Example sentences of "or [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Each information unit consists of either a combination of given-plus-new elements or of just a new element . |
| 2 | In other words , Firbas , like Halliday , acknowledges that a unit of information may consist of a given plus new element , or of just a new element . |
| 3 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 4 | A younger generation , or at least a younger American generation , has been brought up on a list of acid tests , invented to get rid of the boiled oatmeal consistency of the bad verse of 1900 , and there is no doubt that many young readers seeing Binyon 's inversions , etc. , will be likely to throw down the translation under the impression that it is incompetent . |
| 5 | A bright future — or at least a possible meeting with Mike Tyson — beckons for British heavyweight champion Gary Mason after he knocks out Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round of their Albert Hall bout . |
| 6 | A young woman going to buy material for her Salwar Kamiz in Bradford or Newham would almost invariably be accompanied by her mother or husband or cousin or at least a friend . |
| 7 | An extraordinarily high proportion of Milton scholars have chosen to disregard these truths about their subject , and have decided that because Milton was on the side of the regicides this made him a revolutionary and , because a revolutionary , therefore a man of the Left , perhaps even an agonized Maminst , or at least a sympathizer with the Diggers and Levellers of his own day . |
| 8 | Figures for America 's total current account ( to be released next month ) may even show a small surplus , or at least a rough balance — thanks partly to payments by foreign governments towards the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 9 | would give selected staff a London training , to be followed , if you were lucky , by a London job — at Euston , or King 's Cross , or at least a post in one of the large cities , at Snow Hill , Crewe or even Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The 1966 official report into his subsequent escape has some incredibly tedious and unconvincing arguments as to why Blake was not moved to a high , or at least a higher , security prison such as Birmingham . |
| 11 | They seized the opportunity for independence or at least a new bargain with Moscow — regardless of whatever views might be held by the silent masses . |
| 12 | Equally , many people , including owners , developers and even some planners , continue to believe that it is only the exterior of the building , or at least a grade II building , that is protected by listing . |
| 13 | In the middle of Bangalore , as you thread through a jungle of exotic trees and overgrown ornamental gardens , cross long neglected croquet lawns , tennis courts and disused summer houses , you are confronted with Windsor Castle , or at least a very passable facsimile locked up and in pawn to the Government to pay Royal debts . |
| 14 | If there has n't been an historic massacre there , then somebody ought to organise one , or at least a bit of a tiff , to do justice to its shadowy , sombre sentinels of cliffs . |
| 15 | One must also accept that the programmer of the cells had a different logic from ours , or at least a curious sense of humour . |
| 16 | You can seek help with it in a number of ways : there are your own staff and possibly other work colleagues ; and there may be a personnel department or at least a person with some training in this area . |
| 17 | But many managers do not have such a background ; for them the need to think quantitatively is sometimes alien , or at least a strain . |
| 18 | We have reached the occasion where an individual receiving publicity in one field is thought to be an expert , or at least a saleable item , in all others . |
| 19 | At the end of 1981 the government finally gave way , or at least a little bit . |
| 20 | In ideal circumstances a son or daughter may be able to provide a granny flat or at least a bedsitting-room which the older person can call their own and where they can have some personal furniture and possessions as well as privacy . |
| 21 | There is a certain dishonesty , or at least a limitation of truth , in presenting only historical facts . |
| 22 | There are , of course , invisible aspects that make a warren , or at least a section of it , impossible . |
| 23 | A joint venture between competitors or potential competitors may infringe Article 85 of the Treaty of Rome if the participants could reasonably have been expected to enter the market individually , and in such cases the creation of an EEIG will not obviate the need to seek an exemption , or at least a comfort letter , from the Commission . |
| 24 | A small dress : in a big print or at least a big colour . |
| 25 | There is a plot , too , or at least a series of threads woven through these recapitulations of bygone existence . |
| 26 | I 've done my dues , now give me a TV show , or at least a guest appearance somewhere . ’ |
| 27 | In the 1950s scientific experiment appeared to confirm the existence of an ‘ unconscious ’ , or at least a part of the brain where all experiences were stored . |
| 28 | The new Britain may have looked like a waste land by 1945 , or at least a bomb site , especially in its inner cities . |
| 29 | It would be effective only if all , or at least a majority of firms — especially the large international search businesses — agreed to join . |
| 30 | Bearing in mind the awful job involved in renewing or replacing the pillar stake , you can see the sense in putting up a concrete post , or at least a concrete spur to which a timber can be bolted . |