Example sentences of "or [vb base] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present they are made by the politician or the hospital administrator responding to the group which can shout the loudest or bring to bear the keenest political acumen . |
| 2 | The adoral shields are large with lateral projections making them appear wing-like ; they separate or appear to separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 3 | That is because later generations do not wish to follow their parents into physically demanding , socially unacceptable or otherwise disagreeable occupations ; they escape or seek to escape the heavy lifting to a more comfortable and rewarding life . |
| 4 | This idea is used in an electronic clock or watch to produce the 1 second pulses for the display . |
| 5 | Whenever they reached one of these rifts the rabbits huddled together , waiting for Hazel or Bigwig to climb the further side and find a way forward . |
| 6 | Quite often , people explicitly discuss , or try to clarify the illocutionary and perlocutionary force , to formulate the upshot of what is said . |
| 7 | Should you , for the screen , attempt to find some equivalent visual pastiche or try to carry the original concept through dialogue ? |
| 8 | Such human needs will range from the basic ones for security , which are threatened when other members of an organization wish to close part of the operation down or attempt to perform the same operations with fewer personnel , to the need for self-realization , which may be threatened by extreme specialization and limited capabilities within the division of labour perceived by those in authority to be necessary for the maximization of their objectives ( which will invariably be presented as the goals of ‘ the organization ’ ) . |
| 9 | Call or write to Help the Aged , St James 's Walk , London EClR OBE. |
| 10 | The case has been made that neutralisation is potentially attractive only to relatively minor states that by virtue of their strategic position or symbolic political value have become or threaten to become the focal points of contests for control or dominant influence between principal regional or global rivals . |