Example sentences of "or [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By invention I mean behaviour , values , beliefs , and so on , that come at out through ‘ internal ’ processes of thinking and working out rather than through imitating or mechanically responding to external stimuli . |
| 2 | Walter Scott seriously contemplated doing the same , or perhaps fleeing to the Isle of Man , as his brother Tom had done , but was persuaded that a better way out was the Trust Deed . |
| 3 | Between four and eight sectors will be flown , but occasionally either more or less according to season . |
| 4 | Cut the salmon into thinnish steaks , arrange them in one layer in a well-buttered baking dish , sprinkle them with salt and seasonings , add about I oz. of fresh butter , cut in pieces , for every pound of salmon , cover the dish with buttered paper and a lid , and put to cook in the centre of a moderately heated oven , gas no. 3 , 330 F. In 45 to 50 minutes — a little more or less according to the thickness of the steaks — the salmon will be cooked . |
| 5 | The remainder , together with the open arable field , he divided into small squarish fields of eight to twelve acres each ( sometimes more or less according to the convenience of the farmers ) and parcelled out as farms among his tenants . |
| 6 | American troops were deployed more or less according to a plan , Operation 90–1002 , developed in the early-1980s to contain a southward thrust by the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | ‘ A judicial view of modern legislation ’ is a title ingeniously contrived to embrace little or much according to the predilection of the speaker and the patience of his audience . |
| 8 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 9 | I used to wonder whether they were actually taking in the meaning of what I was saying , or just listening to the accent . |
| 10 | On bushes and standards , prune strong new stems to 4–6in , shorten weaker growths and remove very spindly tips on climbers ; shorten weak growth by half and stronger stems by a third or more according to desired height . |
| 11 | The proposals in this Gracious Speech are either irrelevant or positively damaging to the raising of school standards . |
| 12 | How much are you , knowingly , or unwittingly contributing to this situation ? |
| 13 | The ears of an angry horse are also likely to point straight backwards , and are held firmly , unlike when the horse is simply relaxed or even listening to something behind it . |
| 14 | Nevertheless if the vein deteriorated , then they stood to come out of their term ( usually , but not always , two months ) , with scarcely enough money for food or even owing to the company . |
| 15 | You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect , and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt . |
| 16 | Like all good secretaries she had acquired or at least known how to simulate , some of the idealised attributes of wife , mother , mistress , confidante , servant and friend without being , or indeed expecting to be , any of these . |
| 17 | A rabbit in fear of an enemy will sometimes crouch stockstill , either fascinated or else trusting to its natural inconspicuousness to remain unnoticed . |
| 18 | Relationships with that partner may be judged successful or otherwise according to the ways in which they duplicate , replace or compensate for parental relationships . |
| 19 | 8.4 If either party becomes aware of any proceedings or threat of proceedings relating to the sale or other dealings in the Licensed Products , to the Licenced Products themselves or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement ( including , but not limited to , proceedings alleging infringement by use of the Trade Marks or infringement of copyright ) , that party will notify the other immediately . |
| 20 | The [ defendants ] whether by [ themselves , their ] servants or agents or otherwise howsoever be restrained until trial or further order from : ( a ) delivering up or disclosing to the grand jury in the County of New York empanelled in the matter of the People of the State of New York v. John Doe ( B Bank ) or , without the prior consent of the plaintiffs , delivering up or disclosing to any third party otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs or any of them , all documents and information contained therein held by [ these defendants ] at [ their ] branches in London or elsewhere within this jurisdiction concerning or relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the [ defendants ] or any of them or otherwise relating to the business of the plaintiffs or any of them ; ( b ) without the prior written consent of the plaintiffs ' solicitors herein , removing from the jurisdiction of this court any of the documents referred to in subclause ( a ) hereof or any copies thereof . |