Example sentences of "or [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No trick , as he gleefully recounted himself was too low or devious to ensure the required result , though he might boast of being the " King of the Bristol Channel " . |
| 2 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 3 | Yet Australian producers have not yet felt capable or willing to confront the historical legacy of capacity installed in the consuming markets . |
| 4 | the British Gas ( Overseas Employees ) Share Option Scheme ( ‘ the Overseas Scheme ’ ) the rules of which are produced to the Meeting ( and , for the purpose of identification , signed by the Chairman ) be approved and the Directors be authorised to take all necessary steps which they consider necessary or appropriate to carry the Overseas Scheme into effect ; and |
| 5 | That is , while it may prove difficult or impossible to devise the appropriate experiment to get at young children 's appreciation of logical necessity , they may reveal that they have a measure of understanding of logical necessity in what they say and do in everyday contexts . |
| 6 | Increasingly , under LMS , schools will have the freedom to choose a local firm or individual to provide the many services they need to run effectively . |
| 7 | Ah what we 're looking for on behalf of the Calverton British Legion , is a bugler or trumpeter to blow the Last Post and reveille twice on armistice Sunday . |
| 8 | It is not realistic or helpful to view the two sectors , of formal and informal care , as separate . |
| 9 | One of their prime selling points will be to supply satellite broadcasts to homes which are unable or unwilling to erect the large dish aerials needed for domestic reception . |
| 10 | B. & C. was unable or unwilling to provide the necessary funds and on 16 April 1990 administrators of Atlantic were appointed by the court . |
| 11 | There needs to be a degree of tolerance and a willingness to accept that not all are willing or able to make the same level of commitment , but there are limits . |
| 12 | There are other houses … where the owners , be they owner-occupiers or private landlords , would be unwilling or unable to undertake the necessary work . |
| 13 | The defender is often faced with a claim of exorbitant amount , an agent for the pursuer who is unprepared or unable to quantify the same properly , and a pursuer who believes that his accident will be sufficient to enable him to retire to a comfortable abode in the sun . |
| 14 | If they give you one length and an angle then you 'd use either sine or cos or tan to find the other one . |
| 15 | For those too old , lazy or hungover to face the 15-minute slog up this hill , a crag has been developed just outside the village right beside the D546 road to Sederon . |
| 16 | Like the views of their predecessors in classical Marxist thought , modern functionalist views do not regard it as useful or necessary to demonstrate the precise mechanisms by which state policy responds to structural imperatives ; instead they focus on macro-social issues and trends . |