Example sentences of "or [prep] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , enterprises may agree to refrain from raising prices prior to an election or from publicly criticizing a policy with which they disagree in return for approval for expenditure . |
| 2 | This gives you so much more flexibility to have people to stay , to rent out a room if you become hard up or to simply have a room to move into while you decorate your main bedroom . |
| 3 | In addition , or on inland waters a dayglo orange flag is sufficient , which can be waved to indicate to onlookers that you are in difficulty . |
| 4 | It 's difficult not to get involved in , or at least take a view on , the current Great Educational Examination Debate that 's sweeping the UK — the standards being achieved , or not achieved , as the case may be ; the fairness of a system that employs different examining boards with different syllabuses and differing subject ingredients and , importantly , with varying amounts ( from zero per cent to 100 per cent ) of coursework that may benefit from parental/teacher ‘ assistance ’ in varying degrees . |
| 5 | I think you should try to get a table up there , or at least fix a leg on that one . |
| 6 | And there comes a point where you have to call an end or at least announce a limit to sacrifice . |
| 7 | She challenged the opposition leader to join her in urging them to accept the ‘ generous ’ pay offer ranging from 9 to 16.3 per cent over 18 months ‘ or at least to have a truce over Christmas ’ . |
| 8 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 9 | Although the extraction of semantic information from dictionary definitions may be considered an objective in itself , many researchers pursue a specific application , or at least have a range of applications in mind . |
| 10 | I hoped to speak to Victor , or at least have a word with his father . ’ |
| 11 | Er fairly recently we were asked to tender for erm a new station at Rickmansworth for Crossrail and one of the prerequisites of that job , er which was a ten million pound project , er one of the prerequisites of that job , was that we should either be certificated or at least have a quality assurance erm system in place . |
| 12 | There often appears unconsciously held suppositions that superior literary writings will deal with issues divorced from ordinary concerns or at least adopt a perspective of the ordinary which is shared by the social elite . |
| 13 | For other instant transformations you could jazz up an all-white kitchen say , by adding red and white tiles and red handles , or by just painting a stripe all along between drawers and cupboard doors . |