Example sentences of "or [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Apart from that , I have n't the least interest in whether you choose to kill yourself by falling from a great height , or crashing into something at high speed . ’ |
2 | ‘ Mrs Cecil 's departure was preceded by such an entire sinking of her constitution and by an exhaustion tending so much to lethargy that she was seldom able to converse … and it was a peculiar favour to herself and daughters that Mr Simeon and her excellent son were in the house and watched for every reviving moment to pray or converse with her in all holy tenderness , till she ceased to breathe . ’ |
3 | He now feels that he will never be liked or respected by anyone in this school again . |
4 | First of all there is a phase of population increase , where mortality is low and adult body size is up to 50 per cent larger than normal ; the resulting high density promotes dispersal , shortens the breeding season , and delays sexual maturity in juveniles ; and this is followed by a phase of decline , which may be rapid or spaced over one to two years , and during which mortality is high and adult size decreases . |
5 | For the rest , they can choose either to give preferential treatment to foreign firms ( by means of incentives not available to local firms ) , or to discriminate against them by such means as Brazil 's market reserve policies . |
6 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
7 | Many people can not think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening . |
8 | That way , I would n't have to see you or speak to you at all ! ’ |
9 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
10 | He might keep the bitterness alive in his heart , even if nobody knew or talked about it at all . |
11 | Skirts are also included and these can be straight or flared with anything from two to sixteen panels . |
12 | Or to look at it in another way , if all the defaulters in community charge payments were paying their due amount , perhaps these closures would not be necessary . |
13 | Feminist psychology 's theoretical neglect of power relations is also demonstrated in its tendency to ignore differences in age , ‘ race ’ , class and sexuality , or to deal with them in biological terms . |
14 | If you received a grant from Gulbenkian or worked with them in any way , then he would be grateful to hear from you . |
15 | Macari said reports of him spending the weekend talking to Celtic director David Smith were ‘ pure rubbish , ’ and that he 'd still not seen or spoken to anyone from Celtic Park . |
16 | This may not be a problem for drier skin types but if yours is oily , be sure to use a gentle toner afterwards or rinse with lots of warm water . |
17 | Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination . |
18 | ‘ My father specifically forbade us to communicate any of the information it contained to the authorities , or to cooperate with them in any way whatsoever . |
19 | Horses ' emotions can rapidly escalate or change from one to another . |
20 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
21 | ‘ He has played no part in either building the party or campaigning for it for four years now . ’ |
22 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
23 | However , what is behind Quine 's refusal to admit a prior substantive concept of reality — a corollary of his rejection of the a priori — is that our broadest conception of reality is derived from science ; ‘ science identifies and describes reality ’ and without science we have no way to think or talk about it at all . |
24 | To order , please contact Linda Denli on 071 839 9104 or write to her at 25 St James 's Street , London SW1A 1HG . |
25 | For more information call Mark Hopes on or write to him at British Coal Marketing Department , Hobart House , Grosvenor Place , London SW1X 7AE . |
26 | You can phone Derek at 535174 or write to him at 9 O'Donoghue Street , Inchicore , Dublin 8 . |
27 | The state 's involvement offers crucial protection , since failure to accept a coin or tampering with it in some way , like making a forgery , then is regarded as a crime against the state , and serious penalties including execution have frequently been normal for such activities . |