Example sentences of "[adv] or [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The data subject is entitled to access personally or to authorise another . |
| 2 | To cooperate may be defined as to work together or to operate jointly-These terms are therefore not dissimilar , yet co-ordination may be seen to be of a higher level and a more difficult operation than co-operation . |
| 3 | Besides , people were too drained by the heat to move about quickly or to make much noise . |
| 4 | He would not have found it possible to gamble deeply or to accumulate more debt . |
| 5 | Some 300MW of the output will be used in nearby ICI plants , and the waste heat in the form of steam will also be used either directly or to generate more electricity , lowering the effective energy costs . |
| 6 | ‘ … considered that a casual with a skilled trade may have his efficiency seriously impaired by being required to break stones and may , in order to avoid this task , feel compelled to sleep out or to commit some other offence against the law ; that it is impossible to expect the officer in charge of a casual ward to discriminate between men for whom the task would or would not be suitable , and that this would lay him open to accusations of favouritism or vindictiveness ; that the task could rarely be made a profitable one , and is repugnant to the class of workers most liable to unemployment , being looked upon by them as having penal associations and as entirely deterrent . ’ ) |
| 7 | This patient just wants to sit miserably by the fire , warming the back , or to lie tucked up cosily in bed , and does not want to move around or to make any effort whatsoever . |
| 8 | Pitt had refused to hold back a single soldier intended for service overseas or to recall any vessels serving on distant stations , but he ordered a further 34 sail of the line to be commissioned and , during that dangerous summer , increased the number of seamen serving in home waters from 18,000 to 35,000 . |
| 9 | It is not acceptable in our society to start smelling each other closely or to feel each other , except in approved salutations . |