Example sentences of "buy or [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither , if you value your privacy and security , should you buy or rent a house on the end of a road where the public pavement runs alongside your house and garden . |
| 2 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 3 | Bishop , never one to duck a challenge , agreed to cooperate in a South African-led venture which enables anybody with the cash to buy or hire a small walkman-like receiver to tune into the ref during the match . |
| 4 | An option may give the holder either the right to buy or sell a share at a predetermined price from or to the issuer of the option , which is another individual rather than the firm underlying the security . |
| 5 | Other people may decide to buy or rent a house or flat in a modern purpose-built sheltered or clustered estate . |
| 6 | Mr Smith said : ‘ People should enjoy , as a right of citizenship and not as a privilege of wealth , the opportunity of a good education , the chance to find a decent job with decent pay , the opportunity to buy or rent a decent home . |
| 7 | Department of Social Security mobility payments to buy or lease a car . |
| 8 | If you fancy your chances at bigger shows but ca n't afford to buy or keep a top class horse , think about a registered Mountain and Moorland for a fraction of the price . |
| 9 | An option is a contract that gives its holder the right , but not the obligation , to buy or sell a specific quantity of a specific quality of a specific asset at a specific price ( the " exercise price " or " strike price " ) on or before a specific day ( the settlement day ) . |
| 10 | In the current context any advertisement inviting the reader to buy or sell a future ( or refrain from doing so ) or which contains information calculated to lead to him doing so is an investment advertisement . |
| 11 | Now these companies must reveal , if asked , where the data they hold on you came from — whether , for example , they have bought or rented a list from another organisation or collected the information themselves . |
| 12 | The advent of more examples of non-medical clinical directors may well reduce this concern , as will the development of specific service contracts where each group will have committed to buying or providing an agreed package of care and support . |
| 13 | Staircases are things to consider carefully when buying or renting a house . |
| 14 | A horse 's degree of willingness , cooperation in learning new things , agreeableness in doing what we ask of it , are most important traits in a horse 's temperament if we wish to enjoy riding it ; yet it is an aspect of the horse that is more overlooked than any other when someone is thinking of buying or breeding a horse . |
| 15 | This was , and is , a particularly sensitive area for the average solicitor for their monopoly could be recognised by any member of the public and was a highly visible cost to anyone buying or selling a house . |
| 16 | Many , many thanks to everyone who bought or sold a ticket ! and all those who very kindly donated a prize … |
| 17 | In this area there was also a great amount of seasonal labour-migration : farm-workers going to sea after the harvest for the home fishing — half-breedfishermen they used to call them in the Saints district of north Suffolk ; and the fishing-chaps who bought or hired a horse or donkey and trap to hawk fish round the villages during the herring season ; and there was an associated dealing in horses from Scotland to satisfy the seasonal demand . |
| 18 | They can be used to purchase a wheelchair and buy or hire a suitably adapted car or van to restore freedom of movement . |
| 19 | For The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe , buy or make a long cake such as a swiss roll and cut about four inches off the end . |
| 20 | 6 Buy or make a nesting box . |
| 21 | Buy or make a ‘ fastening bag ’ , covered with zips , buttons , buckles and laces for her to practise on . |