Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its most controversial aspect was to attack agro-chemical risks in food by banning all pesticides known to cause cancer or harm a developing fetus . |
| 2 | No-one in their right minds would have believed that Labour wanted to abolish heterosexuality or promote AIDS , but such was the level of fear and ignorance about homosexuality that these ideas could be aired . |
| 3 | Companies have to burn waste or undertake solvent recovery on site . |
| 4 | Many ex-professionals prefer to open pubs or manage Swindon Town rather than to ease themselves into retirement by playing non-League football . |
| 5 | She could n't bear things like Anna refusing to keep house or giving any pleasure to herself . |
| 6 | My Lords , this appeal concerns the ambit of that right to silence which is known as the privilege against self-incrimination and entitles any person to refuse to answer questions or to disclose documents if to do so would tend to expose him to proceedings for a criminal offence . |
| 7 | Although this distinction has no basis in the text of the Convention , it was argued that if the person required to produce material or provide a deposition were a party subject to the in personam jurisdiction of the United States courts then the Convention did not offer any protection |
| 8 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
| 9 | People wishing to collect semen or inseminate goats , or vets wishing to transfer embryos must be in possession of current licences from the BGS and must give requisite prior notice to the BGS Office of their plans . |
| 10 | Cabinet warned to cut spending or face tax rises |
| 11 | Without any explanation , he jumped out and approached one of the Ayurvedic healers who for centuries have sat on the roadside here , surrounded by the ingredients of their trade : live iguanas whose fried juices are said to cure impotence ; ginseng for philtres used to spread or extinguish the fires of love ; tree bark to ward off a woman 's menopause ; the bringraj herb from the high Himalayas said to conquer baldness or thicken the beard of the most effete Sikh . |
| 12 | It may perhaps be true that 79 per cent of trees cut down are cleared by people needing to plant food or gather fuel , and that , if there were fewer people , there would be less need . |
| 13 | Use Evo-Stik Flashband Flashing to repair cracks or replace damaged flashing . |
| 14 | … the practical use of geomorphology for the solution of problems where man wishes to transform landforms or to use and change surficial processes … |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a terminology problem : women want to make love , men want to have sex or have a quickie . |
| 16 | Unlike the ghettoes we all know about , used to keep races apart , where only fools or angels venture to buy sex or sell salvation , these are just another corporation estate . |
| 17 | Without the spring trimming there would be no pressure required to change speeds or to pull out of dives , and the controls would be very light indeed . |
| 18 | President Joseph Momoh had appealed for assistance from the United Kingdom and the United States during April , but there were no indications that either country intended to commit troops or to supply lethal equipment . |
| 19 | Least cost might mean less money required to install equipment or buy fuel . |
| 20 | Does the client wish to support strengths or bolster weaknesses ? |
| 21 | Do n't waste time trying to gather possessions or save the goldfish — fire spreads very quickly . |