Example sentences of "or [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The union called on teachers in certain schools to take action by refusing to supervise in lunch periods , or to attend meetings outside school hours . |
| 2 | The Commissioner has no power to conduct formal investigations , to obtain information , or to issue codes of practice , unlike the EOC and CRE . |
| 3 | The primary purpose of these data is to record assessment decisions , to support decision-making by management , or to enable monitoring of quality to occur . |
| 4 | Also what opportunities are there for people to have fun , to keep physically fit , to play games or to discover things of interest ? |
| 5 | It may be appropriate , for example , to apply for a care or supervision order or to provide services under Part III of the Act . |
| 6 | 5 The remedies available to the client to enforce performance of those remedies or to obtain redress for breach . |
| 7 | The choice of economic incentive ultimately depends upon the purpose of this strategy , whether it is to reduce specific types of pollution generally or in given geographical areas , to reallocate funds for investment in pollution control or to compensate victims of air pollution . |
| 8 | There are several books available that are full of ideas and information on using stencils , whether on walls or to decorate pieces of furniture . |
| 9 | The demanding processing requirements imply very fast , high performance computers , probably equipped with special chip sets either to compress and decompress the fast-changing , high volume information flows or to digitise sources of information drawn into the multimedia environment which are not initially in digital form . |
| 10 | He liked to work away at Latin or Greek , or to pick books of history or biography off the shelves . |
| 11 | Farm workers are usually the last to receive the protection of safety legislation , for example , or to receive benefits like sickness pay , pension schemes , paid holidays , a five-day week or even a written contract of employment and itemized pay packets . |
| 12 | Applications for mandatory approval under s 590 , TA 1988 and authorisations for schemes to invest in exempt unit trusts or to receive dividends without deduction of UK tax should also be sent to the Nottingham office . |
| 13 | Thus a 10-month-old baby who failed to respond to its name , or to betray signs of recognition towards its mother , twin sister , or even its rattle , might well give therapists cause for concern ; which is not to say that the normal baby , who does succeed in reacting appropriately , is thereby yet self -conscious . |
| 14 | Persons wishing to be considered for appointment , or to suggest names for consideration , are invited to write to Dr. Stephen P. Newall DL , Chairman of Court , c/o The Acting Registrar , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , G XQ ( Fax : 041– ) by 20 April 1990 . |
| 15 | For , if it is easy to discover or to devise connections between puritanism and capitalism , as a large literature bears witness , those between nineteenth-century family structure and bourgeois society remain obscure . |
| 16 | The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Bill provided for fines and imprisonment for those found guilty of heightening tension between members of different faiths , of inciting others to defy or challenge secular government policies , or to mobilize followers for subversion . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not social services ’ business to reinterpret the law on corporal punishment or to manufacture conflict between home and school religions . ’ |
| 18 | A client is entitled to have his affairs treated with complete confidentiality ( save with his consent , or where the solicitor 's duty is overridden by his public duty to disclose matters tending to the commission of a crime or to disclose information in response to a sub poena or witness summons ) and the retained solicitor is under a duty to ensure that his co-partners and staff do nothing which might result in a breach of that rule . |
| 19 | We fail to design pedestrian-friendly cars , to enforce slow speeds in housing areas , or to educate drivers in pedestrian safety . |
| 20 | She will be asked to feed , change , pacify or amuse a baby brother or sister , and later to supervise journeys to and from school , or to take charge at home when both parents are out . |
| 21 | A licence then would be required to exceed that number , or to advertise animals for sale . |
| 22 | That same year there was a school strike in the small town of Września , near Poznań , among Polish pupils who refused to receive religious instruction or to say prayers in German . |
| 23 | More exotically , they can be used for voice conferencing or to gain access to mainframe computers . |
| 24 | ‘ Irrespective of its ability either to discourage certain forms of behaviour , or to bring offenders to justice , the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent . |
| 25 | Women were therefore forced either to go on strike or to occupy factories in order to gain the right to a collective contract and recognition of their union . |