Example sentences of "or [vb base] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 2 | But if you want a specific remedial programme for one child , or want to find one pupil 's strengths and weaknesses , the analysis is the best way . |
| 3 | thought or expect to demonstrate one point |
| 4 | Applicants should hold , or expect to obtain this year , a degree of at least good second-class honours standard in an appropriate Arts or Social Sciences subject . |
| 5 | He asked parliament whether he should proceed to assert his own authority over Scotland , or seek to persuade one side or the other there to acknowledge English superiority . |
| 6 | In British terms that means reflecting the multifarious ways in which speech and gesture reveal or seek to conceal social status and social pretension : and in a fast-shifting , highly unrigid world like the British , status is far more often a matter of pretension than of birth . |
| 7 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 8 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 9 | Gabriel 's use of colour is sublime , often radiantly transparent , and occasionally accentuated by the addition of sand or tar to give full impact to the overall artistic image . |
| 10 | 1.6.1 not to incur any liability on behalf of or in any way pledge or purport to pledge 's credit or purport to make any contract binding upon ; |
| 11 | But he asked nothing ; it was not his habit to woo men from their clan allegiance , or try to make dishonest use of a man he wished to employ honestly . |
| 12 | Similarly in a wedding speech statements about religion or politics might result in a quarrel or give offence by causing people with opposing views to disagree , insult each other , or try to convert each other . |
| 13 | And I frankly can see no way of being able to answer that question or attempt to answer that question without going through this form of exercise . |
| 14 | So although the pluralist decision-making system is widely supported as a process in which diverse political interests can wield influence , the outcomes of the political bargaining process are frequently allocatively inefficient or fail to promote social justice . [ … ] |
| 15 | Not as rosy as you might think if you have to rely on just the state pension , or fail to review existing pension arrangements . |
| 16 | Now are any of the sectors people consider match that or fail to match that criterion ? |
| 17 | Only a Russian would find all that surprising , or fail to understand that freedom which is not misused is not freedom at all . |
| 18 | Despite the fact that they might not need it , most people like a little fat spread on bread or choose to have fried food occasionally . |
| 19 | PATCHWORK Marshall JMP-1 Get the cheque book out , dust off the credit card or prepare to attack that porcelain pig with a mallet ! |
| 20 | Those who are not familiar with this background , or wish to take some advantage of it , be they customers , arbitrators , or the exchange 's own employees or members , are often suspicious about claims as to the form this business background takes , and its relevance to the matter in hand . |