Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deny or threaten it , and you deny and threaten someone 's existence . |
| 2 | Who owned or used it ? |
| 3 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 4 | And I certainly would not be there to confirm or deny it . |
| 5 | On this basis he may by all means erect a system of imperatives logically interrelated with statements of objective fact , and elaborate it to any degree of complexity he pleases , but to confirm or correct it he has always to return to subjectivity , to his own spontaneity in the concrete situation . |
| 6 | For both Kung ( 1981 ) and Lyotard , art moves within the area between man 's capacity to conceive an idea and his ability to create an artefact that evokes or articulates it so that one of art 's more important roles is the symbolization of what does not yet exist . |
| 7 | On the other hand , do not dramatise or exaggerate it . |
| 8 | We endorse Republican legislation , the Pornography Victims Compensation Act , allowing victims of pornography to seek damages from those who make or sell it , especially since the Commission on Pornography , in 1986 , found a direct link between pornography and violent crimes committed against women and children … |
| 9 | Also , it may prove possible to manipulate NO neurotransmission pharmacologically , either inhibiting or enhancing it , and this could have important therapeutic implications in the management of disordered anorectal function . |
| 10 | Motions from outside of the body often affect this ‘ vital motion ’ , either helping or hindering it , and our awareness of these changes constitutes pleasure and pain . |
| 11 | In a recent article in the California Management Review , Mr Reich points out that , as a bailiwick of the Ministry of Health and Welfare , the industry was out of bounds to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and so never had bureaucrats helping or prodding it to export . |
| 12 | Should she pick up the baby whenever it cries or leave it until it settles of its own accord ? |
| 13 | If she asked or noticed it , he would blame it on the college refusal . |
| 14 | The pain centre is observed by the mind which receives the sensory message , minimises or magnifies it , dresses it with memories , significance and emotion , and generates perception with all its quirky infuriating individuality . |
| 15 | The AM9 kit comes unfinished , so you can paint or stain it to match your decor . |
| 16 | Whether we covet , confine or curse it , the mink is only minding its own business . |
| 17 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 18 | The first duty of the conqueror , he wrote , ‘ is to maintain his domination and to assure that it will last ; everything is good which has the effect of consolidating and guaranteeing it , everything is bad that may weaken or compromise it ’ . |
| 19 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 20 | Hindus revere nature but never feel any need to marshal or mould it into a design of their own : a banyan tree will almost be encouraged to spread its drooping creepers into the middle of any village market , or to block any backwoods track . |
| 21 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 22 | Whatever the form of the advice , the Inspectorate make it clear that the teachers are free to accept or reject it . |
| 23 | Endorsement is the process by which all users likely to be affected by an SSR are informed of its existence and permitted to accept or reject it according to their usage of it . |
| 24 | Traditionally , the law has said that allowing someone who is terminally ill to die is lawful , but bringing about his or her death is unlawful , even if he or she consents or requests it . |
| 25 | I feel that South Africa has cleaned its house out but that the rest of the world will not recognise or accept it . " |
| 26 | Personal honour will affect us in so far as we can believe in the man or woman who defends or loses it . |
| 27 | These Savage Orcs were happy to continue in their old ways , using metal weapons and armour on occasions when they could steal or trade it , but on the whole sticking to their ancient traditions . |
| 28 | So , while a statute is needed to authorize the expenditure required to fund the CICS , a statute was not needed to establish or administer it . |
| 29 | You must not subsequently display or offer it for sale as your own work ! |
| 30 | If this has no effect , try expressing some milk before the morning feed ; refrigerate or freeze it for use later . |