Example sentences of "[adj] or did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The problem exists in the way people used or did not obey the contracts between us , ’ argued Mr Thomson . |
| 2 | In the WFS , however , those women were considered " fecund " who were either pregnant or did not report fecundity impairment . |
| 3 | They were too embarrassed or did n't want to make a mountain out of a molehill . |
| 4 | Would my honourable friend be able to explain why it was that in the run up to negotiations with respect to the question of increase in the number of seats er , the German government made it quite clear that they were not interested or did n't want to have the additional number of seats and then subsequently , for reasons that have never been fully explained , we then found that er they had an additional eighteen . |
| 5 | My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way |
| 6 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
| 7 | Inanna had inherited from her mother a particular form of behaviour to use when she was anxious or did n't want to do something . |
| 8 | In general the causes could be : — the teacher was inadequately aware of the point — he concentrated on some other equally important point — the documentation was either misleading or did not adequately stress the point — the program presentation did not adequately support it . |
| 9 | While in the case of the press alternatives were difficult to find , in that of radio other stations existed that could be listened to if the national station was found to be boring or did not cater for listeners ' tastes . |