Example sentences of "nor [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As advertisers see it , the Times is neither one thing nor t' other . |
| 2 | They are generally awarded by juries , who have neither the power nor the proficiency to impose a sentence in any other area of law . |
| 3 | Edward had neither the money nor the enthusiasm for the war , however , and he sent the queen to France to negotiate peace with her brother . |
| 4 | The central theme of the dispute was that the Labour Party had neither the following nor the enthusiasm to oppose the National Government in isolation . |
| 5 | The assumption that once women had freedom from fear of pregnancy they 'd like men and they 'd like sex , just like that , meant neither sex nor men nor the economics of women 's powerlessness had to change . |
| 6 | Neither the husband nor the wife is solely entitled to hold the title deeds to the matrimonial home in joint names ; but , if either party does hold the title deeds , then that party does , of course , hold them as trustee for both the husband and the wife . |
| 7 | Although all that is required , where the new husband is acquiring the husband 's interest , is an assignment of the husband 's equitable interest , this is plainly impracticable as neither the new husband nor the wife will wish the husband to continue to have any interest at all in the property . |
| 8 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
| 9 | Not a bit what Owen had in mind , but since the unions had neither the resources nor the will to use them , the revolution did not come at all . |
| 10 | With little access to trade outlets , early Inuit had neither the power nor the will to over-exploit or destroy their few resources . |
| 11 | Neither the Labour Party , the Left contributors to Tribune nor the pacifist elements centred around the ILP were prepared to believe these protestations . |
| 12 | Neither the missionary nor the message is wanted . |
| 13 | It is not the end of the conversation ( nor the beginning ) 2 . |
| 14 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and make sure that neither the Hard Copy facility nor the Validation facility are running . |
| 15 | The model can not explain N/R asymmetry nor the dominance of one half of the great circle over the other . |
| 16 | Non-parametric statistical methods were used whenever possible , because neither the basic data nor the log transformed data were normally distributed . |
| 17 | Lyell resigned not because of some inherent conflict between science and religion , but because he enjoyed neither the prestige nor the remuneration he had expected from the post . |
| 18 | I am certain that a half-starved ferret has neither the strength nor the stamina to do a reasonable day 's work . |
| 19 | Neither the court nor the guardian ad litem has any function in the assessment of the rehabilitation programme . |
| 20 | ‘ Neither the Prince nor the Princess is supported by the Civil List , and this position will remain unchanged . |
| 21 | She had neither the patience nor the inclination . |
| 22 | But as times became more difficult with the passing years I suppose she had neither the time nor the inclination to play music . |
| 23 | They probably have neither the time nor the inclination to go through the necessary learning process , and particularly so now that the more modern battery-powered devices are available and are so efficient . |
| 24 | No doubt the wall was lower at some point — down at the edge of the parkland , perhaps — but she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out . |
| 25 | To be as fair to her as is possible , it can at least be said that the work which she had plagiarized on her behalf ( since she had neither the time nor the inclination to copy it herself ) was generally of good standard . |
| 26 | Most voters have neither the time nor the inclination to scrutinize position papers or to weigh judiciously the qualities of those who offer themselves in primary elections . |
| 27 | The truth is that Cortot had neither the time nor the inclination to polish his performances to a high degree of perfection . |
| 28 | He had neither the background nor the inclination for life in those institutions whose products he so roundly despised . |
| 29 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |
| 30 | Worried that the Colonel might leap into army talk for which he had neither the preparation nor the inclination , Hope let flow a hand and beckoned in all about them . |