Example sentences of "do or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Use it up , wear it out ; make it do or do without ! ’ the old New England maximum goes . |
| 2 | The tenant covenants that he will do or refrain from doing certain things which undoubtedly touch and concern the land . |
| 3 | Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it . |
| 4 | Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it . |
| 5 | While these are the formal steps that should be taken ( threat analysis , policy making , risk assessment , and implementation of particular measures ) , and it may be appropriate to assign the task to a team responsible for IT security , it should nonetheless be recognised that security is predominantly a problem that has its roots in people and what they can do or fail to do . |
| 6 | The following is an example of a suitable clause : It is hereby agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Articles of Association the investor shall be entitled at any time after Completion to transfer all or any part of the investor 's shares to another investor or investors approved by the Managers ( such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ) to the intent and effect that any such investors shall be entitled to the benefit of all such provisions of this Agreement and Articles of Association as the investor shall require and the Managers and the Company shall do or procure to be done ( insofar as it lies within their respective powers ) all such matters and things , including the execution of all such documents as shall be necessary or which the Investors shall reasonably require for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this clause . |
| 7 | Is there anything else erm you know Zain which we should do or pass on ? |
| 8 | Social Worker : If a 9-year-old was sitting next to you expressing the guilt you have expressed , what would you do or say ? |
| 9 | Nothing he could do or say would move this stalwart protector of civic rectitude from his ordained path . |
| 10 | ( Parent : ‘ Now we know more about what each of us feels , can you think of anything else we could do or say so we do n't get into this disagreement again ? ’ ) |
| 11 | Even in the deep trance state , no patient will do or say anything which he would not do or say when fully aware and awake . |
| 12 | Even in the deep trance state , no patient will do or say anything which he would not do or say when fully aware and awake . |
| 13 | Like Henry James , she found the tiny ‘ germ ’ in a happening , and then had to create people to bring it about ; unlike Turgenev , who began with creating people , and then watched and listened for what they would do or say . |
| 14 | While language charts are specifically concerned with the way in which a child uses language on a day-to-day basis , language tests are much more concerned with what a child can do or say under optimal conditions . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's no knowing what this lunatic will do or say . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There is nothing I can do or say to save you from the wrath of God , or indeed from the wrath of your own father , poor man . ’ |
| 17 | She felt suddenly uncomfortable , unsure of what she should do or say next . |
| 18 | One US company says employees should ask themselves : Would you do or say this in front of your spouse , parents or a colleague of the same sex ? |
| 19 | When you got the light on what did you do or say ? |
| 20 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |
| 21 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 22 | What sort of things can I do or learn that will be needed at work ? |
| 23 | I have already identified more than one type of contradiction ; those that can exist between one 's fantasies and what one would actually do or enjoy in real life , and those that can exist between one 's understanding of the oppressive nature of some discourse or practice and one 's continuing investment of desire and finding of pleasure in it . |
| 24 | Thus the name " Shakespeare " rigidly refers to Shakespeare , irrespective of whether we happen to be talking about what Shakespeare did or wrote , or did not do or write but might have done or written , i.e. about his actual or merely possible attributes . |
| 25 | ( 6 ) You may not do or permit to be done in the premises anything which may invalidate or increase the premium payable for any policy of insurance maintained by our clients and you will comply with all requirements and recommendations of our clients ' insurers . |
| 26 | How much of Shakespeare do you have to do or do you have to do it all ? |
| 27 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
| 28 | The only provision of Order 11 under which leave might be given was that dealing with the case where ‘ in the action begun by the writ an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do or refrain from doing anything within the jurisdiction … |
| 29 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 30 | Specifically , the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 provided that an agreement by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute should not be a criminal conspiracy unless the act itself was punishable as a crime . |