Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is illegal to import it , send it through the post or display it to the general public . |
| 2 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 3 | ‘ He would either go with the victims or meet them at the Macro warehouse in North Acton . |
| 4 | The defendant supplied the product otherwise than in the course of a business and the defendant did not produce it ( or own-brand it or import it into the European Community ) with a view to profit . |
| 5 | You purchase players or get them from the free-transfer market . |
| 6 | The likeliest sources of error would be to underestimate ganglion cell density in the central retina , or overestimate it in the peripheral retina , in the standard distribution function . |
| 7 | Even without the element of uncertainty , however , potential plaintiffs may be reluctant to inflict on the company the disruption that an action against a director can involve , or expose it to the unfavourable publicity that might result from airing its difficulties in public . |
| 8 | They will either deal with your enquiry or direct you to the appropriate department in the University . |
| 9 | After use , you can either throw the used head away , or clean it in the usual way . |
| 10 | Within a few months of its publication the government had launched a huge inquiry into pensions which was to produce a series of changes — including the right of employees changing jobs to either take a pension with them , or leave it with the previous employer and have it uprated in line with the retail price index up to a maximum of 5 per cent . |
| 11 | or mark them with the black , persistent crows |
| 12 | If so are you going to use one of the commercial companies or do it through the government-backed Export Credits Guarantee Department ? |
| 13 | I mean the main thing is people can borrow on the true price of the house and then they can have an 80 or 90 per cent mortgage and when they come to pay the mortgage they have the £500 subsidy for twelve months or take them into the next twelve months . |
| 14 | And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market . |