Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The safest course , in view of the Revenue 's Statement , must be either to complete the transfer ( if by agreement ) before the marriage is dissolved or to have the transfer made the subject of a court order and so usually fall within the provisions of s10(1) . |
| 2 | The popular fantasy ambitions focus on this conflict : one is to run one 's own business and the second is to manage or buy a farm . |
| 3 | Though comparatively few knights were actually killed in battle , the prince who committed his cause to battle was also putting himself in jeopardy , since it was always clear that the surest way to win a battle was to capture or kill the opposing commander , as Harold was killed at Hastings . |
| 4 | But when the fire team are training or tackling a blaze within the perimeter he puts on a red fireman 's helmet as a member of their support system . |
| 5 | The whole object of declaring a right is to justify or commend the use of compulsion to alter the existing relationship between individuals is a society . |
| 6 | The whole object of declaring a right is to justify or commend the use of compulsion to alter the existing relationship between individuals in a society . |
| 7 | The more micro-based studies , which focus on a particular expenditure programme or transfer policy , often offer a more tractable research problem , but these are inevitably open to the criticism that they are very partial in nature , giving no real insight into whether government intervention is narrowing or widening the extent of overall economic inequality ( assuming we can agree how to measure it ! ) . |
| 8 | Whenever a file is opened or saved a number of extra buttons appear in the dialogue box . |
| 9 | One aim was to substantiate or refute the claim that there are not enough frequencies to satisfy demands , as well as to try and determine the direction of future plans . |
| 10 | Quarrelling might well increase in frequency if each child observes the other being reprimanded or getting the parent even temporarily — to take his or her side . |
| 11 | This is usually to throw light on the character being played or to create the right atmosphere for the location of the action and for the expressive action required for the unfolding of the plot or theme . |
| 12 | To state that gender difference can be and is being maintained through cross-dressing and inversion is to maintain or imply the crucial claim even while apparently surrendering it : the difference in question is capable of working in terms of custom and culture ( and is thereby contestable ) rather than nature and divine law ( which are immutable ) . |
| 13 | making a false price comparison , e.g. falsely stating that the price is reduced or comparing the price of a car with that of another model without stating that the price for the other model has since been reduced . |
| 14 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 15 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 16 | One useful operation is zooming or magnifying a portion of the image so that it fills the screen . |
| 17 | In contrast , any publication of non-statutory accounts must be accompanied by a statement indicating : ( a ) that they are not statutory accounts , ( b ) whether statutory accounts have been delivered to the Registrar , ( c ) whether the auditors have reported on those statutory accounts , and ( d ) whether any such report was qualified or contained a statement under section 272 or 273 . |
| 18 | With the increased vigilance of our officers at seaports and airports and the need to import large consignments of drugs to feed the growing habit of users the obvious answer was to charter or buy a small craft capable of long sea voyages . |
| 19 | The trick is to dissolve or suspend the molecule in drop of matrix material such as glycerol . |
| 20 | Where the events occur after the contract was made and the contract is avoided or frustrated the effect is not the same ( see below ) . |
| 21 | The World Cup Committee adhered strictly to the letter of their own rain-laws that ‘ in matches where play is interrupted or delayed the number of overs are to be rearranged so that both teams have the opportunity of batting for a minimum of 15 overs ( 25 overs in the semi-finals and finals ) according to the number of overs calculated on a basis of an average rate of 14 overs per hour . ’ |
| 22 | A favourite object or activity is removed or denied the child immediately after the production of an undesirable behaviour . |
| 23 | Resume the queue when the problem is corrected or cancel the document . |
| 24 | This wire is connected with a Tell Tale Bell in the Signal Box at each end of the tunnel in such a way that upon the wire being cut or broken the bells will commence ringing and the Signalman is made aware that something has happened . |
| 25 | constitute a demonstration that an aversive CS will interfere with further ( appetitive ) conditioning , whether the context is changed or stays the same . |