Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the curriculum may ignore or devalue black cultures and achievements and may also ignore racism as a structural phenomenon and as part of the daily experience of black pupils . |
| 2 | Make sure that the vagina is well lubricated ( if it is dry the condom may tear or come off ) . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the Board may withhold or reduce compensation of they consider that the applicant has not taken all reasonable steps to inform the police without delay . |
| 4 | The person who wrote the computer program used to assist in the creation of the types of works described above has no rights in the work because , although the programmer may control or influence the format of the finished work , he has no control or influence on the content . |
| 5 | This may seem to violate the definition of policy making as involving more than isolated decisions , yet individual professional judgements of this kind may cluster or have similarities that suggest implicit if not explicit policy decisions that are being made at the operational level . |
| 6 | Simon then had the agonising decision as to whether Wizard should stay or go off to pastures new . |
| 7 | Within the period of the notice the cautioner must withdraw or justify the claim . |
| 8 | However , as we said earlier , this stock may expand or contract depending upon the net flow of newly issued bills . |
| 9 | Masonry may crack or crumble on the wall of the taller building where the roof of the shorter one abuts . |
| 10 | It can be compared to the scales which a singer or player of a musical instrument must sing or play over and over again until certain movements become automatic habits . |
| 11 | However , the applicant must pay or reimburse costs occasioned by the use of the services of a judicial officer ( officier ministérial ) or of a person competent under the law of the state of destination or by the use of a particular method of service . |
| 12 | But the Influenza Monitoring and Information Bureau in London said the Department could waive or accelerate the tests if the vaccines had been adequately tested in other countries . |
| 13 | They were well aware that large scale investment would make or break the company , but boldly followed their hearts and paid up . |
| 14 | The cost of the Coniston ore delivered at the smelters was reckoned at 3s. 6d. a kibble , or more , which figure would improve or worsen depending upon output , and included " getting & shawdring & the carrieage . " |
| 15 | By removing the present focus of much community activity and co-operation , school closure will reduce or eliminate such activities in the future and thus destroy the community itself . |
| 16 | The Highways Department will sink or swim on the basis of everyone pulling together . ’ |
| 17 | Now we come to the current account — the year-by-year income and expenditure on which the holding will succeed or fail . |
| 18 | Law can prohibit or regulate activities : The citizen can obey or break the law . |
| 19 | Sexual attraction can decrease , sexual activity can become a formality , impotence or other physical impediment can arise or solace be sought elsewhere . |
| 20 | ‘ Channel ’ relates not to the preamp 's channels but to the MIDI channels that the preamp can send or receive on . |
| 21 | He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves . |
| 22 | Using WORDWISE + , : the user is given the following menu : I ] Save entire text 2 ] Load new text 3 ) Save marked text 4 ] Load text to cursor 5 ] Search and replace 61 Print text 7 ] Preview text 8 ] Spool text 9 ] Segment menu ESC Edit Mode Please enter choice To create a document , the user presses the ESCAPE key and is given a screen showing : START END This is the equivalent of a blank page on which the user might write or type . |
| 23 | An advertising campaign may create or build up a shop 's reputation by using a particular approach or ‘ angle ’ . |
| 24 | Any special educational provision for a child provided with a statement under the 1981 Education Act may exclude or modify the national curriculum . |
| 25 | In other words , aggressive fantasy may suggest or stimulate aggressive behaviour , rather than drain off the motive to behave aggressively . |
| 26 | The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) . |
| 27 | He observes that , ‘ if Parliament be in the eye of the law a supreme legislature , the essence of representative government is , that the legislature should represent or give effect to the will of the political sovereign , i.e. of the electoral body , or of the nation . ’ |
| 28 | President Clinton 's plans to bolster US industry — particularly the high tech sector , begin to look disturbingly corporatist , and the chief executive of the Baby Bells ' Bell Communications Research , George Heilmeier , seems to feel the same way : he told Reuter that the government should certainly spur industry to construct a national information highway but it should not build it itself : ‘ I do n't think the public sector should operate or control networks that are commercial , ’ he said , ‘ I am not in favour of the government building the national information infrastructure . ’ |
| 29 | But there is no real decision which has to be made about whether a child should live or die , for nobody has the right to make such a decision . |
| 30 | The focus of that suffering could maim or kill the contemplating mind . |