Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] or [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Korean government rejected the proposal as containing nothing new , and was unwilling to agree to the participation of opposition parties or to allow the conference invitations to be delivered directly to Seoul . |
| 2 | Retailers will be able to choose whether to surcharge credit card customers or to offer a discount for cash , giving them greater price control . |
| 3 | As it is , they say , British broadcasters are far too small to compete effectively in export markets or to resist overseas predators . |
| 4 | If much land transport was undertaken by peasants as part of their multifarious labour services or to earn a little money on the side , much too , by land and sea , must have been undertaken by professionals . |
| 5 | In the May issue of Latch On her article on knots reminded me of another tip — when using a length of yarn for a contrast marker ( on tension swatches or to mark the position for the sleeves , for example ) , make a small slip knot in the end of the yarn and place this on the needle . |
| 6 | Commissions in an expanding army might be made available without purchase , either to support the interest of Administration politicians or to stimulate recruiting and sometimes both , but rarely could they serve an opposition politician directly , although the fact that military commissions were not immediately under the control of the Government manager for Scotland permitted some indirect approaches by opposition members and their friends . |
| 7 | However , one of the chief difficulties in creating an improvement of schools ' practice at grassroots level is that schools , when faced with the challenge presented by self-examination and with a relatively limited knowledge of available strategies and resources , tend to use the process to reinforce existing ( perhaps inadequate ) practices rather than to seek new , more fruitful relationships between curriculum areas or to develop more appropriate teaching methods . |
| 8 | Do n't expect me to cover the sun , to flatten mountains and sand dunes or to heal your leg . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the growth in the Euro-currency market has provided an enlarged source of borrowing for monetary authorities who wish either to support their exchange rates or to meet the needs of official financing . |
| 10 | It seems strange , moreover , that Professor Williams fails to mention male rape fantasies or to suggest that these might be considered in assessing whether the defendant was prepared to override the victim 's wishes . |
| 11 | The reason often lies in an over-eager management who are continually hounding the PRO for more column inches or to keep up with the supposed coverage of competitors . |
| 12 | Recipients are free to decide how to use the allowance , either as a contribution to general household expenses or to buy extra care . |
| 13 | This fear derives more from a recognition that they often lack the additional personal qualities which they see as necessary for certain types of work , which is why most policemen are reluctant to deal with rape victims or to undertake community and neighbourhood policing . |
| 14 | Many people attend churches in order to foster an image of respectability , to make business contacts or to make friends . |
| 15 | Several attempts either to increase the efficacy of plasminogen activators or to reduce their clearance have been undertaken . |
| 16 | They will want to use their qualifications to shape their future , relying on the currency of these awards to help them gain access to more education/training , to support job applications or to underpin planned personal development . |
| 17 | They can choose whether to enter data themselves or to use the data preparation service in the computer centre ; to enter data using real-time screen-based record editors or to use a monolithic batch mode multifile update system . |
| 18 | Because many of the currently available printers use sequences of control codes to change character fonts or to select graphics , provision must also be made to allow these to be sent without being trapped . |
| 19 | The quotations were accurate but one sensed within Aumann 's text an underlying idea : not just that Palestine was empty of people — which it assuredly was not — but that perhaps those people who did live there somehow did not deserve to do so ; that they were too slovenly to use modern irrigation methods or to plant trees or to build brick houses . |
| 20 | Such a device can be used to study the quality of electroplated metal films or to investigate corrosion as it happens . |
| 21 | In practice variations so caused are few : in every land the total number of list seats nearly always turns out to be either the same as the total number of constituency seats or to differ from it by only one or two . |
| 22 | For whatever reason , the French failed either to withdraw their forces from what were intended as border strongholds or to reinforce them sufficiently to be able to withstand attacks from Vietminh forces which could now be launched at divisional strength trained and commensurately equipped by the Chinese communist armies which had reached the frontier the year before . |
| 23 | Those less wealthy are forced to see their training as a means of gaining work abroad , so as to repay education loans or to pay for the schooling of a younger member of the family . |
| 24 | Young people , as a group , also use a wide range of credit sources , and are slightly more likely than other age groups to use bank credit cards or to get bank loans . |
| 25 | This course is intended for graduates in any of the Biological Sciences , Veterinary Medicine or Agriculture and is designed to provide the required knowledge to direct animal breeding programmes or to undertake research on problems related to animal breeding . |
| 26 | Education and housing departments , water and electricity boards have often failed to follow policy guidelines or to co-ordinate their work . |
| 27 | This level is probably sufficient to cause clinical disease in susceptible adult animals or to upset the normal functioning of the gastric mucosa in immune cows . |
| 28 | Consistently with the practice of all former Prime Ministers I have always refused to publish details of Cabinet Committees or to answer Questions in the House about them . |
| 29 | By way of exception , the Regulations do not give the Director General powers in relation to commercial radio and television advertisements or to cable advertisements . |
| 30 | Until a sane , liberal regime is restored within the party itself , it will not be fully re-equipped either to arrive at the right policy choices or to project itself as a responsive party to the electorate . |