Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] or [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language had to be one accessible to more than the ruling elite , so it became one or other dialect of the vernacular . |
| 2 | It thinks universal or random drug testing of employees is an unwarranted invasion of privacy . |
| 3 | At all events , when the innovative literary theory derived from structuralism began to arrive about twenty years ago it found actual or potential fissures in the form of life and it sought to enlarge and penetrate them . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the orang-utan can tolerate a wide range of bitter and sour fruits and high alcohol levels and its strong hands allow it to open spiny or hard fruits like durians and legumes . |
| 5 | While being called matapang is taken as a compliment among Tagalog-speaking lowlanders , it describes fierce or dangerous men , ready to fight without regard to personal danger , rather than those willing to risk themselves for others . |
| 6 | Although we are dot going to be hobbling a horse by three legs and tethering it all day out in the sun , we will need a tolerant horse if we wish it to do boring or repetitious work . |
| 7 | Under Art 85(3) , the Commission may exempt a restrictive agreement , provided it promotes technical or economic progress while allowing the consumer a fair share of the benefits . |
| 8 | Its brain does help it to recognise distasteful or painful insects , such as bees and wasps , and stops the frog reacting to those . |
| 9 | It gives curly or permed hair more shape and less frizz , and gives style support for straight hair , reducing static , adding body and bounce . |
| 10 | The agreement , which was of unlimited duration , made no direct reference to SDI ; nor did it involve conventional or chemical weapons , although both sides expressed a wish to reach an agreement on such matters at the earliest opportunity . |
| 11 | The concern of the authorities is that a dominant firm will price aggressively in those markets where it faces actual or potential competition with the intention of seeing off the competition . |
| 12 | But , unlike other Governments , we have not bound ourselves to join regardless of whether it makes economic or political sense . |