Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All attempts to heal or tend him failed |
| 2 | The latter may be due to inability to shop or cook , for example because of limited mobility or language problems . |
| 3 | A user can perform Boolean operations to include or exclude clones which hybridise to particular probes or classes of probes . |
| 4 | For the Town to win the Championship , they needed to win and Cardiff to lose or draw . |
| 5 | The terminal , known as the operator terminal , which the operator will use to monitor the offline run and to indicate success or failure of requests to mount or dismount the appropriate offline media items . |
| 6 | No executions had been carried out since 1984 , and there were currently 287 people in prison waiting for parliament to confirm or commute their death sentences ( mostly handed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 7 | Their inability to see or echolocate over longer distances undoubtedly contributes to their frequency of net entanglement . |
| 8 | It 's a high-risk enterprise for us to , to pontificate about local radio , particularly as we have three as it were local radio representatives here , and we shall give them ample opportunity to confirm or deny the sort of things we 're saying . |
| 9 | Members have the opportunity to paint or sketch from still-life arrangements or a model or to choose their own subject matter . |
| 10 | Robyn has only the dimmest memories of the country of her birth , and has never had the opportunity to refresh or renew them , Professor Penrose 's characteristic response to any suggestion that the family should revisit Australia being a shudder . |
| 11 | The sale of this group represents an opportunity to establish or consolidate a position in this niche area of the UK [ sector ] industry . |
| 12 | It is most unlikely that this is a special case , either in terms of product ( detergents are a typical branded and highly competitive consumer product ) or location ( Barbados has no exceptional rules to encourage or discourage TNC products or advertising ) . |
| 13 | Depression may be accompanied by feelings of sadness but more typical symptoms are fear and panic attacks , loss of energy , a general slowing down , even of speech , lack of appetite for food , sex or normal interests , inability to concentrate or make decisions , and disturbed sleep patterns . |
| 14 | Their inability to concentrate or order their thoughts means that they generally do not learn much at school , even though they may be quite intelligent . |
| 15 | This section operates where the clause attempts to exclude or restrict business liability as defined in s. 1(3) . |
| 16 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 17 | Neither the military nor the economic elite will allow the other elite to suffer or loose its position in this structure because their roles are complementary . |
| 18 | A. Power of licensing board to grant or refuse seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 19 | The balance between self and majority interests sometimes conflict and a balance must be maintained even if this means sacrificing the opportunity to attract or retain some families . |
| 20 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 21 | The Law of Property Act 1925 s84 makes provision for application to the court in such a case to modify or discharge the restrictions , and now , under the Law of Property Act 1969 , similar powers are given to the Lands Tribunal on grounds that the restriction impedes a use of the land that would be reasonable . |
| 22 | It may be simpler for utilitarianism to neglect or ignore the demands of justice and equity , but that is no argument for maintaining that there should not be justice and equity . |
| 23 | Both of these more recent studies , like Bell 's work , indicate that class is a dimension of exchanges of money between kin , in that the purpose of such exchanges in middle-class families is to enable younger generations to establish or maintain a life-style similar to that of their parents . |
| 24 | The objective is to cultivate the willingness to accept or ignore personal risk ( Page , 1987 ) . |
| 25 | Some tried specific local remedies ; the Earl of Chichester reformed Falmer in the 1820s , denying relief to all but the infirm and forcing the labourers to work or leave . |
| 26 | The European Social Charter requires Member States to provide or promote , as necessary , technical and vocational training for all people . |
| 27 | 13.1 does not warrant that the Licensed Software will be error-free but if any copy of the Licensed Software is demonstrated to within 90 ( ninety ) days from the date of delivery to the end user to contain or have contained an error or malfunction , shall use all reasonable endeavours to correct such error or malfunction , or , as its option , to replace such copy of the Licensed Software free of charge , provided that : |
| 28 | Finally , the process of comprehensive assessment includes the ability to identify strategies to meet or minimize the need and risk which have been assessed , to set objectives , to plan , and to define desired outcomes . |
| 29 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , it is not general practice to confirm or deny that nuclear tests are about to take place . |
| 30 | The research examines to what extent this is the case and what , ( if any ) strategies are being adopted by British clothing manufacturers to restore or maintain international competitiveness . |