Example sentences of "or [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has principally meant providing more access to consumer goods and services , such as education , while continuing to deny any section of the black population access to political decision-making , or fundamentally changing the economic order . |
| 2 | As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours . |
| 3 | There is evidence of a religious enthusiasm more acceptable to the establishment among the nobility , some of whom appear to have either anticipated or eagerly embraced the official establishment of new liturgical feasts in devotional offices in their private chapels . |
| 4 | You may be attracted by an advertisement in your local paper , or perhaps reading the nursing press has aroused your interest . |
| 5 | It was he who ended the war with Athens , or perhaps turned the hot war into a cold one ( because satraps continued to subvert Athenian-supported democracies in Anatolia ) : after the Persian recovery of Egypt in the 450s Athenian aggression against Persia was checked , except for a brief campaign in Cyprus at the end of the 450s . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I more or less let the whole thing drop , ’ he said . |
| 7 | This is conceptually similar but not identical to the phenomena described by Matza ( 1964 : 33–68 ) as the subculture of delinquency : both consist of ‘ precepts and customs that are delicately balanced between convention and crime ’ ; both ‘ posit objectives that may be attained through ( crime ) but also other means ’ ; both ‘ allow ( crime ) but it is not demanded or necessarily considered the preferred path ’ ; and both consist of ‘ norms and sentiments ’ which are ‘ beliefs that function as the extenuating conditions under which ( crime ) is permissible ’ . |
| 8 | Or so goes the conventional wisdom . |
| 9 | Female sexuality causes men to lose self-control so that they cease to be responsible for their actions — or so runs the accepted wisdom . |
| 10 | Or so runs the common accusation . |
| 11 | This undertaking shall not apply to any information which we are required by law to disclose or which is in or hereafter enters the public domain otherwise than through our default . |
| 12 | This undertaking shall not apply to any information which we are required by law to disclose or which is in or hereafter enters the public domain otherwise than through our default . |
| 13 | Making money on speculative stocks was a far more remote possibility than on British Telecom or TSB , although it might have taken them six months or longer to discover the bitter truth . |
| 14 | They were close to the canal , and there were several people about , inspecting the expensive fashion jewellery on sale in several shops , or just enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of the lock area . |
| 15 | The adoral shields are slightly wing-like , not or just separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 16 | Moreover , as we shall see when we discuss collaborative teaching later in this chapter , it is much easier for two teachers than three or more to undertake the shared planning on which the success of classroom collaboration depends . |
| 17 | Interest is paid on a tiered basis but balances of £3,000 or more receive the full rate , currently 6.88% a year . |
| 18 | But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ? |
| 19 | The adoral shields are flared and wing-like separating or nearly separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 20 | At the time of writing , its report is still awaited , but it seems certain that legislation will shortly be introduced to end or sharply to modify the present law . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) A licensing board shall not give its consent under this section to any reconstruction , extension or alteration which will materially alter the character of the premises in question or materially alter the external appearance , shape or size of the premises and may , before considering an application for the board 's consent under this section , require plans of the proposed reconstruction , extension or alteration to be lodged with the clerk of the board at such time as the board may appoint . |
| 22 | What happens if you actually try and get down to absolute zero or even pass the other side ? |
| 23 | Some dealers and collectors were not above altering or even removing the genuine patina and treating the surface to give the appearance they felt it should have had . |
| 24 | Apart from whether or not these exercises are effective ( they are certainly found to be enjoyable and relaxing by many pupils ) , they have given the teacher a secure base from which to work , for the teacher can be very much in charge , dictating the choice of exercise , controlling the length of time for each , selecting the background music where felt to be appropriate or even dictating the moment-to-moment activity within the experience . |
| 25 | Indeed , Moscow entertained some hopes that the growth in interest in non-alignment in Latin America , a phenomenon which had induced Soviet writers in the mid 1970s to talk of a ‘ Latin American stage ’ of the Non-Aligned Movement , could weaken or even undermine the military treaty system which bound this continent to the United States . |
| 26 | It was almost as if he had no body , because no part of it hurt , or itched , or shivered with cold , or even felt the wooden planking through the quilt . |
| 27 | The disruptions and abuse preceding adoption may cause some children to be disturbed or even to reject the adopting family . |
| 28 | Police committees , therefore , are precluded from either directing or even questioning the chief constable on operational matters ( Loveday 1983 ) . |
| 29 | During the Eighties the cosmetics industry invested millions in developing skin-care products which claimed to halt or even reverse the ageing process . |
| 30 | The Daily Mirror has been right all along in accusing Pakistani cricketers of obtaining extra swing over the years through illegally roughening one side of the ball by scratching it with fingernails or even ripping the red leather surface . |