Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a business enterprise and will stand or fall as a business . |
| 2 | ( pp167-8 ) ( g ) Criminal use of ineffective exemption clauses Under the Consumer Transactions ( Restrictions on Statements ) Order 1976 ( SI 1976 No 1813 ) , it is a criminal offence for anyone , in the course of a business , to display or publish or include in a written document , an exemption clause which is void by virtue of s6 of UCTA 1977 . |
| 3 | For others it is sufficient to look or act like a gouger by being rough-looking and dirty or disrespectful to and disliking the police , ‘ giving lip ’ and swearing , coming from ‘ a problem family ’ and being of low intelligence ( ‘ not all there ’ , ‘ air getting in ’ , ‘ not right ’ , ‘ a few bricks short of a full load ’ ) . |
| 4 | At this level you can sunbathe or swim from a stone jetty ( connecting off-shore rocks ) or in one of the two swimming pools . |
| 5 | Choose one with a 300 or 350mm ( 12 to 14in ) blade and a plastic handle ( which wo n't split or crack like a wooden one ) . |
| 6 | He does not look or sound like a party leader , either . |
| 7 | You may need to fill or plane off a slot at the thick or what is now the top edge . |
| 8 | The difficulty came when one imagined these numbers written on the spine of a book , or on the can of a filmstrip or an audio-cassette , and given to an untrained person to shelve or file in a sequence . |
| 9 | Insecurity must have something to do with it an insecurity about the musical self-sufficiency of absolute melody , so foreign to our modern western way of musical thinking , compounded by the performer 's fear of standing before an audience with no instrument and no accompaniment to hide behind or use as a prop … |
| 10 | Planning colour schemes involves choosing and balancing colours which will contrast or harmonise in a pleasing way . |
| 11 | Should a student not complete or withdraw from a programme of studies he/she will , after an interval of one year , be issued with a record of achievement listing the areas of study successfully completed . |
| 12 | on the streets , he has to react or or react in a manner that erm really when he 's on there , he does n't he does n't react to that particular incident that 's happening in front of him . |
| 13 | Elitism has to mean more than this — even in its modern , broader sense — for it to be of analytical use , so modern elite theory has tended to argue for a plurality of elites which may interact or compete in a variety of ways . |
| 14 | It is ungainly and slovenly to lean or lounge on a counter or desk . |
| 15 | So , a bigger church was needed to cater for the rapidly increasing numbers , and a most un-lamb like argument over whether they should extend or move to a new site raged for six years . |
| 16 | So ask your building society what you could lose or gain from a remortgage . |
| 17 | At this stage , you can enhance or detract from a design according to your choice of background colour . |
| 18 | A seamen 's canteen licence only permits the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption in the canteen , and it is an offence to supply in or take from a seamen 's canteen liquor for consumption off the premises ( see s.96 ) . |
| 19 | Rights to either buy or sell at a specified price within a specified period ( 3 months ) . |
| 20 | In all probability not a single fox will live or die as a consequence of any vote we take this afternoon . |
| 21 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 22 | Is it all right to eat or drink before a session ? |
| 23 | ‘ Fans demand the right to sit or stand in a safe ground . ’ |
| 24 | … I can not find anything in the cases decided under the railway and electricity statutes which would necessitate or lead to a contrary view . |
| 25 | One Monday morning I lay in bed looking out of my skylight window at nothing in particular ; there was n't anything to see except sky because the window was merely a hole in the roof which you could open or shut with a long wooden handle . |
| 26 | An example of such a clause is one which says the employee is not to canvass or solicit during a period of five years from the date of the determination of this agreement for whatever reason any person , company or firm who were customers of the employer with whom he dealt during the last three years of his employment . |
| 27 | Although not an exact science , it does enable banks to give countries some sort of credit rating and , from this , bank lending officers can make a decision on whether to grant or participate in a loan . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the purchaser will be concerned to ensure that once completion has taken place , the vendor does not establish or participate in a competing business . |
| 29 | And even if we do n't marry or live with a man , the fact that most women do means that every man will see a housewife when he sees us . |
| 30 | Use of technical terms is one aspect , for example , of how cogently pupils can talk or write about a topic , how explicitly they can express themselves , and how well they can suit their language to their audience and purpose . |