Example sentences of "[prep] either [art] " in BNC.

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1 At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy .
2 Hence there may be a bias in recognition towards either the right or left cerebral hemisphere respectively .
3 Taking this into account , we may suggest that English come glosses as " movement towards either the location of the speaker , or towards the location of the addressee , at CT " .
4 The main constraint operating on the community relations police in West Belfast is in establishing contact with youth groups and schools in the area because of either a general resistance to the police or fear of intimidation from Republican paramilitary organizations as a result of involvement in a community relations programme .
5 In fact , there is no reason why ( e.g. ) homosexuals should not afford accountability and care to their partners , in the course of either a long relationship or a very short one .
6 Whilst not retracting anything that has been said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person , it has to be said that interpreting certain historical events as the actions of God is the primary way in which a number of religions understand the divine nature .
7 He had a choice of either a club or 15s. 0d. ; he chose the latter !
8 Every Saturday morning at Willesden Green Library Centre at 11.00 there is a performance for children of either a theatre show or a film .
9 This requires the completion of a substantial piece of work which can be of either a practical or research nature , prepared within a strict timetable and documented and presented to an appropriate professional standard .
10 Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal .
11 ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ...
12 This was available in the forms of either a treacly liquid or a dry powder .
13 The balls are normally spheroid and enclosed in a cage consisting of either a cross-shaped piece of sheet metal , often silver , or two metal bands .
14 Within private care where the element of choice might have been thought to be an advantage it was found that a third of residents did not choose , and for 22 per cent the unsolicited efforts of either a relative , the general practitioner or a social worker led to their admission ( Weaver et al . ,
15 Fleas can be treated by means of either a powder or spray , or by giving your dog a medicated bath .
16 these are quite cheap , even for bigger sizes and make a beautiful Christmas card stuck on the front of either a bought or home-made card .
17 With a choice of either a direct line up the centre of the face or a buttress to the right that led to the unclimbed south ridge of the mountain , the team opted for the buttress approach , avoiding serious stonefall on the direct line .
18 A spur , sometimes inappropriately called a snag , is the result of either a breakage not being cleaned back properly to an eye or growth bud , or of pruning too far above a bud — a common case is cutting a bloom , and not paying attention to what is left behind on the plant .
19 A further reason was that the Bank might wish to influence the net inflow of funds to the UK by means of either a different application in respect of the type of deposits , or a different rate of call .
20 C can not challenge the conclusion of the agreement between A and B , unless that agreement constitutes a violation of either a prior agreement between A and itself , or of a multilateral agreement to which both are parties .
21 These countries clearly have considerable incentive to rethink their strategies in terms of either a more or a less centralized wage bargaining system if they are concerned with achieving more effective macro-economic outcomes .
22 Held , allowing the application , that the provision in article 5(1) of the 1968 Convention conferring special jurisdiction in respect of ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ required the existence of either a contractual relationship between the parties giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual relationship closely akin to a contract and with comparable obligations ; and that , since the transactions between the plaintiffs and defendants had been void ab initio , no contracts existed within the meaning of article 5(1) ; that the jurisdiction under article 5(3) was restricted to claims based on tort , delict or quasi-delict and did not extend to claims for restitution ; that article 6(1) was not applicable since under the terms of the order of Steyn J. the restitution claims would not be heard and determined together and , in any event , any irreconcilable judgments would be subject to a final decision of the House of Lords , binding in both England and Scotland ; and that , accordingly , there were no grounds for invoking the special jurisdiction to allow the defendants to be sued in England ( post , pp. 836F , 837B–D , 838E , 840B–D , 842H — 843B , G , G–H ) .
23 Each information unit consists of either a combination of given-plus-new elements or of just a new element .
24 There was an abandoned city on the coast to the south of the G'bai , and the G'bai itself was almost certainly the result of either a nuclear war or an accident of such proportions that it had produced large-scale volcanic activity .
25 Benches with reversible tops give the option of either a smooth surface or recessed gravel trays for summer and are particularly useful .
26 The castle surrendered on 16 June , but by that date Moore had sickened and died , of either a pleurisy or a fever .
27 For this reason , when M. Oswald and J. Erwin removed the dominant male from a troop the amount of fighting among the remaining pigtails went up ( Figure 7.4 ) ; the effect is not simply due to the removal of an individual , because no consistent increase in aggression followed the removal of either a relatively dominant or a low-ranking female .
28 However , when a full assessment of either a service user and/or the carer is deemed to be warranted , the procedures and the outcome of the assessment process must embody a number of key characteristics .
29 Thus in the absence of either a deliberate misleading by Moorgate Mercantile or negligence on their part , no estoppel could be raised against them .
30 Traditionally , those with 25 service have been presented with inscribed watches , but for the first time the 40 year award has been introduced with a choice of either a canteen of cutlery or a set of crystal glasses and decanter as a gift from the company .
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