Example sentences of "[verb] or [vb base] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deny or threaten it , and you deny and threaten someone 's existence . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | Should she pick up the baby whenever it cries or leave it until it settles of its own accord ? |
| 4 | Whether we covet , confine or curse it , the mink is only minding its own business . |
| 5 | If this has no effect , try expressing some milk before the morning feed ; refrigerate or freeze it for use later . |
| 6 | The word history is a good example : feminists often respeak or write it as herstory . |
| 7 | I can either speak what I have written or save it on disk . |
| 8 | Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 below , the Funding Council shall have the power — ( a ) to acquire , hold and dispose of land and other property ; ( b ) to enter into contracts , including contracts for the employment of staff for the purposes of the discharge of their functions ; ( c ) to invest any sums not immediately required by the Funding Council for the purpose of their carrying on any of the activities which they have power to carry on ; and ( d ) to accept gifts of money , land or other property and apply it to , or hold or administer it in trust for , the purpose of the discharge of any of their functions . |
| 9 | Most of us who are brought up in the Western Christian tradition take the divinity of Jesus for granted or regard it as a philosophical problem . |
| 10 | For that reason we should take extra care that we do not take it for granted or abuse it . ’ |
| 11 | If you are interested in enrolling in Business Direct , or wish any of your staff to enrol , please complete the attached application form and post it to the address shown or take it to your local Midland branch . |
| 12 | The other alternatives were to shoot the plane down before it landed or blow it up on the ground at Teheran airport when all the Imam 's followers had come forward to welcome him . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not that I either like or dislike it , ’ said Stella , ‘ I just do n't see what good it does . ’ |
| 14 | The UCTA covers not only clauses which exclude such liability in whole , but also those which exclude or restrict it partially ( eg a limitation as to the monetary amount to be paid by way of compensation for such a liability when incurred ) . |
| 15 | The literature on the distribution of earnings is massive and no attempt will be made here either to summarise or evaluate it . |
| 16 | Bomb-grade plutonium and uranium have been kept securely enough to persuade most potential proliferators that , if they want a bomb , they will have to make their own nuclear material , not just steal or buy it . |
| 17 | Whether natural or learned , we would concur with the importance Eraut attaches to understanding the process of change and the factors that facilitate or constrain it . |
| 18 | They say the English never are really roused till they are beaten — I do love that — though I am never quite sure whether I love or hate it . ’ |
| 19 | You either love or hate it ! |
| 20 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 21 | Soak or boil it before use to remove any staining from the water . |
| 22 | Or write or write it on the table and the table |
| 23 | The proximate cause of ageing may well be various kinds of damage ; however , these comparisons show that organisms vary in the extent to which they avoid or combat it . |
| 24 | If you would like more information about how CREDO Mid-Pay can release you from payroll drudgery , simply fill in the attached coupon and take or send it to your local Midland branch manager . |
| 25 | ‘ All of us should be able to withstand investigation and accept advice and correction if we need or deserve it ’ . |
| 26 | I suggest that doctors should end the battle of faith and stand together to assure continued supply of animal insulin for those who need or want it . |
| 27 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 28 | I have to say that if this room was filled by the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland and they were pushing me very hard about divorce , I would have to say very clearly that their fear that civil divorce will make marital breakdown worse , or enhance or facilitate it — my answer would be : No , it will make very little difference . |