Example sentences of "[adj] or [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vocabulary we have painstakingly acquired is steadily being eroded or expanded or taking on new and important meanings . |
| 2 | The results show that when body temperature is low or falling then not only is fatigue higher but also sleep is easier to initiate . |
| 3 | In this kind of rift , however , the marginal uplift is either narrow or lacking altogether . |
| 4 | Becoming pregnant or going ahead with a pregnancy has to be a personal choice for each individual HIV positive woman . |
| 5 | These are often displayed when the horse is fresh or feeling rather well : shying and pulling . |
| 6 | With each coffee sourced from just one country , the Lyons World of Coffees range provides three unique and highly distinctive flavours to suit every mood and occasion — whether entertaining or indulging alone . |
| 7 | Reading stories on USL such as the one BusinessWeek just ran , they estimate USL has its mind more on going public or selling out than might be realised . |
| 8 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 9 | Years when you are at home and getting home responsibilities protection will not be counted , but years when you are unemployed or working part-time will , and will bring down the average , so you will end up with a lower pension . |
| 10 | Several more items come tumbling or fluttering out over me … |
| 11 | He had , in fact , had a very pleasant breakfast with his father , eating a third bowl of cornflakes and toast , without for one moment feeling uncomfortable or wondering why his father should be so gently considerate and butter his toast for him . |
| 12 | On Jan. 30 the USA announced that it was withdrawing in 1992 17,000 more troops than had been planned , and closing or cutting back 83 more bases . |
| 13 | After two months , Joy 's enjoyment of tricking the customers was decreasing , there was still no difference and the customers were just as rude or getting even worse , for more ‘ skinnys ’ were arriving and ordering more food . |
| 14 | Private space where people have some resources , is smart and well cared for , but the public spaces always seem to be mucky or breaking down . |
| 15 | In fact she is probably ill or dying already . ’ |
| 16 | If you ask old people whether they ever think of themselves as old , they tell you it is only when they are ill or feeling very unhappy . |
| 17 | A pupil who is making a constant effort to use vision as fully as possible in school tasks may sometimes find this effort to be somewhat of an overload when his or her general level of well-being is low , for instance , when suffering from a cold or feeling particularly tired . |
| 18 | One evening , he was probably either tired or feeling very daring for he decided to ride and entered the yard in style , unfortunately being spotted by the farmer who started to use his horsewhip on the small boy . |
| 19 | The two groups were age matched and all women were married or living as married . |
| 20 | If a couple is married or living together as man and wife , then they are married or living together as man and wife , then they are liable for their partner 's community charge if it is not paid . |
| 21 | If a couple is married or living together as man and wife , then they are married or living together as man and wife , then they are liable for their partner 's community charge if it is not paid . |
| 22 | If you are married or living together as a couple , you should only make one joint claim ( any other members of your household should make a separate claim ) . |
| 23 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 24 | Such situations have to be handled delicately , without putting down the more extrovert or putting too much pressure on the more introverted to make a contribution . |
| 25 | In each of these contexts — HMI reports , APU exercises or national reading surveys — to move from national assessment to a local authority assessment and then to a school 's performance ( summed up in the achievement of its individual pupils ) provided a method of finding out whether , in some of the measurable parts of schools ' work , matters were standing still or edging forward . |
| 26 | They also have not yet learned to use their eyes together ( called binocular vision ) , so they may be seeing double or seeing only through one eye . |
| 27 | Holders of non-British passports and those issued outside the UK should check with their own embassy with regard to any special permits or visas required for all countries they will be visiting or passing through . |
| 28 | But some experts believe the KGB 's true total workforce is nearer two million and includes any Russian visiting or working abroad such as journalists , airline personnel and trade representatives , since every Russian is expected to spy for his country and upon other Russians too . |
| 29 | ‘ That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to establish and to permit the Company 's subsidiaries to establish such employee share schemes as they consider appropriate for the participation therein of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are resident or working overseas , and from time to time to make to permit the making of such alterations thereto as they consider necessary or appropriate provided always that the terms of such schemes shall , as far as is appropriate having regard to local circumstances and local taxation consideration , be similar to those of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme and that the overall limits on the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company which may be subscribed for under all the Company 's employee share schemes shall not be increased thereby and that Ordinary Shares which may be subscribed for under such overseas schemes shall count towards such limits . ’ |
| 30 | It had nothing to do with teasing or playing hard to get . |