Example sentences of "or [vb base] for the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 When a sudden shock wave pressurises water captured in the pores between soil particles , there is no time or place for the water to move : the high pressure pushes the soil particles apart .
2 One result of this moral panic was that , even as the anxiety mentioned by Furlong ( ibid. ) forced us to react to these public demands with some arrests , we insiders with ‘ special knowledge ’ , who were working face to face with the counter-culture , knew there was a different social reality abroad which we could never adequately explain to the entrepreneur or encapsulate for the media headline .
3 Stock broking firms that are involved in the issue or act for the authorities have been banned in the run up to flotation from issuing any research .
4 If you have been awarded a grant or scholarship , send a copy of the letter of the award , or arrange for the body providing the award to write to the University giving details .
5 She said that she woke up one day and did not feel lost or depressed , did not wonder what she was going to do with herself or reach for the phone to try and summon up some company .
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