Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient .
2 I kept the rooms clean and made sure that no-one robbed or attacked the clients .
3 Most of them required or sought the help of the pope or his standing officers and courts .
4 After lunch , pensioners had the choice of venturing off on their own or visiting the Tales of Robin Hood Centre .
5 However , MacArthur doubted whether the Soviet Union would attack Japan — ‘ Even if the Soviet Government had aggressive intentions towards her it would be incapable of carrying them out , unless it could secure mastery of the air and either had a Far Eastern fleet of its own or possessed the means of neutralising any action by our own fleet . ’
6 Neither of them tired or suffered a wound .
7 If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please .
8 This is partially true , but the motivations for saying ‘ quack ’ , the kind of quack a duck makes , the social message that is being conveyed — fear , alarm , pain , surprise , contentment , ‘ Come here ’ , ‘ Go away ’ , ‘ Look what I 've found ’ — this all requires a mind behind the larynx to make it express or utter the intent and feeling within the duck 's mind , to give the quack the correct inflection and intonation .
9 To take part you can either go on your own or form a team of eight .
10 You must then know how to cope with the trouble and judge whether to act on your own or call the vet .
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