Example sentences of "or [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of other loss or damage , a person can not so exclude or restrict his liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 2 | You will manage — oh yes — although you have no servants to feed your animals or cook your meat for you — you will manage , although you are a year married with a wee child learning to walk , and no wet-nurse to mind it for you while you milk the beasts — and no young husband to thatch your house above your head . |
| 3 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 4 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 5 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 6 | A person can not , by clause or notice , exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence ( s2(1) ) . |
| 7 | Yeah , or hold your breath for fifteen to thirty minutes ! |
| 8 | He was attentive and thoughtful , without fussing over her or searching her face for signs of tiredness or ill-health . |
| 9 | You could hardly expect him to be ready to defend it , or give his life for it . |
| 10 | the company does not commence its business within a year from its incorporation or suspends its business for a whole year ; |
| 11 | The banks normally could not restrict or avoid their liability for breach of their duty of care towards their customers , the plaintiffs in the case , but their lawyers suggested that the deed of release did just that . |
| 12 | Already she opens my father 's letters , though so far she has not read them out loud or tied his tie for him . |
| 13 | Individuals , denied a common conception of their own and their fellows ' human goals within a shared moral tradition , are unlikely to be able to come to any agreement with others or to articulate their desire for fulfilment on the basis of procedural rules alone . |
| 14 | Everybody was taking in women and children from the cities , away from the bombing , or storing their furniture for them . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , the Conservatives are still pressing on with their plans to stand in all 17 constituencies in Northern Ireland and to give the electorate the chance to accept or reject their programme for governing the country . |
| 16 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 17 | Or do her washing for six weeks . |
| 18 | Tell me , child — ’ he concluded mildly , ‘ — is there a chance that we might find some alternative mode of address towards one another , or does your capability for restraint exclude all the intimate forms usual between parent and child ? ’ |
| 19 | All you can really do is construct something that will divert it or block its way for a while ; persuade it to do something it does n't really want to do . |
| 20 | The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long . |
| 21 | She wo n't be allowed to bring them up in a series of bed and breakfasts , and they wo n't give her a council flat or help her pay for somewhere private . |