Example sentences of "[verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below that age , a child may have the competence to consent or withhold consent but it is a matter of judgement to be exercised in each case by the person responsible for carrying out the examination or assessment ( Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] AC 112 ) . |
| 2 | This is clear from the facts of In re D. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1976 ] Fam. 185 , where the child concerned had neither the intelligence nor understanding either to consent or refuse . |
| 3 | However , so far as the present case is concerned , this little girl … was only 6 and it would be idle for anyone to suggest that a girl of that age had sufficient understanding and knowledge to decide whether to consent or resist . ’ |
| 4 | A striking example of their dissociation is provided by the following exchange : on the one hand , Runciman takes it for granted that methodological individualism is ‘ now generally conceded to be almost trivially true ’ , while on the other Torrance asserts that ‘ In so far as methodological individualism is true it is trivial and irrelevant to sociology , while in so far as it is used to curb or dictate explanatory methods it is either incoherent or false ’ . |
| 5 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 6 | You 've no idea the miners and , and people that came out onto the road and had nowhere to go or stay and had nothing . |
| 7 | Then she withdrew her will from Fenna , leaving the dragon free to go or come as he would . |
| 8 | It is a good idea to have a thorough scrub out , though , and if you can arrange to borrow or hire a power washer , the task will be easier . |
| 9 | Of course , a contract which lacks any agreement to transfer property ( ownership ) at all , will fall outside the definition , e.g. a contract where one person agrees simply to borrow or hire another person 's goods . |
| 10 | Whether there is a PSBR or a PSDR , it is clear that the method the government uses to borrow or pay back debt will affect how much the money supply changes . |
| 11 | ‘ If you want to borrow or lend money on a rolling settlement basis we can bundle it in with the service . |
| 12 | Your own college library and local lending and reference libraries house a great deal of this ; you will be able to borrow or refer to the literature in these libraries . |
| 13 | Iago is ‘ hardened ’ , as Cruden put it , in his hypocrisy , so that his refusal to repent or explain shows great psychological insight on Shakespeare 's part . |
| 14 | However , this information needs to be given very carefully so that it does n't anger or hurt the person . |
| 15 | The tribunal or court could well take the view that the business needs to reorganize or terminate practices or indeed to cut costs . |
| 16 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 17 | For three of four months I could n't think or do anything else . |
| 18 | At whatever age , whether your parents are alive or dead , do you regularly think or speak negatively about them ? |
| 19 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 20 | You are old , you are bed-ridden , the work falls to me , you do not think or care , lying here day after day , waited upon and given in to , without worries or anxiety . |
| 21 | She may say she loves you and perhaps she does in her way , but Pickles does n't think or feel deeply about anything . |
| 22 | Whatever you may think or believe about my mother , you must understand that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't think or work properly on an empty stomach . ’ |
| 24 | How might you think or behave differently if you gave up these better thans ? |
| 25 | Equipment can not think or solve problems ; humans can . |
| 26 | Before she could think or reason she levelled the gun at the face before her and felt herself pull the trigger . |
| 27 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 28 | Those who had come by carriage had dismissed their drivers with instructions not to return until early evening and now they were stranded , having to decide whether to wait or walk . |
| 29 | I like to cook recipes that foolproof , able to wait or take a moment to finish before serving . |
| 30 | She was nineteen and choked by the immensity of her reaction to this man , unable to breathe or stir , and panicked by the conviction that Luke was seeing into her secret self , invading , bent on vandalising and stealing . |