Example sentences of "or [verb] the new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it did n't stop Charlie wanting to taste Coca-Cola , the latest drink from America , at a cost of a penny a bottle ; or to try the new safety razor from Gillette — despite the fact that he had n't even started shaving — at sixpence for the holder and twopence for six blades : he felt sure his father , who had only ever used a cut-throat , would consider the whole idea sissy . |
| 2 | Even if you rarely stretch the G 's exceptional 2.9-ton towing limit , or test the new drivetrain which keeps you mobile even if only one wheel has any grip , at least you can savour the high , commanding view every time you slip behind the wheel . |
| 3 | Using the debates between German chemists who supported or rejected the new chemistry , he paints a convincing picture to support and amplify Kuhn 's views . |
| 4 | The character can meet the change head on , in which case we may feel gratified — or sidestep the new knowledge , try to behave as though everything is the same as before . |
| 5 | Costs include : buying or leasing the new property ; building and refurbishment ; staff costs ( including redundancy/severance payments , retention payments if staff are to be encouraged to stay until the move goes ahead , recruitment and training costs for new staff and relocation and removal allowances for those moving ) ; communication costs ( including the installation of telephone and telex facilities and changes to stationery ) ; occupancy costs ( including rent , rates , lighting , heating and security ) and other costs ( such as new machinery and the cost of removal of goods from the old to the new site ) . |
| 6 | So public and congressional interest was low and this in turn kept budgets tight , preventing the building of the new facilities or running the new experiments such as the dt one at Princeton that could produce the breakthrough . |
| 7 | It required twenty or more social work staff — plus three senior professional officers — to develop or support the new services created in Nottinghamshire . |
| 8 | This is not to say that workers necessarily believed or accepted the new image of employers especially as during the 1950s memories of the pre-war era were clearly resonant . |
| 9 | The internal contradictions of Polish society were revealed by external invasion , and — particularly in Pomerania and Danzig — people who felt themselves to be marginal to Polish life either succumbed slowly and reluctantly or embraced the new identities on offer with enthusiasm . |