Example sentences of "or [vb past] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |
| 2 | It is important for national courts to use all proper aids to the interpretation of Community legal texts ( such as the preamble ) even if they are not accustomed or allowed to do the same in relation to their own national texts . |
| 3 | Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows . |
| 4 | Any earlier wheel-pit on this site could however , either have been demolished and rebuilt , or enlarged to take the new wheel . |
| 5 | Though there was never-ceasing change , each movement was not a chance occurrence in a hotch-potch of bewildered uncertainty , but part and parcel of a pre-conceived plan , trimmed down or adorned to suit the particular circumstances of the moment … |