Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’ |
| 2 | The bubble of ever-increasing prize-money for pros must surely burst or at least deflate a little . |
| 3 | Similarly , any proposed redevelopment or new building must actively enhance or preserve the character or appearance of the conservation area . |
| 4 | Given the variety of choices start by asking the check question : What aid could further convince or hold my audience apart from my voice ? |
| 5 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 6 | So either investment will also fall or companies will have to raise lots of fresh cash . |
| 7 | Socio-economic and environmental conditions and levels of medical technology and practice can either mediate or reinforce the influence of nuptiality and reproductive patterns upon fetal , infant , early childhood and maternal health and mortality . |
| 8 | Dahrendorf , however , has argued that alienation is irrelevant to empirical social science , ‘ since no amount of empirical research can either confirm or refute it ’ . |
| 9 | This apart , a judge may always consider or vary any decision before " the Order has been perfected " , meaning before it has been sealed and sent out ; he may have to give further opportunity to be heard , if he is going to make a change , see Note to Ord 5 , r 5 . |
| 10 | It is not surprising that such symbolism should unconsciously echo or evoke those infantile structures of representation through which identities and differences are first negotiated and invested with a sense of mastery , or that these models should be reproduced in the way racism is itself conceptualized . |
| 11 | He said opponents hoped the council would either reverse or defer their decision to close Hustledown House . |
| 12 | What Mr Laycock is suggesting is that a proposal will significantly improve or |
| 13 | For minor pitch trim changes , the pilot or pilot/passenger together simply lean , either forward or back , in the seat , whereupon the Aeronca will dutifully climb or dive to order . |
| 14 | In each case mentioned , therefore , the employer 's commercial assessment and endeavours or the prevailing economic circumstances will significantly reduce or even remove any prospect the employee might have of being entitled to a compensation award . |
| 15 | What of scientists themselves — whose help can often make or break successful protests against serious abuses of science . |
| 16 | Horses ' emotions can rapidly escalate or change from one to another . |
| 17 | In their work the TECs may either influence or take over the careers service ( Farley 1990 ) . |
| 18 | Applicants for these studentships should generally hold or expect to obtain a First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree or its equivalent in Chemistry or a related subject . |
| 19 | If , without any transfer of angular momentum to the Earth-Moon system , the Moon were shifted into a circular orbit half the radius of its present orbit ( which is nearly circular ) , discuss whether its sidereal orbital period would initially increase or decrease . |
| 20 | The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium , losing its membrane . |
| 21 | A fish can also see or sense the presence of a line . |
| 22 | If you have been unable to detect the early symptoms and the disease has progressed ( very common with ponds where fish can easily hide or where water clarity is poor ) you will have to catch all the affected fish and treat them in a salt bath . |
| 23 | As the flow , or ( annual ) amount of the commodity increases , the supply price may either increase or diminish ; or it may even alternately increase and diminish . |
| 24 | Prints are then made from the subsequent negatives , and in the case of the B&W I may either tint or tone the final print . ’ |
| 25 | erm That 's to say , nothing in the programmes of any of the powers could possibly warrant or justify the measure that they were adopting . |
| 26 | A friend would never break or take another 's things . ’ |
| 27 | 2.4 " Common Parts " means any malls and other pedestrian ways concourses and circulation areas staircases escalators ramps and lifts service roads loading bays forecourts and other ways and areas in the Centre which are from time to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use by customers frequenting the Centre and by the Tenants and the occupiers of the Centre or persons expressly or by implication authorised by them Although it is highly unlikely that the landlord would so amend or alter the common parts to make it impossible for the tenant to carry on its business , the following additional wording may be considered : |
| 28 | The typical end-user of GIS output will probably care or know little about the cartographic and uncertainty characteristics of the map data being used , while the GIS itself has no procedures for handling the varying accuracy and reliability of the digital map data being processed . |
| 29 | Do n't be too influenced either by colour — you can often buy pvc liners in blue or ‘ stone ’ ( buff or beige ) , but you 're constructing a pond not a swimming pool , and mud and algae will soon hide or discolour the liner below water level , and every part that shows above can look glaringly conspicuous . |
| 30 | Friends and relatives can either visit or telephone ( if paying by credit card ) the store where your list is held to make their choice . |