Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 2 | A ‘ block ’ type connector may be fitted to the board and pad spacing will suit either the older Futabase or SLM sockets or the latest 3-pin headers . |
| 3 | Creditors may vote to accept or not to accept either the voluntary liquidation or liquidator . |
| 4 | Most studies used either the 17 question or the 21 question instrument , although other versions were occasionally used . |
| 5 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 6 | What has been the subject of radical , almost revolutionary , change over the past decade or so has not been the civic culture but the perceptions of that culture . |
| 7 | Now , as the cold winds blow in New England , our transatlantic chums in Citizens seem to be doing a repeat act , picking up the odd dime or at least two Five Cents , Plymouth Five Cents and Boston Five Cents . |
| 8 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 9 | The only people who had trouble in adjusting to work were those who for some reason deviated from this model — either by going up the social scale or by going down it ( social mobility is more fully discussed by Geoff Payne in this volume ) . |
| 10 | Thus , if implemented , notwithstanding the other requirements of SSAP 15 , companies may use either the full provision or partial provision basis in accounting for the deferred tax implications of post-retirement benefits accounted for in accordance with SSAP 24 and UITF 6 . |
| 11 | In system jargon , the working world is one sub-system within a complete set of sub-systems which make up the total environment or life space of the individual . |
| 12 | We can either go on , or turn back to fill in the secondary material or accompaniment . |
| 13 | He had called to ask her advice about the small dinner party he intended to give in the next week or so . |
| 14 | Occasionally , they kill soldiers , and blow up the odd bridge or a railway line , but essentially they are an impotent and marginal force currently engaged in peace talks with the military . |
| 15 | Sometimes this can be converted back to a single compartment when bulky items have to be carried , either by zipping out the dividing panel or by loosening a drawcord . |
| 16 | This may be due to poor analysis — the analyst may not have understood fully the present system or the users ’ requirements . |
| 17 | The employment opportunities for working-class girls — whether in factory work or in domestic service — would not appear to have excited either the same sympathy or alarm . |
| 18 | Lift again the following autumn or spring and many of the stems will have rooted ; these can be detached for potting up . |
| 19 | For this reason , it is not always possible to carry out the preferred size or type of investigation until certain data or resources become available . |
| 20 | In appropriate cases a commissioner from the Requesting State might be appointed to carry out the special method or procedure requested , e.g. , to overcome the difficulty which a civil law State may have in satisfying a Request from a common law State to take evidence under cross examination , because no judge or local lawyer in the requested State had any experience in that field . |
| 21 | Cleaning lady move the bed and you got out the wrong side or what ? ’ |
| 22 | These points generally apply equally whether the action is brought in the High Court or county court . |
| 23 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 24 | I lunched on a cheese roll and a packet of crisps while Bunny — no day is wasted — chatted up the sulking wife or girlfriend of one of the lunch-time Real Ale bores who was drinking his way round the hand-pumps with a group of mates . |
| 25 | It is all too easy to take and agree to a request for samples , ring up the appropriate department or dispatch centre and happily assume that it has gone . |
| 26 | There is intense perceived pain in contemplating giving up the mood-altering substance or behaviour and making further major changes in these " pictures " of reality . |
| 27 | So there is the option of doing both the walking tour or the bus tour . |
| 28 | However with Scott supporting him and the stable having hit form he should be able to knock out the odd winner or two in the coming weeks . |
| 29 | To catch one accidentally does n't have quite the same distinction or achievement , even so its capture should count . |
| 30 | The earlier Moghuls had ruled only the northern half or two-thirds of the sub-continent but Aurangzeb , who ruled from 1658 to 1707 , set out to conquer the south and was almost completely successful in this . |