Example sentences of "or [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the parent walks away or shuts the door on the child , the child may get up and follow and just start all over again . |
| 2 | Energy with wavelengths within these window regions is not absorbed but may be subject to a process called scattering which deflects or redirects the energy . |
| 3 | An expressive notation expresses or displays the relationship structure of subjects within the scheme . |
| 4 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 5 | In such a situation , the captain seldom issues or signs the bill of lading . |
| 6 | Another tradition , focusing on psychosocial factors , typically de-emphasises or neglects the role of these established risk factors . |
| 7 | He ruled that placing advertising inserts in Mail Newspapers 's publications without the company 's authority or consent ‘ constitutes or involves the making of a misrepresentation ’ . |
| 8 | And here we find that the term is widely rather than narrowly defined to include an offence which carries a sentence of three years or more on first conviction ; or involves the use of violence ; or results in substantial financial gain ; or involves conduct by a large number of people in pursuit of a common purpose . |
| 9 | Apart from a general limitation relating to development which ‘ requires or involves the formation , laying out or material widening of a means of access to an existing highway which is a trunk or classified road or creates an obstruction to the view of persons using any highway by vehicular traffic at or near any bend , corner , junction or intersection so as to be likely to cause danger to such persons , particular conditions are also laid down for each of the different classes of development listed . |
| 10 | Any claim that a certain state or government , regime or society is " really " or " in the last analysis democratic , however implausible it may seem , must involve the implication that in some way or other the government , regime or state in question serves or represents the people ; that the " real " will of the people is expressed through it , or that the people support it , even if this support is not necessarily demonstrated through such formalities as elections . |
| 11 | The most natural explanation of why we oppose checkerboard statutes appeals to that ideal : we say that a state that adopts these internal compromises is acting in an unprincipled way , even though no single official who voted for or enforces the compromise has done anything which , judging his individual actions by the ordinary standards of personal morality , he ought not to have done . |
| 12 | Buckley LJ in the Court of Appeal provided some useful guidance as to precisely what rights or powers the individual must have before he can be said to have transferred or given the opportunity to another person so that the other person can make the gain . |
| 13 | If none of the candidates is suitable or fulfils the basic requirements of the job/personnel description think twice before appointing the best of a bad bunch . |
| 14 | One of the major concerns about the tax system is whether it discourages or encourages the growth of the economy . |
| 15 | As Ania Loomba puts it , in relation to colonialist studies , ‘ the neglect of histories surrounding native insubordination either devalues or romanticises the latter , or worse , tends to read colonised subjects through linguistic or psychoanalytic theories which , for some of us at least , remain suspiciously and problematically shot through with ethnocentric assumptions whose transfer to all subalterns is unacceptable ’ ( ‘ Overworlding ’ , cited from manuscript ) . |
| 16 | The visitor to , or resident of , Looe who strolls along Banjo Pier , drives round to Hannafore Point , or rides the railway to Liskeard has , for these feats of engineering skill , to thank a Cornishman who came to the town in retirement in 1890 . |
| 17 | Er , I would like to know how much of the the , the , the thing about the bridal magazines and the whole idea of , of a wedding is portrayed and the media has an influence on a a young girl wanting to get married rather than the actual you know , th th , you know how much sh she knows the person , or loves the person , maybe it 's the , the whole image of the wedding that takes over , you know , erm rather than the , the , the practicalities . |
| 18 | His own view of the way this field is structured posits two contradictory tendencies — on the one hand , music which affirms or accepts the social status quo ; on the other , music ( of the avant garde ) which refuses such affirmation . |
| 19 | This is where the customer samples a batch of newly delivered goods , and either rejects or accepts the batch on the basis of an acceptable quality level , usually a small percentage of rejects per batch . |
| 20 | You know what it 's like : sitting in front of your PC , wasting time while it calculates a complex spreadsheet , draws your graphs or searches the database . |
| 21 | If he does attempt to do so he either receives a negative reply or causes the officer of that other authority to send a copy of the correspondence to his own chief executive or clerk . |
| 22 | The dominant level generates an enhanced attention to the relationship between that level and all the others , and therefore foregrounds or actualizes the text in its totality . |
| 23 | Any member of the secret society who takes public office or joins the police should declare they have taken the Masonic oath to counter , he told MPs . |
| 24 | moved and seconded must be accepted by the Chairman , unless it is frivolous or illegal , or covers the same ground as a motion on which a decision has already been taken in the same meeting . |
| 25 | The man reassuring him is , or has the authority of , the omniscient and omnipotent novelist . |
| 26 | Or has the show been dominated by a faction from Goldsmith 's College ? |
| 27 | Are the ridge tiles properly pointed , or has the mortar fallen out ? |
| 28 | The regulation treats parent companies as those having control over another company , such as where a company owns more than half of the share capital , or has the power to appoint more than half of the members of the board . |
| 29 | Most important of all , are you able to accept each other as equal , mature individuals , or has the parent/child relationship never been outgrown , so that one of you may feel the need to dominate , and the other will begin to lose confidence ? |
| 30 | Has this 72 per cent devaluation of the pound helped British exports to Switzerland or has the strong Swiss franc crippled Swiss manufacturing ? |