Example sentences of "either [prep] [pn reflx] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It includes some useful guidelines for those who wish to use it for choosing a course , either for themselves or for an employee . |
| 2 | There is a huge audience for television programmes like that ; people know that something needs to be done , either for themselves or for someone else . |
| 3 | Erm it 's erm this is people or stories but a based again I 'm sure when y as you read through you 'll probably find quite a lot of the erm little things that they 're giving you here you could relate to in your own life , either for yourself or for other people that you know . |
| 4 | At the beginning of the century , Dudo of St Quentin produced the argument that , since the homage of Duke Rollo of Normandy in 911 had been purely in gratitude for his baptism , it did not mean , either for himself or for his successors , that Normandy was a fief . |
| 5 | ‘ That will depend on how clever my questioning is and on how frightened she can be made to feel either for herself or on Wheeler 's behalf . ’ |
| 6 | If God did not accept the baptism , she did not value His Heaven , either for herself or for her child . |
| 7 | But he said Labour did not agree that Britain could or should abandon development , either for itself or for the developing world . |
| 8 | Neither father and mother , nor sister , had ever been able to talk about it , either between themselves or with outsiders . |
| 9 | ‘ Having fun means having contact — either with yourself or with other people or both , ’ he continues . |
| 10 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 11 | Spinoza , for example , links the idea of independence with another principle — he calls it an " axiom " — viz. that " everything that exists exists either in itself or in another " .1 To exist " in itself " is to be self-subsistent , non-adjectival , non-parasitic , upon something else ; the characteristics that traditionally have been associated with substance . |
| 12 | In a society where we spend so much money , time and effort in trying to attain immortality , by constantly eradicating the diseases from which a human being can die , it may be said that we find it more and more difficult to face mortality either in ourselves or in those close to us . |
| 13 | Basic impulses towards such things as food , drink , warmth and sex are called particular passions by Butler , and stand in contrast to self love ( or prudence ) and benevolence which are the desire to have a maximal balanced satisfaction of the particular passions either in ourselves or in others . |
| 14 | Through self-discipline the student will learn to submerge his ego ; ultimately he will not feel the need to prove his worth , either to himself or to others . |
| 15 | The first line is the voice of one man talking either to himself or to his friends — |
| 16 | Thank you to everyone who has sold their tickets , either to themselves or to others ! |
| 17 | The first was that she was afraid that she might have an attack while pregnant and would cause some harm either to herself or to the unborn child . |
| 18 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 19 | If you were considering ( either by yourself or with others ) taking over the Blue Parrot , what factors would influence you in deciding which form of business organization to select ? |
| 20 | If you were considering ( either by yourself or with others ) taking over the Blue Parrot , what factors would influence you in deciding which form of business organization to select ? |
| 21 | Thirdly , the committees were allowed to take steps ‘ either by themselves or in cooperation with any other bodies or persons , to give information , advice , and assistance to boys and girls and their parents with respect to the choice of employment and other matters bearing thereon . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ to provide the laws under which the object of his charity was to be governed and to be sole judge of the interpretation and application of those laws either by himself or by such person as he should appoint as a visitor … ’ |
| 23 | ( 1 ) If any applicant for the grant , renewal , or permanent transfer of a licence or for a regular extension of permitted hours , either by himself or by another person at the instigation of the applicant , attempts to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application at any time before its consideration by the board , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 24 | Works attributed to him ( either by himself or by scribes ) include allegories in verse ( such as the Char d'Orgueil , or the Passion , in which Christ is a lover-knight who , wearing the arms of his squire Adam , fights Belial in order to rescue his beloved , Mankind ) , several poems on the Virgin Mary , a number of saints ' lives in verse , some lively sermons in verse , and the Plainte d'Amour , a powerful satire on corruption , which may well have been inspired by the Bull Exivi de paradiso ( 1312 ) . |
| 25 | There is no possibility of creating anything either by oneself or in conjunction with others — or , indeed , in relating with others . |
| 26 | It forms an excellent accompaniment to string or woodwind solos , either by itself or in conjunction with quiet , held string or wind chords . |