Example sentences of "[adj] or [verb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years when you are at home and getting home responsibilities protection will not be counted , but years when you are unemployed or working part-time will , and will bring down the average , so you will end up with a lower pension . |
| 2 | It also rejected worship of the saints and relics , pilgrimages , indulgences , and masses for the dead as futile attempts to purge the sins of the deceased or pile up merit for the living . |
| 3 | The dividend may be expressed as a fixed percentage of the nominal or paid up value of the shares , or may even extend to participation in any dividends declared over and above that fixed amount . |
| 4 | Critics argue that if the probe should explode on lift-off or veer off course and re-enter Earth 's atmosphere , the batteries could be pulverised , dispersing 260,000 curies of radioactive waste — more than half as much as has been released in all nuclear tests . |
| 5 | Everyone has a tax allowance so children can receive interest gross or claim back tax paid on dividends . |
| 6 | Once inside the body these simple molecules are used to repair damaged or worn out cell components , to form energy storage compounds or-to provide immediate energy to power the cells , tissues and the body as a whole . |