Example sentences of "or [vb base] on the " 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 | Adolescents are very sensitive about pretence , hypocrisy or deceit on the part of their parents . |
| 4 | If you do not have a personal alarm then try and shout for help , or bang on the floor or wall . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Sources close to the ‘ artiste ’ suggest the decision to cancel the tour was not made for glamorous or news-worthy reasons , like police/local authority objections or fear on the streets of Britain … just that he ca n't be arsed . ’ |
| 7 | Others are not reported because of embarrassment or fear on the part of the victim ( rape , domestic assaults ) , or because he or she thinks that there is little the police can do about it ( vandalism , shoplifting ) , or that the offence is not very serious anyway , or that there is no unwilling victim ( drug abuse , soliciting , under-age sex ) . |
| 8 | The person who wrote the computer program used to assist in the creation of the types of works described above has no rights in the work because , although the programmer may control or influence the format of the finished work , he has no control or influence on the content . |
| 9 | If you want decorative timber panels on the ceiling , you may need to use a fire retarding paint or varnish on the surface , although this is not usually necessary in most homes . |
| 10 | Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred . |
| 11 | We kids either had to serve behind the ice-cream counter or wait on the tables . |
| 12 | Scholz was wearing that wise , reflective look that pipe-smokers get or act on the few occasions their pipes are working well . |
| 13 | Infrared radiation is also better than visible light at penetrating mist or smoke on the battlefield . |
| 14 | God could part the Red Sea , Jesus could calm the storm or walk on the water . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Just ten or fifteen minutes of it now would see him right , a short trip out through the islets and mudbanks where you could let the boat drift , lean over the stern and watch the inner life of the dirty green water , the shreds of seaweed and small branches and other shapes that sometimes proved to be alive , or focus on the surface , a depthless sheet of scum on which the pearly light shimmered in continual shifting patterns , or even look up to see a huge modern building , several storeys high , going for a stroll along a neighbouring island , the superstructure of a freighter putting out to sea along the deep-water channel … |
| 17 | And if you still have time to spare you can spend a weekend in Andorra ( beautiful and taxfree ) or jump on the train to Sitges or the Costa Brava . |
| 18 | They did not want success at all costs , but likewise they were not willing to jump off the pop escalator , or stand on the spot arguing among themselves . |
| 19 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 20 | Well of course we are , the forecast that you hear on the radio or watch on the television is erm just the front end of a very last organisation . |
| 21 | Or travel on the Mark Twain 's Mississippi-style steam boat down the Rivers of the Far West , and thrill to the Big Thunder Mountain 's Runaway train trip which plunges from rocky heights down a dangerous mine shaft . |
| 22 | If your man 's hair is thinning or he 's bald , he can cut down the chances of getting a burnt head by using high-protection skin suncream or get on the hair and scalp . |
| 23 | With Speed pushing right up and supporting the 2 forward … would enable him to make his runs into the box , also get on both flanks to cross , or get on the end of Wallace crosses … |
| 24 | Then you spend another 30 minutes sitting in a car , bus or train on the way to work . |
| 25 | ‘ We do not wish to bring any disgrace or dishonour on the guild from our cart collapsing as it rolls through the streets of Cheapside . ’ |
| 26 | They participate in large numbers in the political arena — they always have — but they do not define their own demands or decide on the direction of movement . |
| 27 | The one indisputable position which connects the two poems is that Octavia should not marry Florio or Philander on the slender hope that love will prevail . |
| 28 | The GM should choose this opponent type to fit the campaign , or roll on the table for hatred in the WFRP rulebook . |
| 29 | The ‘ splash ’ effect of a harp glissando is much enhanced by the addition of a stroke or roll on the cymbals with a soft stick . |
| 30 | Occasional complaints come from the presence of lead in water , usually through dark lead sulphide staining , but these generally arise from contact with lead or solder on the plant and rarely from contamination of the water , although this could occur when very soft water is in contact with new lead piping . |