Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preparation for this type of surgery may be shared with the stoma care nurse and/or the patient may sometimes be introduced to someone who already has a stoma . |
| 2 | 3.1 The goods and/or the work must conform in all respects with the drawings , specifications and other requirements or descriptions stated . |
| 3 | 3.2 All of the goods and/or the work must pass the acceptance tests of our inspector . |
| 4 | If an expert sues for his fees , the entitlement and/or the amount could be challenged in court only by reference to the contract made by the parties about the fees . |
| 5 | Though initial approaches from the link person and/or the DCSL may be to the head or the head 's senior nominee , it is to the library committee that the objectives and function of the project in the school are most often spelled out . |
| 6 | The effects were felt beyond Inverkeithing , for the manager of the Cunningham interest in the eastern burghs of the district , Captain James Cunningham , was clear that it was essential to have John Main and Colin Sharp back in their places before the election and Haldane 's friends removed , as ‘ it not only does harm in that one town , but in all the rest ; Haldane 's interest is cryed up , & the Haldanes can do every thing is the general talk … ’ |
| 7 | They may be largely unemployed , & the children would be more likely to cause ‘ mischief ’ running around with nothing to do . |
| 8 | Or the settlor could direct that in a certain event a new use should spring up in D's favour . |
| 9 | ‘ Stop … or the monarchy may not survive ’ |
| 10 | The words may be recited in more or less regular durational values on one note , or the notes may change now and again . |
| 11 | Feelings of worthlessness , hopelessness , grief , lack of purpose and depression may still have to be dealt with , or the individual may again resort to an alcoholic solution . |
| 12 | Either no words should have been changed and the original should have been presented as a quotation , or the original should have been rewritten as a paraphrase ( in both cases , acknowledging that the whole passage comes from the textbook , something the extract above from " Foregrounding in King Lear " does n't do ) . |
| 13 | Do n't admit to being a politician , or the proprietor will kick you out . |
| 14 | This could be by one side wearing party hats and the other not or the teams could be divided according to sex . |
| 15 | And if they can nae cope with it , they 'll come to , or the majority will come and say look I can nae do it . |
| 16 | Either the identifier or the title must be supplied in all future references to this Product . |
| 17 | Either the identifier or the title must be supplied in all future references to this Client . |
| 18 | Yeltsin aides said the referendum , on whether the president or the parliament should be supreme in Russia would probably take place on 25 April . |
| 19 | Do not let the bowl become too hot however , or the mixture will cook before it can thicken . |
| 20 | Do not allow it to become too hot or the mixture will cook and not expand properly . |
| 21 | Similarly , cutting pain pathways in the spinal cord or the brain could be utilised as the test procedure which would simply bypass other elaborate ways of defining pain . |
| 22 | The leg must be operated on and straightened , then put into splints or plaster , or the kid 'll remain in that crippled position for the rest of his life . |
| 23 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't let your heads bob up , ’ had warned the Warden , ‘ or the ducks will take fright ’ . |
| 25 | One of two things could happen : the ends could untwist to admit the intruder or the helix could bulge outwards . |
| 26 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |
| 27 | If the case is defended it is called in court on the calling day and you or your representative must appear or the case will be dismissed . |
| 28 | Either the more prudential economies like West Germany and Japan will have to de-regulate — at the cost of still higher real interest rates — or the liberals will have to re-regulate in order to avoid macro-economic retribution . |
| 29 | " Back at the stroke of seven or the Lambretta will turn into a pumpkin . " |
| 30 | Surrender now , or the hostages would be hanged . |