Example sentences of "or [prep] [adv] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , many people who take out credit arrangements would with good reason judge themselves to be relatively free from the risk of unemployment , or loss of earnings through illness — or at least would be ready and able to weather their financial difficulties in the event . |
| 2 | And when people in our main survey were asked how they would like to repay a loan ( Appendix 1 , Tables 47a and 47b and comments on those tables ) , the great majority said they would prefer monthly repayments , or at least would not mind ; only one in five said they would prefer weekly repayments . |
| 3 | The surgeon had sounded a note of amused condescension as though he were betraying a colleague 's unfortunate weakness , wryly observed , which a more prudent man would have detected before beginning his medical training , or at least would have come to terms with before his second year . |
| 4 | A minister need only let it be known directly that he would welcome such demonstrations of ‘ spontaneous ’ violent support , or at least would not use police power to suppress it . |
| 5 | In such cases they will escape , unless they have been negligent , or at least ought to have known that the publication " was of such a character that it was likely to contain libellous matter " . |
| 6 | ‘ Gavin , I am in a transport of delight , or at least shall be shortly after one o'clock this afternoon . ’ |
| 7 | Arguing that Glasgow wages were already higher than those in Edinburgh , and pointing out that the Glasgow printers had successfully blacked firms trying to employ women , he went on ( in rather clotted prose ) : I am satisfied that the employment of female compositors in Glasgow , while it would increase the total volume of work done there and admit of the natural development of the Glasgow book trade , would not injure the position of the Glasgow men printers , while it would enable the Glasgow printing trade , employed as well as employers , to obtain and retain work which at present ought to come to Glasgow , or at least might come to Glasgow but now goes to Edinburgh . |
| 8 | So the court would , or at least might , have to adjudicate upon that . |
| 9 | Concentrating on efficiency means that we do not need to select a method of conflict resolution ( or at least may postpone the selection ) . |
| 10 | In some cases , no doubt , personal or sexual inadequacy leads the paedophiliac along paths where he or she must be the more adequate partner , or at least may feel so . |
| 11 | This is an assumption that an entity will continue indefinitely or at least will not go into liquidation in the near future . |
| 12 | Chapter 4 will show that the courts do , or at least could , play a part in controlling the quality of management decision making by laying down and enforcing appropriate standards of care and skill , but requiring judges to determine whether managers have complied with what are essentially procedural decision-making criteria is quite different from asking them to participate in the decision-making process itself . |
| 13 | The question of accent is important too — you need to be confident of the accent with which you are working , and it is always advisable to present an accent you are familiar with or at least can work with comfortably . |
| 14 | It seems probable that , with the loosening of marital and family bonds , adultery is on the increase or at least can be more openly admitted . |
| 15 | The firm can adjust subsequent managerial salaries to reflect overconsumption of non-salary perquisites , or at least can attempt to do so based on the information available . |
| 16 | Above all , he insisted sternly , ‘ The mother of young children is not free , or at least should not be free , to earn . ’ |
| 17 | The leopard has been listed as a species in danger of extinction since CITES was concluded in Washington 10 years ago , which is why you do not , or at least should not , see leopard skin coats and hats in London 's expensive fur shops . |
| 18 | If Croats and Serbs are allowed to slaughter Muslims and steal their land unchallenged , the injustice will , or at least should , weigh upon the conscience of all who might have stopped them . |