Example sentences of "[noun] or [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 2 | This evidence can then be used to modify the contract or allow it to terminate and not to offer renewal . |
| 3 | But the larger questions of how to anchor Germany to the West or watch it turn towards Central Europe , went unanswered . |
| 4 | You also need to be inventive and prepared to look to untried and untested ways to earn money or to make it work for you . |
| 5 | If you are unlucky enough to lose your AutoCheque Card or have it stolen , any Switch withdrawals made from your account by forging your signature will be refunded — even if they occur before you advise us of the loss . |
| 6 | Residents are now anxiously awaiting the decision which will either give Mappleton a future or condemn it to perish in the North Sea . |
| 7 | How many millions similar to him have given up the ghost of ambition or had it driven out of them ? |
| 8 | The court to which an application for a stay of action should be made is the court in which that action is pending and the court can either stay the action or allow it to continue on such terms as it thinks fit ( s 285(2) ) . |
| 9 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 10 | Does ‘ the constitution ’ mean the make-up of the committee or does it mean the constitutionality of the committee ? |
| 11 | Could one promote his buried awareness into a skill of giving matter-of-fact recognition to a child 's potential , of giving a child hope about himself , instead of confirming his negative stance by showing surprise at occasional good work or using it to prove that Dave ‘ could do better if he tried ’ ( as we so easily exhort when we are exasperated , and as the group seemed to be doing with Mr E ) ? |
| 12 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 13 | You should either update the SPR further using option 3.2.0 — Update SPR or submit it using option 3.3.0 — Submit SPR . |
| 14 | For Community Care 's readers , an even more unpalatable fact is that few social workers have any idea what to do if they suspect elder abuse or know it occurs . |
| 15 | Therefore , a special change point had to be designed , incorporating a point blade in the conduit , which by the operation of a lever , could either deflect a plough onto the change point or permit it to pass unhindered to the old terminus . |
| 16 | The drawing number alone can tell one what size it is , where to find it , what product or process it describes , in how much detail , whether it is on micro-fiche , how many times it has been modified . |
| 17 | It is not only more kind , but more intelligent , to give it a rest or let it slow down . |
| 18 | Moore insists that the statement that good is indefinable is not about the word ‘ good ’ but about the notion or object it denotes . |
| 19 | Is it just a collection of stories or does it contain memories of real experiences ? |
| 20 | A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose . |
| 21 | Is it important to motivate people or does it come from another factor of the job ? |
| 22 | Does it have a short time span or does it last over a period of time ? |
| 23 | Is this couple 's problem simply different expectations regarding the frequency of sexual relations or does it go deeper ? |
| 24 | On New Year 's Eve the new master reported that Harriet Shimmers used profane language , and would n't eat supper or have it weighed . |
| 25 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 26 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
| 27 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 28 | BEFORE RETURNING TO THE MUSIC , LET'S take time out to talk about the sound : does Denon 's painstaking work with these Savoy masters really represent an audible improvement or does it mean — as with some historic classical recordings that have been treated to ‘ NoNOISE ’ or ‘ Cedar ’ — merely reduced surface noise at the expense of the loss of the top end ( important ambient noise , feathery cymbals etc. ) and a tubby overall sound ? |
| 29 | Then there is probably the thorniest problem of all : does the community trust in the professionalism of the police or does it insist on some greater say in its actions ? |
| 30 | Is knowledge lost from memory or does it change , becoming vague and imprecise , or distorted , or disconnected and fragmented ? |