Example sentences of "or [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | by mineralising the compound only as a cometabolite , which means that the microorganisms require some other organic compounds for growth or to induce formation of the enzymes required for degradation of the target compound ; or |
| 2 | The report side-steps such questions as whether the council will have the resources to protect threatened sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) or to promote conservation in the countryside as a whole ( see p 7 ) . |
| 3 | They were bought mainly by Labour voters , single mothers and divorced men unable to buy accommodation at market value or to find accommodation through the housing list . |
| 4 | ( 5 ) The offeror may wish to use the assets of the target to help pay for the bid or to provide security for the offeror 's borrowings . |
| 5 | The conduct of the polls was peaceful , but the first round failed to resolve the political and constitutional crisis or to revive confidence in the economy . |
| 6 | A failure to give such information might also be relevant on a petition to wind-up the company on the ‘ just and equitable ’ ground or to grant relief on the ground that the affairs of the company are being conducted in a manner unfairly prejudicial to members . |
| 7 | Further paragraphs deal with bells , gongs or sirens being used for theft prevention purposes or to summons help for the conductors , drivers and inspectors of large passenger carrying vehicles . |
| 8 | Among these we may notice easements , such as rights of way , rights of light , rights to take water or to discharge water over the land of another . |
| 9 | But the double oxymoron in line 13 suggests that they are already foes , that the poem has either been written to try and restore a lost harmony , or to draw attention to the fact that it can not be restored . |
| 10 | Dulles believed the Russian leaders wanted détente for selfish reasons , to help install themselves in power after Stalin 's death , or to sow division in the West . |
| 11 | Is it permitted to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath , to save life or to destroy it ( Mark 3:4 ; Luke 14:3 ) . |
| 12 | Is it permitted to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath ; to save life or to kill ? |
| 13 | Tom Drake or Anne Galloway of the Assessment Department will be happy to discuss any aspect of the college 's assumption of responsibility for assessment or to give information on the systems which other centres are adopting . |
| 14 | The decision to purchase a microcomputer or to give advice on the purchase means that the school librarian and teachers will have to gather information in relation to the questions posed above on criteria for selection . |
| 15 | Furthermore , it may be in Big 's interest to deliberately slow down the progress of an acquisition possibly to await the occurrence of certain events or to put pressure on the vendor . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman well knows that there has been a dramatic increase in national health service spending on any measure one cares to take , far and above the amount necessary either to keep pace with the general level of inflation or to keep pace with the level of inflation in medical costs . |
| 17 | ‘ The expression ‘ mercantile agent ’ shall mean a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods or to consign goods for the purpose of sale , or to buy goods , or to raise money on the security of goods . ’ |
| 18 | He can not forbid the Common Law Courts to try an action ; but he can forbid a man to bring it , or to go on with it , or to take advantage of the judgement which he has got , and can put him in prison if he does not obey . |
| 19 | If , however , no undertakings can be negotiated and the MMC investigates the merger and finds that it operates or may be expected to operate against the public interest , the Secretary of State has power to order the parties not to proceed with a proposed merger or to order divestment by the purchasing company if the merger has been completed . |
| 20 | But it is a deeply conservative trade which has resolutely resisted most attempts to bring it into the twentieth century , to make it more efficient , or to make access to the law more available to the ordinary citizen . |
| 21 | , … or to strike south to the Waste , recapture the girl — remember , they may know nothing about her — and then ride back either by the track on the other side of the Swamp or carry on direct south towards Leicester . |