Example sentences of "or [adv] [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 2 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 3 | People take early retirement , move to a new school , get a job out of teaching , get seconded on to courses or research projects , or just wait for the holidays . |
| 4 | There will also be about 20 contemporary masks , bought or specially made for the display , and dozens of comics featuring masked characters . |
| 5 | Women 's periods are often affected : they may become very heavy , lose their regularity , or even disappear for a while . |
| 6 | there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls |
| 7 | At many moments of weakness , or love , Thomas had spent far more money than he could afford or even wished for the sake of Simon 's joy in the holidays . |
| 8 | The other conditions of an effect , by which I again mean particulars or tokens rather than types — it would again be more accurate to speak of individual properties and relations — are also required or alternatively required for the effects . |
| 9 | We began with the idea that a causal circumstance consists in a set of conditions including a cause or causes-more precisely a set of individual properties-each being ( 1 , 1a ) required or alternatively required for the effect . |
| 10 | From this it followed ( 2 , 2a ) that the circumstance too is required or alternatively required for the effect . |
| 11 | You can ride in the mountains , play tennis and squash , go swimming , enjoy a round or two of mini-golf or simply head for the hills in the company of a guide and a picnic . |
| 12 | It is we who want broad motorways , cheap coal , instant electricity , subsidised food , and protection from alleged enemies without care for the past or indeed thought for the future . |
| 13 | I would work for one of the major charities , perhaps , or maybe go for a job in publishing . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if the Cabinet as a whole was defeated on a major issue in the House of Commons then it should either resign ( as happened five times between 1852 and 1859 ) , or else ask for a dissolution of Parliament in the hope of being able to secure the support of a new House of Commons . |
| 15 | Therefore , I recommend either giving the instrument a thorough test , or else asking for an opinion by an optical expert . |
| 16 | Once proceedings have been commenced a child can not be medically or psychiatrically examined or otherwise assessed for the purpose of preparing expert evidence without the leave of the court ( FPCR , r18(1) ; FPR , r4.18(1) ) . |
| 17 | In these circumstances it is essential that a direction is sought as the child can not be medically or psychiatrically examined or otherwise assessed for the purpose of providing expert evidence without the leave of the court ( FPCR , r18(1) ; FPR , r4.18(1) ) . |
| 18 | Bull was always , first and foremost , a virtuoso both of technical invention and obviously of performance , even in compositions probably or certainly intended for the organ where he appears as the direct heir of Preston and Blitheman . |