Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more usual to wash or dip the cheeses in liquid . |
| 2 | Where the rate of technical advance , or the rate of depletion , is endogenous , then it may be possible permanently to raise or lower the rate of growth through tax or other measures . |
| 3 | On grounds of theory alone we can not tell which effect will be the stronger , i.e. whether higher taxes on income will raise or lower the time devoted to work rather than leisure ( where , of course , the worker has some choice ) . |
| 4 | No longer will you raise or lower the nose " a bit " , or put on a " bit of bank " . |
| 5 | Henry , a successful playwright , is being pushed by his wife to re-write or adapt a play by a raw young man called Brodie , who is in prison . |
| 6 | By section 50C , a lawful user is permitted to copy or adapt a computer program providing that it is necessary for his lawful use and not prohibited by the agreement regulating the use ( for example , a licence agreement ) . |
| 7 | But the issue was still a tactical one , as it had been for Marx ; national liberation was a means to support or obstruct the unity of the working class and the achievement of socialist revolution in Russia , not a matter of general principle . |
| 8 | However , the NEC emphasized that such arrangements would not be allowed to " delay or obstruct the process of orderly transition to majority rule " . |
| 9 | Cray is also introducing a company-wide wage freeze in 1993 ; executive officers will forego 1992 bonuses ; it will defer or eliminate a number of its current activities ; and will consolidate the Rice Lake , Wisconsin manufacturing operations with the Chippewa Falls base . |
| 10 | There are several general measures that can be taken to reduce or eliminate the problem altogether . |
| 11 | The common aim is to found a Second Republic and to reduce or eliminate the power of the political cliques who have held sway since the fall of fascism . |
| 12 | The main reason for this is to reduce or eliminate the risk that people will be affected by the presence of a new member of their social group . |
| 13 | Authorities are expected to reduce or eliminate the risk of industrial accidents by requiring industrial plants to adopt specific pollution control equipment and practices . |
| 14 | She felt she had no power to determine or influence the decisions taken by the LEA and its professional advisers . |
| 15 | And , fourthly , because of these other limitations local authorities , especially those in the inner cities , usually end up trying to attract or influence the behaviour of a pool of small firms , which they often justify by stating that small firms are the key to local regeneration . |
| 16 | Many studies describe a ‘ retrenchment from the front ’ , which occurred as police management sought to control or influence the research design and practice . |
| 17 | The person who wrote the computer program used to assist in the creation of the types of works described above has no rights in the work because , although the programmer may control or influence the format of the finished work , he has no control or influence on the content . |
| 18 | The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way . |
| 19 | However , this information needs to be given very carefully so that it does n't anger or hurt the person . |
| 20 | By s.5(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ p ] roperty shall be regarded as belonging to any person having possession or control of it , or having in it any proprietary right or interest ( not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an intent ) . |
| 21 | ‘ 5(1) Property shall be regarded as belonging to any person having possession or control of it , or having in it any proprietary right or interest ( not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an interest ) . … |
| 22 | One way of intervening here is to question or subvert the authority of those institutions themselves ; and the most obvious target is the dictionary . |
| 23 | It must surely be apparent that , with death visiting almost every family with such regularity , any attempt to mask or evade the reality of death could not have succeeded , and would probably have made the situation worse . |
| 24 | He rejects as mistaken the notion that the study of other religions might undermine or weaken a believer 's faith in his own religion . |
| 25 | Metallurgists knew that this or that ingredient or heat treatment would strengthen or weaken an alloy but this knowledge was empirical and the effects were not susceptible to an obvious rational explanation . |
| 26 | Graduated lines can strengthen or weaken an arrow . |
| 27 | Single events rarely cause a major restructuring of the child 's personality : they occur in the context of a continuous interaction with the environment which itself is not static and which may modify , strengthen or weaken the consequences of what has happened already . |
| 28 | The prongs would have been used to ram against a brick wall , maybe to try to remove or damage a cashpoint machine or similar cash dispensing machine . |
| 29 | Do not knit too quickly or you will find that you are racking as you knit , which will break or damage the needles . |
| 30 | The offence in this was ‘ an attempt to place on an aircraft a device likely to destroy or damage the aircraft , contrary to the Aviation Security Act 1982 ’ — an inchoate offence , and one worded without any express reference to the endangerment of lives . |