Example sentences of "or perhaps [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is excellent for developing empathy ( putting themselves in the shoes of a person from the past ) , or perhaps exploring an event from different viewpoints ( to target interpretations of history ) . |
| 2 | You may be attracted by an advertisement in your local paper , or perhaps reading the nursing press has aroused your interest . |
| 3 | ‘ We were both trapped , you once said , ’ she reminded him helplessly , with some idea of comforting him , or perhaps easing the process of rationalisation and self-forgiveness he was inevitably going to have to endure . |
| 4 | sometimes a metalpoint would have a point at either end of the stylus , for sake of balance , or perhaps containing a different type of metalpoint . |
| 5 | More often the impact of dogmatically held relativism on other people is to cause them to waver , feel uncertain and drift into what they feel they can be sure about — mostly in Western society a materialist attitude to life , or perhaps pursuing a lifestance which thinks it has avoided value judgements . |
| 6 | They can literally walk in the footsteps of people in the past , walking a section of Roman road or an old packhorse track , or following the route of an abandoned railway , or perhaps storming a hill-fort or castle . |
| 7 | Voluntary to my mind suggests that the payer being aware of all relevant circumstances including the true state of the law or perhaps having a doubt but not caring which way that doubt is resolved consciously makes a decision to pay . |
| 8 | We do occasionally get calls from people who 've dialled a number listed in one of the ads only to find that it 's wrong — an old lady in Dunfirmline insisting that she 's definitely not selling a Malmsteen Strat — or perhaps giving the ‘ unobtainable ’ tone on a number which does n't exist . |
| 9 | But many Scottish broadcasters argue that in deploying minimum resources there will be instances where the new directorate wo n't authorise Manchester to fill the gap and they are faced with the choice of hiring independents at what might prove a greater cost , thereby going over budget , or perhaps losing the programme . |