Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or sell my story to some Hong Kong newspaper ? ’ |
| 2 | Changing Shape It is often the case that many students grow in height or change their shape in some way during lessons , so it is not a good idea to buy shoes or clothes until nearing the end of the course of lessons . |
| 3 | Yeah , or hold your breath for fifteen to thirty minutes ! |
| 4 | Please remember , however , that if you exceed the agreed amount or overdraw your account without prior arrangement , you will automatically be charged a higher rate of interest on the excess or on unauthorised amounts . |
| 5 | Lacroix 's woman does n't have to eschew luxury for a boil-washed cardigan and a flea-market skirt , or bury her femininity in penitential sackcloth . |
| 6 | An occupier of premises owes the same duty , the ‘ common duty of care ’ , to all his visitors , except insofar as he is free to and does extend , restrict , modify or exclude his duty to any visitor or visitors by agreement or otherwise . |
| 7 | The duty set out in s. 2(1) OLA 1957 applies ‘ except insofar as he ( the occupier ) is free to and does extend , restrict , modify or exclude his duty to any visitor or visitors by agreement or otherwise ’ . |
| 8 | ( c ) Exclusion Section 2(1) states : An occupier of premises owes the same duty , the " common duty of care " to all his visitors , except in so far as he is free to and does extend , restrict , modify or exclude his duty to any visitor or visitors by agreement or otherwise . |
| 9 | During the day , make frequent checks of people who are likely to drop food down their fronts or soil their clothes in any way . |
| 10 | Take it or leave it sort of fellow , if you ask me . |
| 11 | Conventional welding gives you a very large heat affected zone and that can distort the material or alter its properties in some way and potentially damage or weaken a structure . |
| 12 | If after our Booking Allocation has been issued , you wish to change to another of our holidays or alter your booking in any way ( e.g. by changing your departure date or accommodation ) we will do our utmost to make the changes , provided written notification is received at our offices from the person who signed the Booking Form , or your Travel Agent , at least six weeks before your departure date . |
| 13 | It does not give an example of how revenue expenditure is allocated down to Regions , Districts and Units , and the ‘ before and after ’ cases of their allocations showing the impact of capital charges , and how they will change when Districts or Units actually increase or decrease their employment of fixed assets . |
| 14 | Or do her washing for six weeks . |
| 15 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 16 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 17 | If the makeup of the whole of a person 's being was represented by a frozen block of egg yolks and whites ( colour coded — dyed different colours ) then any other person wishing to investigate and make conscious or broadcast his feelings upon this being might have to take a sample or sliver through the block or might collect a number of such slivers , some from other people 's different angle scanning of that being , then I would suggest that the picture of flat slivers built up would in no way give the many complex proportions of shapes originally in the block . |
| 18 | The Spanish expelled the Muslims from the island , but were not able to bring it under their full control , or defend its inhabitants from Muslim raiders , until nearly the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | It is notable that public holidays have become established in most parts of the world either as religious feast days , still treated as such , or have their origins in such occasions . |