Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't relax or laugh very much , perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you . |
| 2 | Naturally , some of these indications are quite likely to be related to problems other than faulty vision , but since sight problems may be causing them , a screening test which is , after all , quick and easy to perform should help to confirm or rule out defective vision as a reason for concern . |
| 3 | Their inability to see or echolocate over longer distances undoubtedly contributes to their frequency of net entanglement . |
| 4 | A more indirect borrowing from the sciences has been the use of evolutionary models , derived from the theory of natural selection , to describe or explain how fallible knowledge can grow . |
| 5 | ‘ Get her off — it hurts ! ’ he whispered at me , not daring to move or make too much noise . |
| 6 | According to centre director Anne Shearer , a qualified psychotherapist and former social work committee chairperson , fear and anxiety , often rooted in childhood , leave us unable to breathe as deeply or as evenly as we once did , and this in turn means we can not relax fully or enjoy really good health . |
| 7 | The position of the parties is preserved by allowing them to alter or revoke any third party right without the latter 's consent , unless there is a specific arrangement to the contrary , or evidence that the parties intended otherwise . |
| 8 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 9 | They never see the sun , never have a chance to socialise or act out many of their most basic instincts and often ca n't even turn around in their pens . |
| 10 | There was therefore no authority powerful or concerned enough to encourage or root out any of the religious persuasions in Scotland . |
| 11 | Neutralisation has an established legal pedigree and in contemporary conditions it remains a possible political formula to resolve or dampen down certain regional conflicts or to stabilise regional conditions which otherwise could escalate into a superpower confrontation . |
| 12 | The contrary view is that , in the light of the single market , it is important that all companies have equal opportunities to expand or restructure as much by way of acquisition as by organic growth . |
| 13 | Moreover , if we examine social scientific practice at all closely we can often see how substantially the same data can be used to support or discredit very different , sometimes contrary , theories : the generic use of data and methods should not make this too surprising an observation . |
| 14 | They must scoop up or snap up huge numbers of insects each day to fill their stomachs , and each insect contains a large percentage of rather non-nutritious outer-covering . |
| 15 | The unique beaded cord is remarkable strong and wo n't snag or jam even round tight corners . |
| 16 | Specialists are far more likely to recommend or provide technologically intense services . |
| 17 | It could limit or remove altogether certain rights presumed to exist at common law . |
| 18 | It' er nothing to show out or stand out or look rather pleasant . |
| 19 | She did n't seem or look very intelligent , but she must be . |
| 20 | Even their kisses might give him a disease from which he would die or become horribly spotty . |
| 21 | By marginal he means that he does n't know whether it will clear up or become irretrievably hopeless . |
| 22 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 23 | It is true that we can not observe or measure directly mental processes taking place in the brain in the way that we can measure , say , blood flow via a brain scanner . |
| 24 | 1 To prevent or detect promptly any complications occurring after surgery . |
| 25 | Very little attempt is made to suggest alternatives in the syllabus plan or teachers ' books , very little attempt made to design or recommend more flexible materials such as reading or number cards , and this , despite enormous variations in ages , abilities and background of children . |
| 26 | Inveterate controllers are rarely adequate as physical lovers , unable to let go or risk too much excitement . |
| 27 | Delegates also expressed concern that western companies would try to take advantage of lax legislation in East European countries and the weakness of local enforcement agencies to use or sell environmentally damaging technologies which are banned in Western Europe and North America . |
| 28 | Continue to dead-head or cut down spent flowers of herbaceous plants where necessary . |
| 29 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |
| 30 | Party members did not always work enthusiastically or have entirely unselfish motives for joining the party — membership could be a great help to career advancement . |