Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amphoteric detergents : ionise in solution with the active ion being either cationic or anionic according to the pH of the solution . |
| 2 | Here it was always twilight , the corridors lit or unlit according to whether or not the local gang bosses had made deals with those Above who controlled the basic facilities like lighting , sanitation and water . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the realisation of this knowledge has been difficult or impractical owing to several well known factors including ‘ closed ’ systems , immature software standards , and high development or re-development costs . |
| 4 | Normally amongst these is included any matter where the complainant has or had a right of appeal or right to go to the courts but has not used it . |
| 5 | You either turn left to go to one side of Petswood or right to go to the other side of Petswood . |
| 6 | The fact that activities can be shifted from the public to the private sector ( and vice-versa ) suggests that the classification of functions or institutions as public or private according to their intrinsic nature is not the way to decide the scope of public law . |
| 7 | He was n't expected by her or Victorine to reply to them , Léonie saw . |
| 8 | These reports sent them bustling off to organize air tickets to the head of the Gulf , designating it Persian or Arabian according to the nationality of the airline or the destination selected , to check out the situation and track down flesh with which to clothe the bare bones . |
| 9 | The term does not cover only threats of violence but anything detrimental or unpleasant according to Lord Wright in the civil case of Thorne v MTA [ 1937 ] AC 797 . |
| 10 | * a significant proportion of the market may comprise consumers who require non-standard products simply because they are not able or willing to conform to standardised purchasing patterns . |
| 11 | For even the least reflexive or philosophical seem to be aware of the potential for reversal inherent in this system of power , where the sacred and the profane have the possibility of turning upon each other at every conjunction . |
| 12 | These are especially important where there is ‘ the potential for discord when anything beyond the conventional or ordinary begins to surface . |
| 13 | You do not know that you are not a brain , suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory , and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician/scientist ( benevolent or malevolent according to taste ) . |
| 14 | This , when there is a baby in the pram and a two- or three-year-old to attend to , is no mean feat . |
| 15 | Whiskers sometimes grow by accident from the surface of metals and if the metal happens to be part of an electrical device then there is likely to be a short circuit which will be annoying , expensive or dangerous according to the circumstances ( Plate 9 ) . |
| 16 | Repelled yet attracted by the ferocious masks , she finally tried on one or two , but there was no mirror where she could see herself , although she felt peculiarly feline or vulpine according to the mask she wore . |
| 17 | The disc comes with a demo of the course builder you get with the registered version which allows you to place trees , houses and bunkers anywhere to make the course difficult or easy according to abilities . |
| 18 | This is one advantage of having an external control unit — the temperature rise is not only easy to do , but can be made slow or swift according to species . |
| 19 | The compresses can be used hot or cold according to the condition being treated . |
| 20 | Static or slow-moving harmonies can be very beautiful as a background for freely ranging melodies , and can be warm or cold according to the harmony and tone-colour used . |
| 21 | Calls a function testbit written in assembly-language and delivering TRUE or FALSE according to whether a bit is set or not . |
| 22 | Nor was it always practical or effective to talk to children individually . |
| 23 | The world is changing fast before our eyes , while the Bush Administration stands transfixed , unable or unwilling to respond to Gorbachev 's reforms . |
| 24 | The gravity of the offence was sufficient to justify a sentence of imprisonment in the case of an adult , and the appellant had a history of failure to respond to non-custodial penalties and was unable or unwilling to respond to them . |
| 25 | Speaking in April 1987 , Yakovlev attacked ‘ dogmatic thinking ’ and located its social origins in that section of the society that had ‘ no interest in development , who are personally satisfied with the customary and convenient status quo , who are unable or unwilling to respond to the challenges of the times and to new phenomena in life ’ . |
| 26 | And so often things do n't work out quite like this — either the offspring move abroad or , worse still , fall out with their parents who are then left with a house too large for them , but are either unable or unwilling to move to something more suitable . |
| 27 | Instabilities , both in lasers and passive resonators ( E , 0 , lossy cavity ) , are termed single mode or multimode according to whether the resulting frequency spectrum for E ( 0 , t ) is or is not narrow compared to the free spectral range . |
| 28 | She had that feeling of insult often felt at a party when the person one is talking to focuses his gaze on people round about all the time , searching for someone more interesting , powerful or sexy to talk to . |
| 29 | And he ended with a homily , trite or profound according to taste . |
| 30 | They were content to stay in the back-streets of our towns making their own coffins and providing a much needed service to a community which was either unqualified , unwilling or unable to extend to such outrageous luxuries . |