Example sentences of "or [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
2 | The management had a choice of throwing out the canteen manager or bringing out the paper . |
3 | Richard Coleman , managing directors of Compass Commercial Services , agreed that the MoD was a significant marketplace , although most of the contracts were now being let on a retender basis and a new insecurity in what was already a high risk business had recently presented itself — the application to the public sector of Transfer of Undertakings legislation , when incoming contractors are obliged to retain staff at current rates of pay , terms and conditions , or pick up the redundancy liability . |
4 | or pick up the aesthetics of road-haulage . |
5 | Richard Penrose , defending , said the firm had not intended to conceal or cover up the accident . |
6 | B.1 Without restricting the rights of the Purchaser to claim damages on any other basis open to it , if it shall be found that any matter which is the subject of any of the Warranties is not as warranted , represented or undertaken then the Vendor shall on demand either : — |
7 | He made it harder for himself , though much more valuable , by refusing to take short cuts or to mug up the subject from the textbooks : he went to the original sources . |
8 | These worms have a similar food-gathering strategy to the more familiar filter-feeding tubeworms , but instead of the feathery heads of fanworms have long , sticky tentacles which they wave in the current or drag over the substrate in search of food particles which are then carried back to the mouth as the tentacles are drawn in . |
9 | This motive , which became prominent when inquisitorial methods waned and extra-judicial confessions became an important , and in many instances by far the most important , weapon in the prosecution 's armoury , was particularly weighty at a time when the accused could not rebut or explain away the confession by giving evidence on his own behalf . |
10 | Charles Peace , a Victorian villain , once commented that the dangerous constable was the one who ‘ neglects his duty to go courting the servant , or nips up the entry to get a surreptitious drink . |
11 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
12 | it should also be possible to discover a number of laws which can be used to assist parallelism introduction , for example by making a sequential program more amenable to it , or speeding up the behaviour of a parallel network . |
13 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
14 | you can take a donkey ride up into the mountains in the morning , before spending the afternoon on a jet ski or paragliding down the beach . |
15 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
16 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
17 | Enhancement in this context means the carrying out of works which are intended to lengthen substantially the useful life of the asset , to increase substantially its open market value , or to increase substantially the extent to which the asset will serve the purposes of the local authority concerned . |
18 | ‘ We are very worried someone is going to fall down the cliff or slip off the ship and break something . |
19 | This angle can then be used to find the size of an object whose distance is known or to work out the size of the image through a given focal length . |
20 | Drill or channel out the wall plaster for rear cable entry |
21 | Drill or channel out the wall plaster for water pipe entry |
22 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
23 | It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top . |
24 | Yesterday , as they had chatted , the model had been continually fussing with her mane of black curls , or admiring her long finger nails , or smoothing down the skirt of her grey suede suit . |
25 | Or smash up the house or something . |
26 | It used to be for really petty things like not standing up , or shouting out the window , running up the dinner queue and pushing it . |
27 | The benefits offered by the AA are not as substantial as they may , at first sight , appear since the free legal representation scheme may be withheld altogether at the discretion of the Association ; the AA will not negotiate in respect of the defence of claims made against members ; the AA can not give advice or act where the Association or any of its subsidiary companies may be involved . |
28 | A third reason for isostatic anomalies is that there are dynamic forces present in the sub-lithospheric mantle which are capable of actively dragging down or pushing up the lithosphere . |
29 | ) The same may be said of the glissando , produced by rapidly drawing in or pushing out the slide . |
30 | After all , it was join him or prop up the door for a few hours . |