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 | 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 . |