Example sentences of "[prep] either the " 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 | In such a world , the easy resolution of the ethical dilemma remains problematic , for as Anne Akeroyd ( 1984 : 134 ) recognizes ‘ there is not , nor ever likely to be any definitive agreement about the nature of either the problems or solutions [ facing the social scientist and the question of ethics ] ’ . |
| 5 | A The received wisdom indicates that to restrain timber across its width will lead to the fracture of either the glue line of the lateral end piece , or the splitting of the board itself . |
| 6 | These quirks of fate , combined with Jane Brown 's own enthusiasms ( she is the author of a fine book on the Lutyens-Jekyll partnership ) have resulted in a narrative in which the gardens of the Arts and Crafts movement , a relatively short period between 1890-1914 , get twice the space of the gardens of either the eighteenth or the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | There is little evidence of either the presence or practical aid of Russian priests in the afflicted rural areas , though a considerable number of West European churchmen came in with relief organizations . |
| 8 | The permission given by the 1969 Act for no-fault divorce was driven as much by a profound rethinking of the sources of morality by clerical and academic opinion as by the determined pursuit of individual self-interest on the part of either the population at large or lawyers in particular . |
| 9 | The conference had nothing like the coverage of either the British Medical Association or Royal Institute of British Architects festivities , so its impact on the public at the time was negligible ; but it marked a significant turn in the Prince 's own farming methods , brought environmental concerns slowly into consumer consciousness and in the long term dealt a devastating blow to the agrochemical industry . |
| 10 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
| 11 | Given the beleaguered state of Ulster , it is not surprising that there should be a high degree of cohesion among the Protestants , most of whom were members of either the Irish Presbyterian Church or the Church of Ireland . |
| 12 | Although a virtually unknown organisation , its $6 billion a year budget is actually larger than that of either the CIA or NSA . |
| 13 | Mrs Wilson had not thought him capable of either the guile or the imagination to make it up ; it had to be true . |
| 14 | Other major weaknesses were said to be the emphasis on skilled employment , of either the apprenticed or respectable kind , and the individualist approach to the problem . |
| 15 | Since an interview is essentially a stimulus-response situation this means that there is very little standardization of either the stimuli or the recording of the responses . |
| 16 | He suggests , instead , that local government reorganization took place precisely because local government is not ‘ a simple instrument of either the central state or dominant interests ’ and so has some room for political manoeuvre ( 1979 , p. 221 ) . |
| 17 | The use of tranquillizers of either the major ( e.g. phenothiazines ) or minor groups ( e.g. benzodiazepines ) does not usually appear to be helpful . |
| 18 | After the Equine swimming pool or one of the other places of special interest , a visit to one of the many private training stables in the town is followed by a guided tour of either the National Stud or one of the world famous Studs in the area . |
| 19 | Muddled sixties jargon , lurid colours and ricocheting bullets fly past him , missing him by inches as he enters the flat and yet he is unaware of either the television or his lover in bed . |
| 20 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 21 | In each case it is the lack of understanding which constitutes the inauthenticity of either the faith or the doubt . |
| 22 | We can only protect a national curriculum from the political dogmas of either the right or the left if we understand the reasons for these changes . |
| 23 | The car had the usual teething problems and was not the equal of either the Lotus or the Ferrari , and Jackie 's only victory of the year was at Barcelona . |
| 24 | They would never get more than a phrase completed before an argument would break out as to the merit of either the words or the music . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , I was told that I had ‘ contributed nothing constructive ’ to the life of either the house or the school . |
| 26 | Four days later there was no sign of either the spots or fungus and the fins had started to regrow . |
| 27 | When using the daisy as a border in conjunction with the edging , ensure that the centre of the daisy coincides with the centre of either the upward arc of the yellow section or the downward curve of the white section or alternatively one then the other ( as in the sample ) . |
| 28 | There is a wonderful opportunity for a limited number of ( loud and enthusiastic ) Amnesty members and supporters to be part of the audiences for The Big Three-O and there is only one catch — you have to wear a fancy dress costume reflecting the fashions of either the 60s , 70s or 80s . |
| 29 | ‘ Science ’ and ‘ technology ’ cover a very wide range of occupations , and in practice policy makers may have little idea of either the extent of skill shortages or how to redirect girls ' energies towards these . |
| 30 | Now , by early spring 1837 , Darwin had decided that such purely adaptational explanations could not account adequately for the timing and placing of either the extinctions of old species or the origins of new ones . |