Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] or [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Separation may result from clinical depression and , therefore , it may aggravate or maintain a pre-existing depressive condition … |
| 2 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 3 | Section 39 is not itself a legislative provision , so the issue is whether Parliament intended by the legislation conferring such powers on the Bank of England that a section 39 notice should revoke or vary an injunction , or permit a party subject to the injunction to act in apparent breach thereof without attracting the sanctions of contempt of court . |
| 4 | If choreographers are to justify their reasons for creating a ballet , they should use or create a style of movement appropriate to and expressive of the characters in the story being told and their moods , emotions and actions . |
| 5 | If I start at the top with the user interface , then clearly we should use or employ a graphical user interface . |
| 6 | ‘ Mode ’ may be reflected in either a course title ( philosophy of , critical theory , foundations of ) or in the subtle detail of teaching and learning which may assume or encourage a ‘ normal ’ or ‘ reflexive ’ process . |
| 7 | He rejects as mistaken the notion that the study of other religions might undermine or weaken a believer 's faith in his own religion . |
| 8 | In addition , it is an assumption that precludes them , to a large extent , from beginning to get to grips with the language- based problems that learners might experience and providing teachers with useful insights into how linguistic factors might help or hinder a child 's progress at school . |
| 9 | Linlithgow 's Labour MP , Tam Dalyell , has aligned himself with local people fighting the proposed workings and has expressed concern that they could damage or destroy a line of beech trees bounding the site . |
| 10 | Her annual garden party , for buyers of fleets of cars and trucks who dealt with her husband , was always a memorable occasion , reported upon in detail by the queen of the social columns of the Tollemarche Advent , a lady who could make or break a local hostess . |
| 11 | There were an infinite number of ways in which the investigating magistrate could compromise or embarrass a police officer , whereas having the judiciary on your side was an invaluable asset . |
| 12 | It then comes to the practical point , Citing German experience to show that ‘ there was a tendency for employee and shareholder representatives to vote and act in distinct groups ’ , they add that the presence of co-opted directors on the board would mean that either group would at the very least need to gain the support of the majority of the directors before they could carry or veto a proposal . |
| 13 | If it is important to avoid a meaningless intercept for any reason , one could add or subtract an appropriate constant from all the X s ; interested readers can follow the idea up in Mosteller and Tukey 's text ( 1977 : 58–61 ) . |
| 14 | The difficulty with a post like that of judge of the regality court of Glasgow was that while it could help or harm a political interest , depending upon the use made of the powers of the court by the appointee , the office itself was not a profitable one if the judge was not trying to bend the laws to his own advantage . |
| 15 | Such a reference is possible only if that member state claims ( within three weeks of receiving a copy of the notification ) that the merger may create or strengthen a dominant position in a distinct market within its territory . |
| 16 | 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 … ) . |
| 17 | The court may vary or discharge a supervision order on the application of the child , the supervisor or any person with parental responsibility for the child ( s39(2) ) . |
| 18 | Obviously , the pupils would want or need a boarding education , and the reasons for that preference would have to be stated — on all this , the Report was embarrassingly vague . |
| 19 | The Commission 's decision that the merger would create or strengthen a dominant position in the common market caused considerable controversy and was based on the following reasoning : |
| 20 | The Commission will prohibit a merger if it concludes that the merger would create or strengthen a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the common market or in a substantial part of it . |
| 21 | Metallurgists knew that this or that ingredient or heat treatment would strengthen or weaken an alloy but this knowledge was empirical and the effects were not susceptible to an obvious rational explanation . |
| 22 | The court may expunge or vary a proof which has been admitted either upon the application of the trustee or of a creditor if the trustee declines to interfere ( r 6.107 ) . |
| 23 | ( Abelson et al. , 1980 ; P.M. Churchland , 1984 ; Flanagan , 1984 ) I have little doubt , however , that the objections will elicit or reinforce a fundamental conviction in readers , a conviction as good as universal . |
| 24 | All you are asked to do is to type in the baby 's surname and the computer will display or print a random list of baby 's names ( girls or boys ) with the chosen surname . |
| 25 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 26 | Moreover , because individuals are likely to be members of more than one interest ( " cross-cutting ties " ) and more than one group ( " overlapping membership " ) this will soften or moderate a commitment to any single interest . |
| 27 | Cray is also introducing a company-wide wage freeze in 1993 ; executive officers will forego 1992 bonuses ; it will defer or eliminate a number of its current activities ; and will consolidate the Rice Lake , Wisconsin manufacturing operations with the Chippewa Falls base . |
| 28 | To start unravelling stress ‘ from the bottom ’ they may invent or seek a range of tension-reducing activities , which we might group into two categories , those that relax softly and gently , and those that involve a more vigorous release . |
| 29 | They can make or break a chef . |
| 30 | Taking on a franchise can make or break a redundant executive |