Example sentences of "[verb] or reject " in BNC.

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31 In the meantime it 's up to the city council to decide whether to accept or reject the planning application .
32 Bills may be proposed by the Crown ( advised by a Council of State ) and the 150-member Second Chamber ( Tweede Kamer ) of the bicameral parliament ( Staten-Generaal ) , while the 75-member First Chamber ( Eerste Kamer ) can approve or reject , but not amend , such bills .
33 Bills may be proposed by the Crown ( advised by a Council of State ) and the 150-member Second Chamber ( Tweede Kamer ) of the bicameral parliament ( Staten-Generaal ) , while the 75-member First Chamber ( Eerste Kamer ) can approve or reject , but not amend , such bills .
34 Formally , the House is free to pass or reject bills as it wishes .
35 But we can follow or reject the blueprints ; we can consciously master some , but not all ; and , as we have emphasized , unless all hope is killed off by dire early environments , a psychological growth process continues throughout life .
36 Decisions to retain or reject an hypothesis are fairly straightforwardly determined by the results of experimental tests .
37 The referendum , only the third in Canada 's history , would enable the electorate to endorse or reject the constitutional package agreed in late August which sought to meet demands for greater autonomy for French-speaking Quebec and for the native Indians and Inuit populations , and offered increased representation within the federal legislature for the western provinces [ see pp. 39044-45 ] .
38 A comparison of the British and American policy-making processes reveals that the Congress is far more likely to amend or reject proposals coming from the executive than the House of Commons .
39 The House proved willing to amend or reject legislation put before it as well as to remove individual ministers and on the occasion the government itself .
40 But whatever we may take or reject from Freud , what I think we should not lose is the way in which he raises questions and problematises things which are sometimes taken for granted .
41 She knew , had always known from observing her excellent father in his parish , how to listen and console without colluding , to allow and never invite confidences , to know right from wrong and yet never to judge or reject .
42 Whether to reclaim or reject this term has been a matter of some debate in Black communities . )
43 Unfortunately these findings can not support or reject the reservations held by critics of the scheme .
44 Sidner ( 1979a ) refers to the inference required to approve or reject a single candidate as ‘ normal ’ mode inference , and to that required to select between several candidates as ‘ special mode ’ .
45 Decisions to offer or reject applicants are made by the senior tutors , in consultation with the relevant Field Chairs and/or Co-ordinator if necessary .
46 It was permitted to offer only recommendations to the Committee of Ministers , without bring able to bind the latter in any way : quite often , the Committee simply chose to ignore or reject Assembly recommendations .
47 Approved/Rejected : entered when the final decision to undertake or reject the change is made .
48 By the following Monday ‘ Downing Street sources ’ were telling journalists that the records of those two ad hoc meetings showed ‘ that a majority of those present were probably prepared to repudiate or reject ’ the course followed by the national armaments directors of Western Europe , the basis of the European consortium 's bid .
49 Each member has one democratically elected representative on the board , who , in turn , has one vote either to admit or reject new members .
50 PRO — proposed : Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an optional comment .
51 PRO — proposed Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an optional comment .
52 Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an appropriate comment .
53 The executive may therefore accept or reject the whole idea of a transfer abroad on this basis alone .
54 A move from consensus management , where a small , but arguably representative nucleus of people had at least some say in the decision-making , to a more dictatorial style known as ‘ general management ’ now means that decisions are made by one man or woman who may accept or reject the advice of interested parties , including nursing and medical advisers .
55 It is sometimes argued that Freud 's theories must be accepted or rejected all of a piece , and that one can not simply accept or reject ‘ bits ’ of them as one fancies .
56 They can accept or reject it , but they can not test it out in the field .
57 the experts exist to advise line managers , who may accept or reject the advice given ; or
58 The dealer will send both forms to the finance company which will either accept or reject both offers .
59 He will then send both forms to the finance company which will either accept or reject both offers .
60 There are all kinds and levels of faith but only one God who will accept or reject us for the lives we live today .
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