Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is nothing to support or to disprove the identification . |
| 2 | There was no point in transforming Paris and making it easy of access for visitors if there was nothing to see or do when one got there , and so the Court was to be made open as well as brilliant . |
| 3 | We duly wrote to the CAA , asking them to confirm or deny this practice . |
| 4 | The Liberal 's local income tax proposals , in contrast , would cost virtually nothing to implement or collect . |
| 5 | No reason for either of them to write or telephone , not after what had been said . |
| 6 | When she arrived at Walsall , she informed Edward that Mrs Noble , after sending her earlier a ‘ vulgar and jeering ’ letter in which ‘ She does her best to make me doubt you ’ , had forbidden them to meet or correspond until Helen reached years of discretion — her twenty-first birthday on 11 July 1898 . |
| 7 | He does nothing to hide or excuse Jacob 's cruelty . |
| 8 | One fundamental difference between junior and adult fiction is that many ( in certain periods , most ) writers for children feel they must tell their readers what they want them to know or to feel . |
| 9 | Wait for someone to die or retire or something |
| 10 | These can be just as useful even if you do not have the benefit of an instant peer group with whom to celebrate or commiserate on your shared experience . |
| 11 | And the men of Angus , here in the centre , would be close enough to their fellows under Kineth to make it easy for them to falter or abscond . |
| 12 | General browsing is associated with public library users " who look over books in order to decide which to borrow or read . " |
| 13 | Many developing nations , with limited resources available with which to adjust or adapt to changes in climate , will have to rely on international assistance even more than they do at present . |
| 14 | But to do this there must be viable , efficient and economic alternatives , either pleasant and safe facilities in which to walk or cycle , or reliable modes of public transport . |
| 15 | That is surely no basis on which to retain or discard the national coach . |
| 16 | They 're , er , th they 've got three suggestions been made , which to consider or discuss further . |
| 17 | They had shortcomings but behind them were two seasons of unprecedented success , a sturdy platform on which to build or to consolidate . |
| 18 | Never having taken much interest in the garden at Four Winds , other than it being a place in which to read or play solitary games , she at first decided that it was probably best to let him have his way ; but his silences began to unnerve her , as much as his occasional seemingly innocent remarks about his previous employers . |
| 19 | The pendant or hanging variety give good overall light but tend to flatten shadows and do not provide enough light by which to read or work comfortably . |
| 20 | A lot of what has been said about make up has been very negative its to disguise or improve , its also an expression of er inner identity and its not something that 's new to the twentieth century , its something that we 've been doing you know since the beginning of time with war paint and what not . |
| 21 | This may simply mean a better understanding of historical sites , including those abroad in this age of mass foreign travel ; it may lead to active participation of an archaeological nature ; it may mean a better guide by which to judge or understand the paperback or so-called " historical novel " or the historical play on television . |
| 22 | So again can you see you have other people to consider if you 've partners , but that 's one of the difficulties of having a partner , but then again think , if you do n't have a partner , that 's worse cos you 've nobody to communicate with , nobody to shout at , nobody to organize or organize you , er nobody ready made to go out with , you 've got it all to do yourself because your number one requirement when you 're left on your own is to get the company and the activity , whereas if you , if you are er living with a person then at least a certain amount of that is ready to hand . |
| 23 | In contrast , Stephen Timewell , mayor of Taunton in 1682 – 3 , a man who prided himself as having " tamed these stubborn Fanatics " during his term in office , nevertheless found that he too had to " leave off my shop trade , for ever since I have done these things not one of a hundred comes near me to buy or sell and they make it their business to persuade people not to come near me " . |
| 24 | That is why I say that at impact , during a proper swing , the shaft of a club is doing nothing to help or hinder a shot — and we can have no control over it at this point . |
| 25 | For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " . |
| 26 | These passions are disinterested , in the sense that they excite me to help or harm you as in yourself attractive or repulsive to me , irrespective of further advantage to myself ; they treat you not as means but as end , if only as a negative end . |
| 27 | ‘ When and if the TCCB tell me to resign or change things , then I will resign or change things . |
| 28 | Whilst social provision allows retired people to exist , there is little scope for them to grow or make full use of their later years . |
| 29 | General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay for death or injury to other persons or damage to their property , as a result of any accident involving any motor cycle which your certificate of motor insurance permits you to drive or use . |
| 30 | We will insure you for all sums which you may have to pay for death of , or injury to , other people or damage to their property , as a result of any accident involving any vehicle which your certificate of motor insurance4 allows you to drive or use . |