Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your chair needs to support your spine , cushion your bottom and be at a convenient height for writing — but it does not need to be upholstered or to swivel or to have a head/footrest or whatever . |
| 2 | This meeting is called by a manager to inform his subordinates or to instruct or to control them . |
| 3 | Likewise the ability to listen or to communicate or show enthusiasm and self-confidence know no organisational boundaries . |
| 4 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 5 | Generally a restriction on the right to reject will be coupled with an express undertaking to make an allowance against the goods , or to repair or replace them . |
| 6 | It was not possible to raise the necessary capital , or to sell or grant a long lease to developers , where the only marketable title was the life estate of the head of the family . |
| 7 | It is also a criminal offence to falsify , destroy or otherwise dispose of , or to cause or permit the falsification , concealment , destruction or disposal of documents which you know or suspect are or would be relevant to the investigation . |
| 8 | if the purpose is to induce , or the person is reckless as to whether it may induce , another person to enter or offer to enter into or refrain from entering or from offering to enter into an investment agreement or to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights conferred by an investment . |
| 9 | It is an offence under Section 47(2) to do any act or engage in any course of conduct which creates a false or misleading impression as to the market price or value of any investments if the purpose is to create that impression and thereby induce another person to acquire , dispose of , subscribe for or underwrite those investments or to refrain from doing so or to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights conferred by those investments . |
| 10 | Section 11(1) of the Act requires advance written notice to be given to the police of any public procession ‘ intended ’ to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of a person or body , which is being held to publicise a cause or to mark or commemorate an event ‘ unless it is not reasonably practicable to give any advance notice of the procession . ’ |
| 11 | It is for this reason that provisions in Conventions dealing with commercial contracts are almost entirely dispositive in nature , the parties being left free to exclude the relevant Convention entirely or to vary or derogate from its effects . |
| 12 | The S1 and S2 buttons on the GK-2 controller can be used to reassign the footswitches to hold , pitch up or pitch down an octave , control signal modulation or to start or stop the in-built sequencer ( of which more later ) . |
| 13 | Secondly if the first question is answered affirmatively , it is necessary to consider whether there are any considerations which ought to negative , or to reduce or limit the scope of duty or the class of person to whom it is owed or the damages to which a breach of it may give rise . |
| 14 | The effect is consequently a reversion to the pre-Anns position of developing new categories of duty incrementally by analogy with established categories rather than by a wide prima facie duty constrained only by undefined ‘ considerations which ought to negate , or to reduce or limit the scope of the duty or the class of persons to whom it is owed ’ . |
| 15 | The emir was not permitted to legislate , to appropriate land for public or commercial purposes , to exercise any control over aliens in his territory , or to appoint or depose his subordinate chiefs . |
| 16 | This is the power to stop things happening or to delay or disrupt them . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't realise that animals were not supposed to have personalities , or to think or to feel emotions or pain , ’ she recalls — which is just as well , since she went ahead and recorded what she observed , instead of what she was supposed to observe . |
| 18 | Governments might also wish to protect domestic industries to maintain industrial activity within the country , or to maintain or develop the country 's involvement in certain key industries , such as electronics , defence equipment and so on . |
| 19 | Furthermore , landlords and managing agents were said to use a range of ‘ sharp practices ’ to circumvent the law or to stop or reduce the likelihood of tenants taking legal action . |
| 20 | Those preferring to have them collected , or to take or send them individually , were mostly older people , and people in lower socio-economic groups , and people who — when they were talking about being so short of money that they would have to arrange a loan — thought in terms of a relatively small amount of money . |
| 21 | If in the opinion of the court a summons for recovery of land can not be served in accordance with Ord 7 , rr 4 – 10 , an order may be made on request in N 220 for service on the husband or wife of the defendant , a person living with but not married to the defendant , or upon anyone who is or appears to be authorised by the defendant to reside or carry on business in the premises , to manage them or to safeguard or deal with the premises or contents thereof ( Ord 7 , r 15(1) — ( 3 ) ) . |
| 22 | For example , Snider examined the enforcement of the Canadian Combine Investigation Act , 1889 , which makes it ‘ illegal to conspire or arrange with another person to limit unduly the facilities to manufacture any article , or to prevent or lessen unduly competition in the manufacture or production of any article and to thereby increase the price ’ ( 1978 : 147 ) . |
| 23 | If France wanted good relations with Russia his full title ( which he carefully recited ) must be used in all future letters , for it was the duty of friends " rather to augment reciprocally their titles and qualities than to diminish or curtail them " . |
| 24 | Indeed , some of the film sequences we saw seemed to have no purpose or justification other than to reinforce or sell the idea that it can be highly pleasurable to inflict injury , pain or humiliation ( often in a sexual context ) on others . |
| 25 | He was seldom in the house except to eat or sleep and when he was all he ever did was yell , ‘ Get the tea . |
| 26 | In many societies , the clothing , ornaments and tools belonging to an individual may be considered so integral to him or her that to touch or do harm to these inanimate objects is considered indistinguishable from taking the same action against the person . |
| 27 | Although sometimes Mrs Parvis talked about Dot , she rarely spoke to her , except to scold or reprimand , whereas Mrs Hollidaye went on talking cheerfully to Loopy Lil and to Dot even though neither replied . |
| 28 | It must be emphasised that to prevent or to stop a spin the wings must be unstalled by means of a forward movement . |
| 29 | Exercise for yourself rather than to impress or conform with anyone else . |
| 30 | Rather , he is expressing his own agreement or disagreement in attitude , and to agree or disagree in attitude is not to agree or disagree about an attitude . |