Example sentences of "or [vb base] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Even the freeholders in the fields — who were willing to have enclosure so that they could farm more efficiently or sell land for building — were helpless in the face of the burgesses who might have no land but who hoped to get a piece in time , or who already held these rights to graze their cattle and sheep . |
2 | For some of us , the desire to see our team win at Wembley , or become league champions , or gain promotion from Division Three , is the only consistent ambition we have every held . |
3 | Join a pressure group or raise money for famine relief . |
4 | If you would like to join the committee and influence policy , pass on a good idea , attend the community lunch held for those working in the area , get involved in producing the regular Headington Area Newsletter , join an informal discussion group or borrow material on Health , Parenting or Caring for the Elderly , make a special request or offer your services as a tutor or Youth Club volunteer , we would love to hear from you . |
5 | As a result , the blood is deprived of much of the oxygen it needs to feed the body tissues , so we may end up feeling listless or suffer vagueness of thought . |
6 | To answer the question , whether this fragment is also able to enhance transcriptional activity when ligated to a heterologous promoter , we cloned the 117 bp AvaII fragment ( nucleotides -529 to -412 ) comprising footprint I and region III ( see Fig. 1 ) in sense or antisense orientation into plasmid pBLcat2 , which contains the HSV-tk promoter ( 16 ) . |
7 | Oligos I , III or the AvaII fragment ( AvaII fr. ) containing both sequences were cloned ( in sense or antisense position with respect to the CAT coding sequence ) into plasmid pBLcat2 and 20 µg of the corresponding DNA was electroporated into F9 cells . |
8 | On social matters the school is cited as ‘ the hub , pivot or linch pin of village life ’ . |
9 | Every time you want to mail to the list , or unsub/suspend mail through listserv , your current From : address is checked against the one on the list . |
10 | The second group require only the yes/no , on/off or up/down type of answer . |
11 | Tap Enter ( or tap Esc for Escape instead , to resume editing without loading a file ) |
12 | Tap Y for Yes , to replace ; tap N for No to skip and continue , or tap Esc for Escape to finish |
13 | Patients aged 18 or over are deemed legally responsible for their own actions , and it is often with great reluctance that they will agree to see a doctor and possibly begin treatment or undergo admission to hospital . |
14 | Sometimes I went trolling for lythe with rubber eels , or fly fishing for saithe and mackerel in the clear water around the rocks . |
15 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
16 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the centre . |
17 | Appeal organisers would like anyone else thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
18 | ( iii ) Other breaches of contract.Section 3 applies to clauses which exclude or restrict liability for breach of contract . |
19 | ( b ) Misrepresentation Under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 , clauses which exclude or restrict liability for misrepresentation or which exclude or restrict " any remedy available to another party to the contract by reason of such a misrepresentation " are ineffective unless they satisfy the test of reasonableness . |
20 | Countries which forbid or restrict access to contraception : CHAD , EQUATORIAL GUINEA , GABON , GREECE , IRELAND , MALAWI , MALTA , LIBYA , KAMPUCHEA , SAUDI ARABIA |
21 | Replace low-level glass in doors , windows and furniture with safety or laminated glass , or cover glass with safety film ( available in rolls , like clingfilm , around £13 ) . |
22 | A telephone or telex request for accommodation is usually acknowledged by a ‘ confirmation slip ’ if there is time before the arrival of the guest . |
23 | Only the Lollards , however , seem to have elaborated a pacifist doctrine founded upon the Biblical injunction against killing : the tenth of the twelve Lollard conclusions published in 1395 declared that ‘ manslaute be batayle or pretense lawe of rythwysnesse for temperal cause or spirituel withouten special revelaciun is expres contrarious to the newe testament , the qwiche is a lawe of grace and ful of mercy ’ . |
24 | Noreen bowed her head blushing in shame and was about to walk off when the song was taken up by a voice in the wings and out stepped Maria in her best dress to finish the song , ‘ To reflect back her blushes or give sigh for sigh ’ . |
25 | These same pressures help to explain why vacations are not taken and long hours are accepted as any individual decision to take a holiday or finish work on time places a burden on the rest of the work group . |
26 | If the tender falls outside the client 's cash profile requirement it would be sensible to ask the contractor to revise the programme or renegotiate change of payment terms . |
27 | Focus itself has no fixed shape or set degree of sharpness or fuzziness but alternates according to the dictates of imagination , habit , or the limitations of the data . |
28 | There are two methods of fixing Gyproc cove to dry , sound and rigid backgrounds : either use Gyproc cove adhesive , or nail or screw fix to timber grounds or plugs . |
29 | ‘ I can walk on water or turn water into wine , ’ he said . |
30 | QUALIFICATIONS : First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Chemistry , Soil or Plant Science for ref : 874 and in Environmental Biology/Soil Science or relevant discipline for ref : 874 . |