Example sentences of "or [adv] have [art] " in BNC.

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1 If reading Alison 's story sets off alarm bells in your head about whether you too have an exercise obsession , or perhaps have a friend or sister who does , then turn to ‘ Obsessions : Where to get help ’ .
2 Voluntary to my mind suggests that the payer being aware of all relevant circumstances including the true state of the law or perhaps having a doubt but not caring which way that doubt is resolved consciously makes a decision to pay .
3 By this time the Hintons more or less had a monopoly on sugar processing , and more and more land was being turned over to sugarcane production .
4 There were no trends in death from cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular disease with length , though men whose length at birth was 20 inches ( 50.8 cm ) or less had a standardised mortality ratio of 103 from cardiovascular disease , compared with 93 in the remainder .
5 So I more or less had a crew cut .
6 Everybody has More or less has a paper It 's not like the Scotsman or the News , as regards numbers , but then you 've got all the local news and you got all the local advertisements .
7 Every five years or so have a glorious clear out and throw all the old
8 Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ?
9 Naturally the whole Guitarist team will be there , so come and see us , buy a T-shirt , take out a subscription , get yourself a CD , sort out some back issues or just have a chat .
10 Edit or just have a look at it ?
11 or just have a , you know , start us off because it begin with something , that is
12 Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening .
13 That was the best way to find out how good you were at your job , whether you could regard yourself as being on a par with the best — or still had a lot to learn .
14 During this time of testing , a sufferer from alcoholism mat say that he or she can not be alcoholic because he or she does not drink in the mornings or is still in regular employment or still has a home and family or perhaps only drinks wine and beer but never spirits or only drinks at the weekends .
15 This will include : ( i ) the mother ; ( ii ) the father if he was married to the mother when the child was born ; ( iii ) the father , if he was not married to the child 's mother when the child was born but he has since married her or now has a residence order , a court order which gives him parental responsibility or a formal parental responsibility agreement made with the mother in accordance with s4(2) of the Act ; ( iv ) a guardian of the child which in this context means a testamentary guardian appointed in accordance with s5 of the Act ; ( v ) anyone who holds a custody or residence order relating to the child ; ( vi ) a local authority which has a care order in respect of the child ; ( vii ) anyone who has been granted an emergency protection order ; ( viii ) in the case of an adopted child , the adopters in place of the natural parents .
16 Many had never stayed at a hotel or even had a cheap meal away from home .
17 Or even had a holiday job during the summer .
18 After a few laps of the track we could kick a ball about or even have a go at throwing a javelin .
19 If the world never tries to understand that , or even have a dialogue with that , they 'll never solve the problem anyway . ’
20 I would n't expect to take an order or even have a serious enquiry resulting from it .
21 Exceptionally , if a government underestimates the strength of opposition amongst its own backbenchers , or fails to anticipate the extent of opposition in the other House , it may be necessary to modify a bill or even have an amendment forced upon it .
22 I have n't eaten a meal or even had a cup of tea for a whole week . ’
23 But " originality " presents a difficult problem because ( unless you are doing advanced research ) you are unlikely to be in a position to advance new facts or radically new interpretations , or even to have a wide enough knowledge of what other people have written to be sure that you are not duplicating it .
24 You and your companion can learn french , practise yoga — or simply have a coffee and a chat .
25 The workshops will be geared towards all aspects of women 's lives , whether you run a home and look after children , juggle a family and a career or simply have a demanding job .
26 He could be photographed using the concept keyboard ( and outgrowing the available programmes ) , being squeezed half-way into a hotel loo ( as part of the Access Group ) or simply having a laugh with friends on the scheme who treat him as an equal .
27 It was a matter of discovering which day centres offered what services — where I could go , for example , to have a shower or clean my clothes , or maybe have a cheap meal .
28 This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored .
29 The pump should be sited above the water level , or else have a non-return valve in the airline .
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