Example sentences of "[vb infin] or [vb infin] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No deduction is made in respect of the joint portion because , for example , one can not buy or drive half a motor car . |
| 2 | Bukharin , since he was writing for a somewhat different purpose — at that point in his exposition — did not assume or leave implicit the equilibrium between society and nature , but instead desired to show that it is a necessary basis , precondition , for the situation that Marx dealt with . |
| 3 | ‘ So it did , as it was meant to do , but I did n't expect or want such a drastic test . ’ |
| 4 | It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nobody can really comprehend or imagine such a large number , and we just think of this degree of improbability as synonymous with impossible . |
| 8 | Then an obscene rootless jealousy came over her , although , of course , she herself would never allow or enjoy such an unseemly embrace . |
| 9 | This is not faking , however , because waking subjects know perfectly well a child can not write or spell such a sentence . |
| 10 | How could he forgive or forget such a slight ? |
| 11 | [ 1979 ] A.C. 440 , Lord Diplock stated the key principle to be that the general rule may be departed from only where its application would ‘ frustrate or render impracticable the administration of justice . ’ |