Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] or [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance between self and majority interests sometimes conflict and a balance must be maintained even if this means sacrificing the opportunity to attract or retain some families . |
| 2 | ‘ You have to have a massive show of force to contain or control any riotous situation , ’ says the mayor . |
| 3 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 4 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 5 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 6 | They were too sick at heart to mimic or mock this mood away . |
| 7 | When it was learned that Stratford was convening a provincial council to oppose or denounce this annulment , he and other bishops received writs of prohibition forbidding them to do so . |
| 8 | There is no requirement to prevent or reduce any significant adverse effects on the environment . |
| 9 | Events which have been linked with depression , for instance , are those which , in the context of the person 's current life , seem to pose a marked degree of long-term threat following a loss or disappointment , not least in the sense of failure to restore or replace that which has been lost . |
| 10 | We reserve the right to increase or reduce these prices or amend these offers at any time after publication and in future editions of this brochure . |
| 11 | In this way , the question of suitability is really only another aspect of the description or specification with which the goods are to conform , and it is up to the seller to accept or reject this term as he sees fit . |
| 12 | ‘ ( a ) For the avoidance of doubt , neither registration in the register of foreign lawyers , nor anything in these rules or in any other rules made under Part II of the Solicitors Act 1974 or section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 , shall entitle any registered foreign lawyer to be granted any right of audience or any right to conduct litigation within the meaning of Part II and section 119 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or any right to supervise or assume any responsibility for the exercise of such rights . |
| 13 | Any failure to open or read any file will result in a message reporting the error and the associated file name , and providing some explanatory text . |
| 14 | One area of boilerplate which concerns the buyer rather more than the seller is the question of the right to assign or sub-contract all or part of the order . |
| 15 | If there are contracts which are essential to the conduct of the business , the purchaser should make obtaining consent to assign or novate these a condition precedent . |
| 16 | Buckleys Yesterday 's World reserve the right to alter or withdraw any facility or details without prior notice . |
| 17 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 18 | It is only when thus defined that Parliament ‘ has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatsoever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised … as having the right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament ’ . |
| 19 | The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this , namely , that Parliament thus defined has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . |
| 20 | Parliamentary sovereignty , he wrote , meant that Parliament had " the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . " |
| 21 | Yet , if we take this together with the fact that many other forms characteristic of modern English spread in these centuries from the East Midlands and the North , we can advance the hypothesis that this change was in progress in the East Midlands around 1300 , and look for further evidence to support or refute this . |
| 22 | He also suggested that quite apart from the accountant 's employer or client , he owed a duty to any third person to whom he shows the accounts or to whom he knows the employer will show the accounts with a view to persuading that person to invest or take some other action . |
| 23 | Thus , in unregistered conveyancing unless a conveyance or other document of title is properly stamped , it can not be used to assert title to land or defend that title if attacked by others . |
| 24 | This first area will usually have the facility to backflush or drain these wastes away . |
| 25 | New drugs and agrochemicals are often developed by direct modification of an existing compound to mimic or enhance some aspects of its biological behaviour . |
| 26 | It does however provide expressly that execution of letters rogatory does not imply ultimate recognition of the jurisdiction of the authority issuing the letter rogatory or a commitment to recognise or enforce any judgment . |
| 27 | If at the time any claim arises under this Policy there is any other existing insurance covering the same loss damage or liability the Corporation shall not be liable except under Part C of this Policy to pay or contribute more than its rateable proportion of any loss damage compensation costs or expenses . |
| 28 | This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme . |
| 29 | On the other hand , States may have received representations from a number of groups of individuals whose concerns may conflict , and the traditional theory of State responsibility allows the State to synthesise or ignore those arguments and to present the position that best represents its own interests . |
| 30 | Coffee will help — blessedly hot liquid to scald or drown those shaggy beasts in the brick shelter so many miles away from here in the place I once called Home . |