Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] or [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a soft-currency country wants to import something it must earn or borrow one of the hard currencies to pay for it . |
| 2 | At crisis talks in London , the Prime Minister has warned all sides involved in the strife in the former Yugoslavia that they must compromise or face total isolation . |
| 3 | It is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater force carries it which is the consent of the majority or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body , one community which the consent of every individual that united into it agreed that it should and so everyone is bound by that consent to be concluded by the majority . |
| 4 | She felt suddenly uncomfortable , unsure of what she should do or say next . |
| 5 | In any event , there is likely to be significant variation in views as to how far one should condemn or condone this liberationist violence in the North . |
| 6 | Faced with the challenge of being original in this way , some student writers believe that they should copy or adapt other people 's work because it is bound to be of better quality than their own . |
| 7 | We must relax or remove some of the rules on private sector leasing . |
| 8 | We should develop or modify existing structures as well as work out new ones . |
| 9 | And sometimes horses are very possessive of those who look after them , and may actually be upset , and in rare cases quite distressed , if their owner should feed or touch another horse in their presence . |
| 10 | Whether you grow vegetables , summer bedding or an informal patch of wildflowers , you should compost or destroy dead leaves , exhausted plants , vegetable stumps and thinnings , for all these are favourite haunts of many harmful insects . |
| 11 | The law states that if a physical system is thermally isolated ( that is , if no heat enters or leaves the system ) , the thermodynamic quantity known as entropy must increase or stay constant . |
| 12 | Subsequent evidence may confirm or deny that inference . |
| 13 | We have no explanation for this differential behaviour unless additional factors associated with RNA polymerase other than its five subunits ( α 2 ββ ’ and σ ) might enhance or stabilize open complex formation . |
| 14 | You might say or do something you 'll regret or feel foolish about in times to come . |
| 15 | Which beliefs or attitudes might block or limit this particular dream ? |
| 16 | We may like or dislike different activities with particularly strong feelings involved . |
| 17 | The units shown go to 6,000 gallons which represent a pond some 12′ × 14′ × 6′ deep ; effectively you could double or treble these up but they would be difficult to disguise . |
| 18 | In addition , the Secretary of State could override or veto any decision of the Scottish Assembly if it affected a matter reserved to the Westminster Parliament in a way which the Secretary of State felt was contrary to the public interest . |
| 19 | You could win or lose thousands at the races , etc . |
| 20 | You could die or go bankrupt and the house would stay basically unchanged , still mouldering slowly and running up a ransom of a heating bill … unless you were so fabulously rich that you could afford not to give a shit , in which case all arguments foundered . |
| 21 | It would constitute a typically academic fallacy to believe that analysis on its own — the sheer power of thought — could change or reverse such a situation , but it could well affect it . |
| 22 | At the time , descriptive geology could ignore or deny such a theory , by postulating the existence of land bridges and sea-level changes which permitted the movement of organisms between continents . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The former arrangements by which district councils over a certain size could receive or claim delegated powers from counties in respect of certain services were repealed and replaced by a ‘ provision under which local authorities can agree between themselves for one to carry out functions on behalf of another ’ ( Department of the Environment/Welsh Office 1974:2 ) . |
| 25 | At first sight it may seem unlikely that computers and computer software could kill or cause serious injury , but negligent liability does not stop at personal injury but extends to damage to property . |
| 26 | In other words , aggressive fantasy may suggest or stimulate aggressive behaviour , rather than drain off the motive to behave aggressively . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Well , on top of the expense of maintaining the house and the car , you may want to continue any hobbies you may have or take more holidays . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | cost of training interviewers ; supervisors are needed to give assistance to interviewers and check against possible interviewer dishonesty ; travelling and subsistence must be paid even when the respondent proves to be unavailable or uncooperative interviewers may leave or become stale |