Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , a distaff takes no part in the twisting of fleece or flax to produce thread . |
| 2 | Such is the general expectation that married couples will have children that those who do not want them , or want to put parenthood on a few more years , or sadly learn that they can not conceive , find themselves having to respond to veiled or not so veiled queries . |
| 3 | A cloak can be used : to conceal identity or diguise to give warmth and protection to assume or transfer power . |
| 4 | I wonder how many of you are now , or expect to need care ? |
| 5 | In essence , it tells you how much time you have left before reaching the no-decompression limit and also how to manage decompression stops if you inadvertently exceed that limit , or elect to enter decompression . |
| 6 | When we offer advice , seek support for our ideas or seek to gain commitment to a course of action we are attempting to persuade . |
| 7 | Will news-gathering open up to market forces or continue to receive government protection in the name of the consumer 's interest ? |
| 8 | A captain could economize on the equipping and provisioning of his men , or continue to draw pay for men who had died or deserted . |
| 9 | Both national survey data and smaller in-depth studies now enable us to document at least some of the financial effects of care-giving on women , although we still know very little about the consequences for women who begin or continue to give care in their own old age , or about the experiences of Black women carers . |
| 10 | 5.1.1 to pay the rents on the days and in the manner set out in this Lease and not to exercise or seek to exercise any right or claim to withhold rent or any right or claim to legal or equitable set-off |
| 11 | The difficulty arises , of course , when you run out of fingers , or try to take milk and sugar into account . |
| 12 | You really need to get a job , however menial , in the business before you use your hard-earned savings or try to borrow money to start one . |
| 13 | They could n't make judgements or try to inflict order on their world , but simply flowed with it . |
| 14 | Those that depend on MS-DOS extenders , or attempt to control I/O devices directly , fail . |
| 15 | It would be naive to believe that employers who discourage or attempt to undermine Trade Unions do so out of any altruistic motive , such as concern for the individual employee . |
| 16 | The vibrant use of colour contrasted well with the areas of white paper and fluidity or mark to give energy and unity to the image |
| 17 | The first is the return date by which the claimant must return the completed Summons to court following service and by which the debtor requires to advise the court whether he wishes to defend the action or offer to make payment by instalments . |
| 18 | It is a complex if naive set of attitudes , including the beliefs that human beings have free will , that they must be strictly disciplined by restrictive rules , and that they should be harshly punished if they break the rules or fail to respect authority . |
| 19 | Within religions of Indian origin , such as Hinduism , Buddhism and Sikhism , certain views of reality being as it is are taken for granted , such as dharma — the existence of a moral law , and karma — the impact of this on individuals according to how much they fulfil or fail to fulfil dharma , and samsara — the process of reincarnation . |
| 20 | The Christian 's concern for the reform of the criminal should never make him either deny the offence or fail to protect society against the offender . |
| 21 | Allow your filter media to become clogged or fail to pay attention to the use of correct media inside the filter and the worst case scenario of toxic water and dead fish can be the end result ! |
| 22 | It need not be a problem if companies take out directors ' liability insurance or agree to meet defence costs , if necessary . |
| 23 | To imply that individuals ‘ deserve ’ or choose to get cancer through their actions is absurd and wrong . |
| 24 | It is not really suitable for those who need or wish to experience regression . |
| 25 | In addition , many eukaryotic cells have whip-like flagellae or cilia at their surface , which may move the cell along , or serve to waft material past the cell surface . |
| 26 | After their racing days the horses are not destined for breeding ; they often live as the mounts of amateur riders in local races or retire to become family friends . |
| 27 | For public health doctors to withdraw from or refuse to give support to the task at this critical moment would greatly endanger the specialty , as people without the necessary combination of medical and public health skills would attempt the job . |
| 28 | If no list has been registered , or the persons named have died , or ceased to reside in Great Britain , or refuse to accept service on the company 's behalf or for any reason can not be served , a document may be served on the company by leaving it at , or sending it by post to , any place of business established by the company in Great Britain . |
| 29 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 30 | As Michael Paffard puts it in 1978 : " Not all men [ are ] equally qualified by learning or experience to make value judgements about literature or to be called literary critics . " |