Example sentences of "either [to-vb] [pos pn] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters .
2 Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters .
3 So instead you set out either to strengthen your position or to undermine his .
4 Obviously if the demands upon us outweigh our resources this will create stress and will continue to do so until we act either to strengthen our resources or reduce the demands upon us or both .
5 If you wish either to let your property or require accommodation for long or short term , we have the market knowledge and professionalism to advise you .
6 After so long alone , now he was surrounded by people eager either to enlist his help or offer theirs .
7 Hardest hit are those who can not afford either to service their loan or to sell their house .
8 Thus local authorities , faced with this reduction in aid from the national taxpayer , had either to reduce their services or increase local rates .
9 The world model of the early 1970s set people thinking — either to criticize its inadequacies or to suggest improvements .
10 This , of course , is the mechanism of the consensus process : the expanding firm is persuaded either to delay its application or to accept a delayed approval .
11 On Saturday the news was that France and Britain had issued an ultimatum to Germany either to withdraw their troops or face war with France and Britain .
12 If Bill Morgan felt awkward about these unimportant shibboleths of taste , he should learn either to change his clothes or to develop more social confidence in his sartorial eccentricities .
13 He had done so four years before , and nothing had happened in the meantime either to abate his ambition or to make him less qualified — in the latter case very much the reverse .
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