Example sentences of "or [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Should he start on the idle or concentrate on the incompetent ? |
2 | For that sum they could parade up and down the grounds at any time of day or sit on the grassy banks at will . ’ |
3 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
4 | The essential difference here is that an arbitration award is subject to appeal to or review by the High Court . |
5 | So I think we have to do them , but I think it is very important that we do not erm , er talk to the , or communicate with the other member authorities in a way that looks as if this is Wiltshire saying , well we want to find a way of flogging off this asset without worrying about what happens to the future of the service . |
6 | On the lake-bed cladocerans Macrothrix hirsuticorna , Aloma rectangula and Ilyocryptus brevidentatus and two ostracods Notiocypridopsis frigogena and Eucypris fontana browse or scavenge on the benthic mats , which contain a microfauna of protozoa , turbellaria , rotifers , tardigrades , nematodes , gastrotrichs and enchytraeid annelids ( Heywood and others 1979 , Heywood , 1984 ) . |
7 | It 's an intriguing , nicely-made film , but hardly calculated to excite the contemporary audience ( even though John Davis would approve of its family entertainment value ) or connect with the contemporary cultural ferment . |
8 | The squire and the rector , and the traditions which they represented , had no power or influence in the squalid housing estates which grew up round each new factory and mill . |
9 | Too often people throw up ideas — ‘ Let's have so-and-so as a speaker on Tuesday and a dance on the Wednesday and a banquet on Thursday ’ — without ever stopping to think how any of these will help reach goals or fit into the overall time . |
10 | Or send for the new No. 10 Catalogue . |
11 | Try to relate the interim end-result of everything you do , decide or say to the overall profitable contribution expected of you at the year 's end . |
12 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
13 | Buy a 944 — or wait for the forthcoming 968 . |
14 | A senior Hong Kong Government official said the deportations would either have to begin this week or wait until the new year . |
15 | 2 As an adjunct or object to the preceding verb which is usually transitive : She promised to write every day . |
16 | The council , applicant and any interested parties are invited to write to the inspector giving their objections or support for the proposed development . |
17 | Denied any recognition or support from the outside , beleaguered by the blockade , and reportedly unable to exert control over an internal situation rapidly degenerating into anarchy , the BRA leadership remained open to the prospects of a settlement with the PNG government . |
18 | Byford had only to read the newspapers or listen to the barrack-room talk to know the figures : over 400 police stations destroyed so far in 1920 alone and two senior police officers assassinated . |
19 | Students must have successfully completed/or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study for the Certificate Programme and have undertaken ( or undertake within the subsequent two months ) the assessments for the remaining areas of study of the Certificate Programme in order to be eligible to sit the final Case Study ( unseen ) paper . |
20 | But before doing so , it should be noted that although the discussion so far has treated procedure by writ or summons in the High Court as the relevant alternative to Ord. 53 procedure , this is not the only possible alternative . |
21 | So , on Silver and Knitmaster machines , set the cam lever on tuck and side levers back ; on Brother machines , put both tuck buttons in and the Change knob on KC , and on the Toyota 901 and 950 , set the selection lever or dial to the central tuck position and card levers on C. The other Toyota machines have two methods of knitting tuck , but as I have only have the 901 and 950 I 'm not qualified to write about the 858 or 787 . |
22 | If you stand where King Harold 's men awaited William 's troops or walk through the actual battlefield you can almost sense the battle all around you . |
23 | If they could not exercise that power themselves , or count on the eastern empire to do it for them , then they would find it where they could . |
24 | ‘ I will or perish in the generous cause . |
25 | The Carrier shall be relieved of its obligation to perform the contract to the extent that the performance thereof is prevented by failure of the Trader , fire , weather conditions , industrial dispute , labour disturbance or cause beyond the reasonable control of the Carrier . |
26 | ‘ And I believe that I began then to train myself to listen in the voice of somebody , or look through the outer facade . |
27 | Choose your own words ( up to 20 ) or select from the following : |
28 | GABA concentrations in the epileptogenic hippocampus are lower than in the non-epileptogenic side , which suggests that there may be altered release or reuptake despite the relative preservation of GABA neurons . |
29 | ( 2 ) Under CA 1985 , s131(1) merger relief ( see para 23.1.5 below ) will be available " … where the issuing company has secured at least a 90 per cent equity holding in another company in pursuance of an arrangement providing for the allotment of equity shares in the issuing company on terms that the consideration for the shares allotted is to be provided ( a ) by the issue or transfer to the issuing company of equity shares in the other company … |
30 | When , as conveyancers for a buyer , you send the engrossment of the conveyance , lease or transfer to the other side for execution , it 's wise to remind them to have the plan signed ( or sealed , as the case may be ) by the seller — and even then it 's remarkable how often the requirement can be overlooked . |