Example sentences of "[vb mod] read or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should read or write errors occur , this database can be rebuilt from the image copy in conjunction with one of the log files . |
| 2 | Goody himself in a later essay points out that ‘ at least during the last 2,000 years the vast majority of peoples of the world ( most of Eurasia and much of Africa ) have lived in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write ’ ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 3 | Even in areas outside this great span — in Australia for example , the South Pacific or Amerindia — the main detailed knowledge that we have of these cultures is — almost by definition — in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write . |
| 4 | Ever since men , whether they could read or write , have entertained values they have sought to express these in symbols . |
| 5 | Never believe anything else , whatever silly things you may read or hear elsewhere . |
| 6 | If the jury feels that a considerable number of children would read or see the article in question , and would be corrupted by the experience , it may decide that this number constitutes a significant proportion of the class which comprises the likely audience . |
| 7 | If my wife and I both go then the car is cheaper by £10 , but that is not a lot to pay for the increased safety of rail travel , the convenience of not having to take a car into London and indeed the fact that we can read or go to sleep on the train . |
| 8 | He had told a friend not long before , ‘ If you walked from Humber to Severn and dodged Derby , you would not find a bishop who can read or write ’ . |
| 9 | Well , since barely half the population can read or write , many people still rely entirely on that notoriously unreliable medium , word of mouth . |