the order was not given . |
| 13 | It should be remembered that an offer may be withdrawn any time before acceptance , unless the person making the offer receives something of value to keep the offer open or the offer is made under seal . |
| 14 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 15 | When an agent makes a contract either the principal is liable or the agent is liable for a breach of authority . |