Example sentences of "[vb infin] or [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes it an offence to promote or conduct or assist in the conduct of a mock auction . |
| 2 | Planning colour schemes involves choosing and balancing colours which will contrast or harmonise in a pleasing way . |
| 3 | As for his suggestion that I should comment or write on the series , I did not follow this up . |
| 4 | At this stage , you can enhance or detract from a design according to your choice of background colour . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't eat or drink at the moment . |
| 6 | Did the drug decompose or spread through the body or accumulated in certain organs ? |
| 7 | A contemporary dishonest bill ordinarily involves not an exorbitant disclaimer ( although there are plenty of these disclaimers still in use ) , but a shipment that does not take place , or a vessel that does not exist or disappears without a trace after loading . |
| 8 | I will not act or suffer at the sword 's edge — Not that — I will not bleed — my dear , do you remember ? " |
| 9 | Something like seventy five percent or sixty six or seventy five percent of the , of the units which we actually let , of the houses that we actually let , go to homeless families you know , it is a complete fiction to suggest , or even try and suggest as this does that somehow or other houses are being allocated willy-nilly to people who have massive resources who could go out and buy or rent in the private sector . |
| 10 | Rights to either buy or sell at a specified price within a specified period ( 3 months ) . |
| 11 | So , given the set-up of the model , in particular given that in any one period people can only buy or sell in the island on which they are located , different equilibrium prices can be established for the same good . |
| 12 | The matters directly relevant to futures include the following : ( 1 ) Fluctuations in value : A statement must be made that prices or values may fall or rise against the investor 's interest . |
| 13 | In answer to the question ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of the way … is handling his job as President ? ’ the respondents answers are given in Table 2 , which also shows that after the fourth month of Reagan 's first term , and in the wake of the assassination attempt on 30 March , his approval rating rose to 68 per cent . |
| 14 | Also , you can chat or listen to the radio while you 're doing them . |
| 15 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 16 | I di I dive off the first board but I could n't even jump or drop off the second board . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) The wife shall not so long as the husband shall punctually make the payments hereby agreed to be made commence or prosecute against the husband any matrimonial proceedings other than proceedings for dissolution of marriage but upon failure of the husband to make the said weekly payments as and when the same become due the wife shall be at full liberty on her election to pursue all and every remedy in this regard either by enforcement of the provisions hereof or as if this agreement had not been made.n So far as we know , the parties have remained apart ever since . |
| 18 | The solute must not react , associate or dissociate in the solvents . |
| 19 | The Eurodisney share price , 707p in sterling terms , is determined by its price in Paris and the relative exchange rates , and the issue will succeed or fail on the willingness of ordinary French people to invest in this project . |
| 20 | I mean I 'm speaking as a political animal because I watch all the television , I mean I take my wireless to bed and listen to the actually I was listening to the wireless at erm half past eleven when they started it , so I 'm not speaking as a person that sort of does n't watch or listen to the Gulf business , but I think it 's erm on too much . |
| 21 | However , when the risk-free asset is introduced to this situation investors will all either borrow or lend at the risk-free rate . |
| 22 | Often overlooked in the search for walking comfort , your choice of socks can contribute or detract from the performance of your boots . |
| 23 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 24 | He does not look or sound like a party leader , either . |
| 25 | The provisions of the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act make the following statutory requirements of case managers : ‘ Where it appears to a local authority that any person for whom they may provide or arrange for the provision of community care services may be in need of any such services , the authority ( a ) shall carry out an assessment of his needs for those services and ( b ) having regard to the results of that assessment , shall then decide whether his needs call for the provision by them of any such services . ’ |
| 26 | The barns , stables and servants ' quarters had been made into more or less monastic cells in which visiting artists or writers could work or sleep off the night 's excesses , alone or together . |
| 27 | Now on this slide we have a hexagon , there are six probably important facets in terms of standards which we should follow or adopt in the development of the product . |
| 28 | One may not like or agree with the theory . |
| 29 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 30 | Rule 8 : do n't daydream or drift into a negative frame of mind |