Example sentences of "or [adv] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1935 the maximum production for Champagne was set at 50 hectolitres per hectare which could be annually modified by a special commission up or down to suit the specific conditions of the harvest . |
| 2 | If there is more information than can be displayed on the page at any one time , the lines can be ‘ scrolled ’ up or down to access the hidden information . |
| 3 | Thousands of miles of Midland and East Anglian hedges have been ripped out in the last thirty years or so to accommodate the new agricultural demands and techniques . |
| 4 | The two-part referendum asked voters to choose whether or not to retain the existing electoral system , and to express a preference for one of four alternative systems . |
| 5 | It rejected the majority view in Attwood that , in employment cases , there existed a third consideration viz : it is for the court to decide in its discretion whether or not to treat the two restraints as separate or not . |
| 6 | The effect of ending the rule will be to give retailers freedom to choose whether or not to charge the same , whether payment is made by credit card or cash . ’ |
| 7 | So in relation to section 13(1) of the Acts of 1974 and 1976 , for a judge ( who is always dealing with an individual case ) to pose himself the question : ‘ Can Parliament really have intended that the acts that were done in this particular case should have the benefit of the immunity ? ’ is to risk straying beyond his constitutional role as interpreter of the enacted law and assuming a power to decide at his own discretion whether or not to apply the general law to a particular case . |
| 8 | A decision has to be made whether or not to launch the new product . |
| 9 | For the reasons I have given , I am of the opinion that he was also correct to hold that it was a matter within his discretion to decide whether or not to require the local authority to give an undertaking in damages . |
| 10 | Although such will does not defeat the claim of the other spouse under the provisions of the Inheritance ( Provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975 , if reasonable provision is not made for that spouse , it might be of " persuasive " use to the court in proceedings under that Act in deciding whether or not to award the surviving spouse a limited interest ( eg until remarriage ) or an absolute interest in the deceased 's share of the matrimonial home . |
| 11 | The retired baker had been interviewed in the course of a tedious house-to-house enquiry and now it was a question of whether or not to believe the old man . |
| 12 | Making money on speculative stocks was a far more remote possibility than on British Telecom or TSB , although it might have taken them six months or longer to discover the bitter truth . |
| 13 | Moreover , as we shall see when we discuss collaborative teaching later in this chapter , it is much easier for two teachers than three or more to undertake the shared planning on which the success of classroom collaboration depends . |
| 14 | But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ? |
| 15 | These three members of the Procellariidae family have one thing in common : they are all ‘ night birds ’ , only coming in to the screes and grassy slopes of the cliffs under cover of darkness to change places with their mate on the single egg , deep within a burrow , or later to feed the young . |
| 16 | At the time of writing , its report is still awaited , but it seems certain that legislation will shortly be introduced to end or sharply to modify the present law . |
| 17 | The disruptions and abuse preceding adoption may cause some children to be disturbed or even to reject the adopting family . |
| 18 | ( Mostly it had not , since it was unable to acquire the land put on the market , or even to understand the complex legal processes which led to its expropriation . ) |
| 19 | You may choose to use initials for something which is mentioned frequently or simply to write the first half of the word . |
| 20 | In principle on such a scheme it would be possible for every candidate to get a pass mark , or indeed to get the highest grade . |
| 21 | MDH says it needs to develop an entirely new helicopter — either civil or military — ‘ to propel it into a leadership with another helicopter company ( or several , possibly splitting civil/military business ) in the USA or abroad to provide the necessary investment . |
| 22 | You may move up , down or horizontally to find the next letter but not diagonally . |
| 23 | The kind of occasion when this injunction might apply would be when a prisoner deliberately fasts to bring about a change in his status , or else to cause the maximum amount of embarrassment to the authorities . |