Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | At stairwells or where glazing or a doorway extends to ceiling height , it may be necessary to terminate the cove at either side . |
| 2 | A two year study is to take place which will include the consideration of methods of killing that are more acceptable than stabbing or clubbing . |
| 3 | Talk in a firm steady voice rather than shouting or rambling . |
| 4 | The removal-from-play technique was much more effective than scolding or distraction at reducing aggressive episodes . |
| 5 | Public relations covers a wider field than selling or , indeed , marketing . |
| 6 | It has been said in defence of such publications that those who allow themselves to be depicted indecently are thereby ‘ waiving their own privacy rather than impeding or intruding upon that of others ’ . |
| 7 | Emily Faithfull , young , confident and securely middle-class , appears to have been Operating from first principles rather than speaking or understanding the language of journeymen printers . |
| 8 | In the case of members of committees who are not entitled to attendance allowance because they are not councillors of the authority , there is , instead of the attendance allowance , a financial loss allowance in respect of any loss of earnings necessarily suffered , or additional expense incurred ( other than travelling or subsistence allowance ) in performing an approved duty . |
| 9 | She says ‘ no ’ more often , rather than suffering or withdrawing , and she is able to remind people of her difficulty in concentrating on more than one thing at a time . |
| 10 | But there is in us another level of being which lies deeper than knowing or acting , and it is at that further depth that the genuine religious impulse arises and lives . |
| 11 | ( And the western Greeks tended to make their dedications at the nearest of the Greek sanctuaries of the mainland , Olympia , rather than creating or patronizing a big cult centre of their own , ) Fifth-century Italy and Sicily did produce historians , like Hippys of Rhegion , or Antiochus and Philistus of Syracuse , the ‘ Sicilian Herodotus and the Sicilian Thucydides ’ ; even Dionysius I , tyrant of Syracuse from the late fifth century to 367 , wrote history as well as the tragedies and comedies for which he was , as we shall see , more famous . |
| 12 | Never forget that these assumptions are just that ; we can never prove that a variable is prior rather than intervening or ensuing . |
| 13 | Chaired by a judge of the High Court or a higher court , it has 16 members , a majority of whom must be persons other than practising or academic lawyers . |
| 14 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 15 | The figure held his lasgun upright , the nozzle against the tip of his visor , as if sniffing or kissing the weapon . |
| 16 | The faces are horribly contorted as if suffocating or in great pain , and their eyes seem to follow anyone who passes . |
| 17 | As has already been said , if mining or industrial activity is involved rather than agriculture , we can expect settlements nearby to minimise the access time and cost of transporting materials . |
| 18 | Aerate the lawn if waterlogging or poor growth is a problem |
| 19 | If giving or withholding this responsibility were possible options in a one-person game , then this criterion would do nothing to counter the charge of arbitrariness but I have already argued that they are not and could not be . |
| 20 | If rationing or discriminatory decisions in health care are rarely made explicit within the National Health Service , such judgements are nonetheless made , and have typically been left to individual doctors . |
| 21 | In the background is a smaller figure , a god with a bow , standing very erect , with one arm stretched high in the air as if waving or saluting . |
| 22 | ‘ If digging or scraping out a pit is impracticable because of hard or waterlogged ground , try netting . |
| 23 | Mendez was looking over at the bar ; Russell down at his drink , as if thinking or listening . |
| 24 | She had a childish face and her other arm was raised , her hand stretched as if beckoning or about to smother a giggle . |
| 25 | If visiting or entertaining friends is difficult , this is the first and most important problem to be tackled , because maintaining ( or restoring ) this particular activity will do more than almost anything else to keep life in balance . |
| 26 | Copies of contracts of service ( unless expiring or determinable by the employing company without payment of compensation within one year ) of any Director of the Company with the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be available for the inspection by members at the registered office of the Company during usual business hours on any week day ( Saturday excepted ) from the date of this notice until the date of the Annual General Meeting and on the day of the Meeting at Hotel Conrad for 15 minutes prior to and until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting . |
| 27 | 7 Leave wound dressings undisturbed unless leaking or problems suspected . |
| 28 | Under the COB Rules , it seems that he is a customer because buying or selling investments is treated as investment business . |
| 29 | You ca n't talk about painting because talking or writing and painting are two different … it 's another language , is n't it ? |
| 30 | Since the eyes are an important organ of balance , as well as sight , then it naturally follows that , if we are thinking about the future or the past while walking or standing , rather than playing attention to whatever we are doing , our whole body balance is going to be affected . |