Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If an expatriate , rather than a local employee is really needed , the organisation has to consider whether to relocate an existing employee or recruit specifically to fill the post .
2 In summary , bFGF administered orally or given parenterally accelerated the healing of acetic acid induced gastric ulcers in rats .
3 Consequently , it mattered little whether the facade was retained or stripped away to reveal the reality behind it .
4 The question of whether the state merely supported pre-existing market trends or has positively guided the market towards this end is a contentious one which will be addressed in Chapter 4 .
5 The other buses were either spread out in their running time or cut down to form the evening frequency which was less than what it was during the peak time and so I , you know , I 'd , I 'd left it at then , when I went in the forces then , he carried on .
6 There 's nothing that we can say or do here to add the distinction , to add distinction er to what was done here forty years ago .
7 Heckling , or seeking temporarily to disrupt the speaker are insufficient to amount to such an offence .
8 Any seasoned dieter knows full well that she can ‘ cheat ’ that weight off the normal set of bathroom scales by shifting her stance a little or rushing off to empty the bladder , remove the dentures and so on .
9 The rays pass through a hole in the iris , called the pupil , which opens or closes automatically to alter the amount of light entering the eye , just as the diaphragm of a camera adjusts its aperture .
10 Maybe he was sweating , or nervous , or wondering how to broach the subject .
11 This means that at whatever level the stresses or insults initially attack the system , the effects , if the body is strong enough , will be confined to the physical plane .
12 Sensations such as pleasure or dislike therefore reflect the degree of control exerted by an object over the perceptual effort necessary to make it intelligible .
13 To lay a path or drive simply excavate the area to a depth of about 6in ( 150mm ) , or 8in ( 200mm ) on soft clay soils , and ram in a 6in thick layer of hardcore or hoggin , covered with a thin layer of sand to prevent the gravel from sinking into the sub-base .
14 Eagles needed to witness the migrations of the smaller birds , or to fly afield to see the world beyond territories which at other times of the year they spent their time protecting and never left .
15 A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing .
16 In the meantime , the vast majority of Indian children either do not go to school or do not reach the end of primary school .
17 The issue of standards of evidence arises now because of a case just argued before the US Supreme Court over whether data do or do not support the allegation that a drug called Bendectin , once widely prescribed to prevent morning sickness in pregnant women , causes limb deformities in newborn babies .
18 So please take on board that it is not good enough to answer that a notice was put up to tell people that they could claim , when many people are blind or disabled or do not have the wherewithal to understand .
19 If different groups within the organisation resent or do not understand the work and contributions of other groups then there will be conflict .
20 Too proud , or did n't want the responsibility .
21 Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them
22 Many of his fellow British actors — throughout the years — only affected to despise the movies : they themselves were not asked to do them or , if asked , played minor roles or did not get the hang of it at all .
23 As cities have always acted as the principal focus of political and socio-economic life in the Middle East , the study of Aleppo will show the way in which communal , sectarian and other allegiances did or did not permit the emergence of a wider ‘ national ’ outlook .
24 Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just .
25 Section 9 provides that where he can not or does not make the valuation , the contract is avoided .
26 9 – ( 1 ) Where there is an agreement to sell goods on the terms that the price is to be fixed by the valuation of a third party , and he can not or does not make the valuation , the agreement is avoided ; but if the goods or any part of them have been delivered to and appropriated by the buyer he must pay a reasonable price for them .
27 When we are dealing with the structure plan for which there is no local plan in force , we have a new problem which is that , owing to the diagrammatic nature of the plans , no one will be able to say with certainty that this does or does not affect the claimant 's property , but that nevertheless , because of that very uncertainty , a wider number of properties may be affected .
28 Launching into the logical approach when someone has not had time or does not have the information to assess your credibility is unwise .
29 Those who argue about this ( about how much should be spent on Arts faculties in universities , for example ) tend to debate whether it does or does not help the economy , help people to do various jobs , and so forth .
30 But unless one is blind , or does not know the language , surely one would not be likely to ask what it means to say that something is white ?
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