Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All orders or judgments to do or abstain from doing any act must generally be personally served ( Ord 29 , r 1(2) ) , but there are exceptions ( Ord 29 , r 1(6) and ( 7 ) ) . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the Child Abduction Act 1984 makes it an offence for any parent or guardian to take or send a child out of the United Kingdom without the consent of any other person who is a parent or guardian of the child . |
| 3 | In numerous jurisdictions , steps have been taken by the judiciary or legislature to limit or abolish the marital rape exemption . |
| 4 | Even where a definite assertion is made , there is an implicit invitation to the reader or listener to assent or dissent . |
| 5 | No attempt will be made to press teacher or pupil to discuss or provide data if they do not wish to . |
| 6 | These little leaves are like tongues or hands to sing or conduct the wind music , for of all trees , the beeches have the supreme choir and orchestra and to hear them in a high wind is to know divine music . |
| 7 | A judgment or order to do or abstain from doing any act |
| 8 | 16.1 It is agreed and understood that is not the agent or representative of and has no authority or power to bind or contract the name of or to create any liability against in any way or for any purpose . |
| 9 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither a person 's drinking habits , nor refusal to help or co-operate in treatment , are disciplinary matters . |
| 11 | Any reply which costs more than £450 to prepare or obtain information for , will be rejected . |
| 12 | For the Town to win the Championship , they needed to win and Cardiff to lose or draw . |
| 13 | He claims that agape , as understood in the Christian context , accepts the unacceptable and attempts to change or transform both man and society thereby exemplifying the principle of participation . |
| 14 | Fishermen would repair to the woods to cut hazel and withies to make or mend their pots , then set out in their small boats to their chosen ‘ grounds ’ to drop the pots . |
| 15 | My own preferred method of working is to lay the Oilbars out on a marble slab and apply them directly to the canvas , mixing colour into colour as the picture develops , using fingers and rags to extend or blend as required . |
| 16 | Innovation is induced very healthily along the lines of these biases as Ruttan suggests , but not along those enabling small farmers and pastoralists to maintain or transform their livelihood in areas of highest environmental vulnerability . |
| 17 | Thus in Re S and B ( Minors ) ( Evidence ) [ 1991 ] FCR 175 a psychiatric social worker was allowed to express an opinion on another witness 's mental condition and propensity to fantasise or invent but not on her credibility . |
| 18 | Initial disbelief in the disease concept and determination to find or reinforce one 's own ideas on the cause of addiction . |
| 19 | However , in some intra-state conflicts local elites may have the legal and administrative expertise and capacity to ignore or alter central elite policies , though for limited periods . |
| 20 | The duty is phrased more positively in terms of support for families rather than diminishing the need to take children into care ; the duty is , though , owed to ‘ children in need ’ , defined in terms of disability , significant impairment of health or development , and failure to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision of services . |
| 21 | Her deep involvement in the Falklands war and determination to retain British sovereignty over the islands has to be set against Britain 's negotiated return of Hong Kong to China with effect from 1997 and refusal to support or condemn the US invasion of Grenada ( part of the Commonwealth ) . |
| 22 | Fiedler 's analysis can be described by a 3-dimensional cube in which one dimension represents the level of respect and trust for the leader amongst subordinates , a second dimension is the degree to which the tasks of the group are clearly defined , and a third dimension is the degree to which the leader has power and authority to reward or punish subordinates . |
| 23 | Initially , many believed that their retention would only be temporary ; they failed to understand , however , that Elizabeth herself saw the 1559 settlement as final , and that she intended to resist all pressure from her councillors , divines , and MPs to purify or reform these ceremonials . |
| 24 | This bearish tactic does not work as well as in a stock market , for art works are widely dispersed , and decisions to buy or sell may be thoroughly unpredictable . |
| 25 | If I close one slit the pattern disappears since there are no longer two sets of crests and troughs to reinforce or cancel each other . |