Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , Amnesty may not accept funds from companies that may diminish or narrow its volunteer or popular support . |
| 2 | It is much easier to work your way through a list , particularly if you are dealing with things that may embarrass or upset you , than it is to try and create order out of a general conversation . |
| 3 | The first duty of the conqueror , he wrote , ‘ is to maintain his domination and to assure that it will last ; everything is good which has the effect of consolidating and guaranteeing it , everything is bad that may weaken or compromise it ’ . |
| 4 | A growing number of staffs within and across schools and the specialist services are now engaged in developing such joint approaches , meeting as teams in school-based discussions and workshops , with the explicit aims of pooling their expertise , sharing and increasing their understanding of the factors that may lead or contribute to children 's learning difficulties , and finding their own most appropriate solutions to them . |
| 5 | When he names the most-important squad of his England career — the one that could make or break him — I do hope he includes the names of Wright and Everton 's Peter Beardsley . |
| 6 | I conclude that behind this fear is the Lennon factor — if you exist as fantasy object in so many minds , there is always the chance of an encounter with one sick spirit who has found a role for you that could hurt or destroy . |
| 7 | If the only consideration were strength then we need to look no further than a light pit-prop , for there is no freshwater fish swimming that could bend or break one of those . |
| 8 | It will be the first journal to make immediately available findings that could save or extend the lives of critically ill patients . |
| 9 | The other requirements for keeping leather corals , apart from current and light , are much the same as for other coelenterates ; well-filtered water with phosphate and nitrate at levels as low as possible and no fish that would eat or damage them . |
| 10 | As the moment approached for a key procedural vote that would make or break Reagan 's programme , Stockman received an agitated telephone call from Bill Thomas , a conservative Republican from California and an agent of the administration on Capitol Hill : This extended quotation provides a fascinating picture of the American pluralist system in operation while helping us to understand why the Reaganites were successful in fashioning the coalitions they required in the House of Representatives . |
| 11 | Improved morale would also make possible organizational advances outside parliament , all linked to the issue of Ulster , and with the sights fixed firmly on the next election , an election that would make or break the Union , the Empire and Law 's leadership of the party . |
| 12 | Some of them have posited underlying mechanisms of language change to account for this ; some have been more interested in relating it to social realities , treating language as a sort of cultural key rather than as a self-contained system with its own particular dynamic ; others have seen it as their main task to suggest linguistic reforms that will modify or eliminate offensive usages . |
| 13 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 14 | I did not volunteer to have that perverted into a weapon that will kill or turn innocent people into mindless automata ! ’ |
| 15 | Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " . |
| 16 | Islands that can sink or disappear for ever . |
| 17 | Some misunderstanding exists at present about what it is , and what it is not , and of the processes that can encourage or suppress it . |
| 18 | The Artificial Intelligence Language uses pattern recognition , a technique used in computers that can hear or see , to decide what question is being asked . |
| 19 | There is no independent level of control that can test or validate the data and that can track the navigation through documents : the design and construction of maintainable links is a major problem . |
| 20 | Selecting locations is another time-consuming and difficult process that can spend or save a great deal of money , given the number of people involved and costs of travel , hotels , refreshments and all the other incidentals . |
| 21 | The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile . |
| 22 | The practice in some departments whereby supervisors put their own name first deprives Ph D authors of recognition by citation , and may delay or hinder those following up known current research programmes . |
| 23 | PRO — proposed : Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an optional comment . |
| 24 | PRO — proposed Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an optional comment . |
| 25 | Other users likely to be affected by the change have been shown the DC and may agree or reject it , with an appropriate comment . |
| 26 | The contours of a site are obviously important and may add or detract from its development potential . |
| 27 | The MEC usually meets for 1½–2 hrs and may discuss or note changes to around 50 student cases . |
| 28 | Ideally , you should look on such money as a bonus and should save or invest it . |
| 29 | It is an inexpensive , simple procedure which could be performed as part of the diagnostic histopathological process and could direct or reduce the need for subsequent imaging procedures . |
| 30 | Announcing the government 's decision , Indian Ministers insisted that it was solely related to their wish to proceed without outside interference , and claimed that the project would go ahead , and would meet or exceed the standards set by the Bank . |