Example sentences of "or [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there is only one country , the United States , whose agents , organizations and classes are hegemonic in all three spheres , other countries and agents , organizations and classes are hegemonic , or realistically claim to share hegemony , within each sphere . |
| 2 | No industry can stand still — and it would be foolhardy to put the agricultural clock back , or even try to stop progress . |
| 3 | Mr Douglas said : ‘ Mr Jackson would have taken the car back from Mr Ross or alternatively tried to arrange compensation for the mistake . |
| 4 | Hence , they develop quite rigid codes of behaviour , or group norms , which explicitly or implicitly act to create conformity among group members . |
| 5 | Launched in 1957 , it claimed 25,000 supporters by 1958 and by 1960 pacifist members had sailed into the Pacific testing grounds , boarded nuclear submarines or missile bases or simply refused to take shelter during bomb drills . |
| 6 | As the frontiers of empire contracted over the next half-century , the dispossessed loyalists were either to leave home and livelihood for the safety of the mother country or else endeavour to seek pardon and accommodation with their new masters . |