Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAVING REACHED the point of flying your model around in circuits , rather like a fixed-wing model , you will sooner or later-probably sooner-arrive at a point where you are unsure of the model 's exact position or attitude . |
| 2 | Local farmers preferred black or dark brindled animals in both breeds and some said that the Galloway had originally been a horned black animal with touches of white , or perhaps brindle with a white dorsal stripe and occasionally belted . |
| 3 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
| 4 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 5 | Such judgements are supposed to be true or false in a fairly straightforward way , and to be testable by empirical enquiry or perhaps appeal to the common experience of the human race . |
| 6 | I did more or less ignore on the tube journey and the walk to the choir that evening , I mean |
| 7 | About ten or so blaze to the empty night . |
| 8 | Mary Lovell , who has arranged the meeting , said that as well as fund raising a support group would identify patients in the area , find people willing to sit with a patient at their home to give carers a break , and provide volunteers to drive people to the hospice or generally help at the hospice . |
| 9 | Organised youth activities will keep the kiddies happy while you partake of exercise classes , deck games or just laze by the poolside . |
| 10 | Or just relax in the comfortable surroundings — it 's a home from home ( 6 ) . |
| 11 | She chose to read or follow a hobby or go for a walk or just relax in the bath . |
| 12 | More leisurely guests can relax at the bar or around the pool , play a quiet game of cards on the large verandah , or just rest in the attractive lounge . |
| 13 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
| 14 | And we would go for walks together or just sit in the garden , talking . |
| 15 | Then you can picnic , play football or cricket or just walk across the moorland and look at the sheep . |
| 16 | or just go to the outpatients in general , and the casualty |
| 17 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 18 | People take early retirement , move to a new school , get a job out of teaching , get seconded on to courses or research projects , or just wait for the holidays . |
| 19 | Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) . |
| 20 | It is a document about the Labour party 's policy attitudes and it rightly points out that more than half of Labour Members have either recently belonged to or still belong to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . |
| 21 | Every woman at Congress will sooner or later suffer through the menopause . |
| 22 | The Public Order Act defines a public assembly as an assembly of 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air . |
| 23 | An assembly is defined as being a gathering of ‘ 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air . ’ |
| 24 | He 'd found her , he said , and next day he 'd either lay siege to the place , or boldly batter on the door and ask for her hand in marriage — or at least her something else in something else ! |
| 25 | It is alleged by the plaintiff that the use of these roads by numerous heavy goods vehicles at night amounts to a public nuisance for which the defendants are responsible : the dock company because it controls the Gillingham Gate and by its operation of the gate and the port in general causes or permits the heavy goods vehicles to go in and out of it at all hours , and the fourth and fifth defendants , Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. respectively , because as sublessees of the dock company they or their customers send heavy goods vehicles in and out of the port and cause or materially contribute to the alleged nuisance . |
| 26 | A public assembly is defined as a gathering of twenty or more people in a place which is wholly or partially open to the air ( e.g. a mass meeting , picket , demonstration or pop festival ) . |
| 27 | of the people in this country dislike or profoundly object to a law . |
| 28 | A weekly maintenance routine simply involves a visual check of external cables for wear or mechanical damage which can occur if they are stretched or frequently move across a hard surface . |
| 29 | ‘ He wo n't let me get up or go out , or even sit in the armchair for a bit , ’ said Dolly . |
| 30 | If you suspect a gas leak at any time , do not strike a match or even turn on the electric light , as that can produce a minute spark that can cause an explosion . |