Example sentences of "or it could be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Payment could be made to the monarch himself or it could be made to the current holder of the office . |
| 2 | Or it could be related to a third confounding variable such as personality and this latter variable related to risk of depression ( Figure 4.3C ) . |
| 3 | Or it could be done through fragmentation . |
| 4 | The hard drive should be connected to its mounting by four screws or it could be mounted on drive rails . |
| 5 | The machine could either stand on the threshing floor of an orthodox flail-threshing barn , which provided shelter from the weather , or it could be taken to the ricks in the fields . |
| 6 | Or it could be sold to someone else planning an assault . |
| 7 | Thus this pool of resources could be invested in working capital , in fixed assets , or in financial assets ; or it could be spent on wages , supplies , or overheads ; or it could be distributed as dividends or used to repay debt . |
| 8 | The process could be halted here or it could be linked to a more comprehensive attempt at demilitarisation . |
| 9 | Do n't joke about serious issues or say things you do n't mean or it could be held against you later . |
| 10 | Up to the middle of the nineteenth century , water could only be obtained from wells — which frequently also became places of meetings and entertainment , e.g. Sadlers Wells , or by collecting and storing rain water , or it could be purchased from water vendors , at three pailsful for a penny . |