Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications continued to be reported into the 1970s , but a survey which covered 276 of the 500 largest corporations in America found in 1969 that 80% had never used or considered job enlargement ( Schoderbek and Reif , 1969 ) . |
| 2 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 3 | Recognition has solved the constitutional issue of Slovenia ( although not the economic problems that independence has either created or failed to solve ) . |
| 4 | Well , neither had I until Billy had either slipped or tried to open that skylight window . |
| 5 | A number of Germans and Danes have either bought or rented land in Scotland to keep the cattle they have bought at sales in recent years or have made management agreements with local farmers pending the lifting of the export ban . |
| 6 | Because people seem either to write or commission reports at the slightest excuse you must assume that in most cases a formal , written report is not in fact wanted . |
| 7 | In deciding whether police services are ‘ special ’ the court will take into account : ( 1 ) whether the officers are required to attend on private premises or in a public place ; ( 2 ) whether violence has already occurred or is imminent — if so , the services can not be ‘ special ’ ; ( 3 ) the nature of the event — public events like elections lie at one end of the spectrum , private events like weddings at the other , and events like football matches somewhere in the middle ; ( 4 ) whether protection can be provided without using officers who would otherwise be on other duties or off duty . |