Example sentences of "or [noun] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not . |
| 2 | If , for instance , guests used a swimming pool at a hotel after dark , it is clear that they have by so doing stepped outside the scope of their invitation or permission to use that part of the premises , and a duty is not owed to them . |
| 3 | This is because activities that run counter to expected norms need seclusion or invisibility to permit unsanctioned performance , and because the peculiar identities are sometimes impossible to realise in the absence of the appropriate setting . |
| 4 | It 's important when communicating with people of other races or cultures to use simple language and make sure they can understand you . |
| 5 | Hence the confusion evident in situations where superior military might has little utility — the economic challenge of Japan , the European Community 's recalcitrance in negotiations over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) or attempts to agree global policy on environmental issues at the June 1992 Earth Summit . |
| 6 | But there needs to be a commitment on the part of the college or course to give more time and greater attention to music 's role in worship . |
| 7 | ‘ I have always been interested in woodwork but do n't have the artistic skills or patience to make fine furniture , ’ he said . |
| 8 | A poetic context can also condition the reader or hearer to accept grammatical deviance , especially if syntactic well-formedness is clearly being sacrificed to some higher aesthetic end , such as the maintenance of rhyme , or metre , or some other patterning . |
| 9 | The Greeks were too busy celebrating their victories against the Celts in verse or marble to give serious thought to the causes of such commotions . |
| 10 | But it may be that the company is producing a range of products and has set up separate units or subsidiaries to exploit each product market . |
| 11 | Design using ergonomic principles ( see Appendix 5 , Glossary ) involves designing the job , working environment or product to take proper account of human capabilities and fallibilities . |
| 12 | There is also no right of appeal against : ( i ) the making of or refusal to make an emergency protection order ; or ( ii ) the extension or refusal to extend such an order ; or ( iii ) the discharge or refusal to discharge such an order ; or ( iv ) the giving of or refusal to give any direction in connection with such an order ( s45(10) as amended by CLSA 1990 ) . |
| 13 | In order to maintain the authority of the teacher or librarian and to make pupils aware that microcomputers do not exist merely for playing games but have a wider range of educational applications , it is important for the librarian or teacher to have basic knowledge of microcomputers . |
| 14 | The Zuccarelli recordings so far demonstrated could well have been made with a simple dummy head , incorporating reflectors or circuits to emphasise this effect . |
| 15 | Power is one of a cluster of concepts that are all , concerned with the ability of one person or group to affect another person or group as expressed in our general definition of power . |
| 16 | But what of practices that still do not have the infrastructure or confidence to offer diabetic surveillance ? |
| 17 | Information concerning motility of the entire colon has been obtained by indirect measures such as the movement of radioopaque markers or barium to assess colonic transit time . |
| 18 | Diagnostic difficulties in those cases were related to confusing radiological and endoscopic appearances or failure to obtain histological confirmation of lymphoma . |
| 19 | In the well planned enclosure , a special section of a much larger building , the heaters are mounted at a safe height on rafters or purlins to provide complete safety for shepherds and sheep alike . |
| 20 | This type of government aid , which controls the market price , helps farmers to decide which crops or livestock to produce each year and it prevents sudden , unexpected disasters . |
| 21 | But why , I wonder , is it almost always assumed that when a marriage ( or relationship to use modern jargon ) ceases to function , the man is to blame and that where there are children , he is less fitted to oversee their upbringing ? |
| 22 | Others need turbos or six-cylinders to produce similar output . |
| 23 | ‘ language or conduct is not said to be insulting unless it is intended to show contempt or disesteem , or is understood by the hearer or observer to show this attitude . ’ |
| 24 | This is not to condone ‘ stretching ’ defences , using diminished responsibility to cover mercy killing , for example , or provocation to cover excessive defence , but rather to examine whether the defences have common rationales which can be drawn together . |
| 25 | But , nevertheless , the House of Lords held that a manufacturer who sold food or medicine or the like in containers of a nature that the distributor or ultimate purchasers or consumers could not discover the defect by inspection is under a legal duty to the ultimate purchaser or consumer to take reasonable care that the article is free from defect likely to cause injury to health . |
| 26 | If , however , you have already received and complied with a similar request from the Library 's Agent in London , Mr A T Smail , 100 Euston Street , NW1 2HQ , there is no need or obligation to deliver another copy to this Library . |
| 27 | Bear in mind that in positions ( a ) and ( c ) the curtains should skirt the sill or floor to prevent undue wear and avoid soiling the hemline . |
| 28 | All at once gene therapy has burst upon the scene as a potential new treatment for genetic disorders , multifactorial conditions , and even for the provision of polypeptide hormones or enzymes to treat acquired disease . |
| 29 | In order to appreciate the factors which motivate a writer or speaker to make this kind of selection , one needs to think of the clause as a message rather than as a string of grammatical and lexical elements . |
| 30 | It is unusual for a genuine clinic or hospital to use such paper . |