Example sentences of "[verb] or [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A striking example of their dissociation is provided by the following exchange : on the one hand , Runciman takes it for granted that methodological individualism is ‘ now generally conceded to be almost trivially true ’ , while on the other Torrance asserts that ‘ In so far as methodological individualism is true it is trivial and irrelevant to sociology , while in so far as it is used to curb or dictate explanatory methods it is either incoherent or false ’ . |
2 | Of those 363 hotel pools , 31% were found to have inadequate or no rescue equipment and 21% lacked or had insufficient pool surround fitments . |
3 | Of course , a contract which lacks any agreement to transfer property ( ownership ) at all , will fall outside the definition , e.g. a contract where one person agrees simply to borrow or hire another person 's goods . |
4 | They argue that causation involves one event ( the cause ) generating or producing another event ( the effect ) , and that we can obtain direct knowledge about this causal generation : we do not have to infer causality on the basis of temporal priority . |
5 | They were notoriously warlike , subduing or assimilating lesser tribes and raiding sketchy Roman settlements to loot silver and make it into ornaments to add to their warpaint . |
6 | We have n't got any special er way of er preaching or teaching different age groups . |
7 | My own line is studying the effect of lasers on chemical reactions to see if lasers can be used to stimulate or generate new novel types of chemical process . |
8 | Differential expansion with increasing temperature causes the compound rod to bend and make or break electrical contact . |
9 | But more importantly , they can make or break political careers . |
10 | What of scientists themselves — whose help can often make or break successful protests against serious abuses of science . |
11 | All this counts for nothing in the world of rugby and it will be his ability to scrum and compete with the best that will make or break this South African legend . |
12 | Because it is not subject to the paramount law of a written constitution , it can make or unmake any law as it chooses . |
13 | Continued haemorrhage — ( a ) if the volume of intravenous fluids required to restore or maintain haemodynamic stability was greater than 1000 ml/hour or 3000 ml/12 hours , ( b ) fresh haematemesis and , ( c ) haematemesis or melaenas in association with a fall in packed cell volume greater than 5% in a 24 hour period , two days after admission . |
14 | The research examines to what extent this is the case and what , ( if any ) strategies are being adopted by British clothing manufacturers to restore or maintain international competitiveness . |
15 | There is modern authority to the effect that if the valuer knows his valuation will affect or bind another person besides his client … then he can claim an arbitrator 's immunity . |
16 | There is a need to offer them opportunities in initial and in-service professional development to acquire or improve relevant skills . |
17 | Pressman and Wildavsky have made a tentative attempt to draw attention to what may loosely be described as the mathematics of implementations the way in which the mere quantity of agreements necessary may , even when all parties are committed to a policy , undermine or delay effective action . |
18 | A further aspect of the family , linking these ideas of privacy , home and self-expression , has received considerable attention in the last few decades with the growth of popular psychology manuals on how to enjoy or improve married sex and , more recently , encounter groups and sexual therapy . |
19 | No one will look askance if you have a makeshift wooden table disguised by a floor length tablecloth ( with interchangeable overcloths ) , painted or lacquered ex-kitchen chairs , and an old dresser for a sideboard , or an old Victorian or Edwardian wardrobe for glass and china storage . |
20 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
21 | Though there are a few anomalous features in this framing ( and the sceptic is well aware how often unscrupulous dealers have altered or exchanged such items for the sake of a sale ) it is nevertheless easier to believe that it is original than to contrive any coherent explanation . |
22 | Insulin doses were not altered throughout the study except to ensure ( on the basis of the home blood glucose test results ) that glycaemic control was not altered or to avoid unacceptable hypoglycaemia ( mainly during the run in phase ) . |
23 | In terms of knowledge of design then , knowledge which merely describes , attempts to objectify or to naturalise this kind of practice does so in asocial terms . |
24 | In practice they are those cases in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce or protect some right vested in him ( eg , an injunction to restrain a breach of contract ) rather than those where he merely invites the court to exercise its powers to grant him some statutory relief ( eg an application by a debtor for a " time order " under Consumer Credit Act 1974 , s 129(1) ( b ) ) . |
25 | Enterprises have the capacity to thwart external assessment of their performance and to steer between the conflicting , multifarious pressures on them ; while the political authorities can grant or withhold economic resources and more fundamentally , general political support . |
26 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you can only grant or cancel special links between yourself and other users ; you can not change links set up by other users . |
27 | Those companies between them owned or managed 95 fishing vessels which were until 31 March 1989 registered as British fishing vessels under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 ( 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 ) . |
28 | By suggesting or initiating such activities , the teacher legitimates collaboration in the children 's eyes . |
29 | Dances suggesting or representing sexual actions or indecent passion are forbidden . |
30 | formal objective criteria adopted for accepting or rejecting identified risks |