Example sentences of "[verb] or [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any conscript who may have wanted to go to the Gulf would have had to volunteer or to join the Foreign Legion , the paratroops or the naval infantry — units which are all made up entirely of volunteers . |
| 2 | Where possible , material which could be salvaged from old buildings or walls was recycled into the new fortifications , while in many places no indemnity was paid to those who were forced ‘ pro bono publico ’ to surrender property on which walls might be built or to provide the open ground , outside a wall , vital for effective defence . |
| 3 | Was it a greater crime to let her drown or to cross the great divide to the women 's section to rescue her ? |
| 4 | ‘ To be neutral … is to do one 's best to help or to hinder the various parties concerned in an equal degree . ’ |
| 5 | The Christian church had never set up its own system of education to rival or to parallel the available secular educational provision . |
| 6 | This is usually to throw light on the character being played or to create the right atmosphere for the location of the action and for the expressive action required for the unfolding of the plot or theme . |
| 7 | A range of policy innovations were needed to overcome or to moderate the urban problems . |
| 8 | Upon receipt of such written , telefaxed or telexed claim , or its agent or representative shall have the right to test or to inspect the Licensed Software at its then location or to have the Licensed Software despatched to a point designated by or returned to carriage pre-paid . |
| 9 | Some argue that we do not have enough proof of danger to justify stricter controls on dumping or to warrant the extra expenditure involved . |
| 10 | In all these societies there are contradictory movements , either to limit or to expand the social services ; movements which take place in what are still substantially free market economies , but raise the question whether there can be any further development of the welfare state without restricting still more the operation of the market and eventually creating a more socialist type of economy in which public ownership of some major productive resources and financial institutions , and more extensive planning , would have a larger role . |