Example sentences of "or [v-ing] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of 33 officers were charged on Feb. 18 with leading or helping to stage the attempted coup . |
| 2 | You will also need curtain heading tape or stiffening to equal the total width of your fabric . |
| 3 | There is no other way of anticipating the potential and the problems or getting to know the local people you will need to solve them . |
| 4 | Since the newcomers are dependent upon them for neither employment nor housing , they are not inhibited by a web of economic and social ties from expressing their opposition to the opinions and activities of farmers or landowners hitherto considered locally omnipotent , Middle-class and well-educated , they even compete with farmers and landowners for positions of authority and local responsibility , disrupting or threatening to disrupt the customary hierarchy of dominance and status in the village . |
| 5 | Choosing the wrong technology , or failing to take the necessary adaptive measures in management , production or marketing can quickly lead to falling profits , dwindling market shares and finally to takeover or closure . |