Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] or [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FROM 1984–90 guesses that cash flow could be higher if assets changed hands or if a firm 's financial structure was changed were made in $1.7 trillion-worth of cases in America . |
| 2 | But it is impossible to say whether this was because the partner 's monitoring of management boosted efficiency or because the Morgan association generally indicated a monopoly . |
| 3 | weak muscles around the bladder outlet ( especially in women who have had children or after the menopause ) causing stress incontinence ; |
| 4 | There may also be other costs if , for example , the qualification message adds to rather than reduces uncertainty or if the market misinterprets the message . |
| 5 | The kind of information relevant to users depends on the nature of their assignment or course , whether there is time and opportunity to use resources or whether the database is seen as the information source . |
| 6 | These will only be changed if the chemical composition is such as to ease crystallization or if the chains have been oriented by some means so that considerable anisotropy is present . |
| 7 | By ‘ empathy ’ one knows , for instance , that a man swinging an axe is cutting wood or that a man is aiming a rifle . |
| 8 | If a confirmed booking is cancelled within 3 weeks of the course starting date or if the nominee fails to attend the course , the total fee becomes forfeit . |
| 9 | If a class teacher is unduly censorious about reading difficulties or if a parent who , in school , listens to children reading but shows impatience , all that is required of management is the gentle touch . |
| 10 | Abuse and neglect are also commonly seen in children of mothers with learning disabilities and are particularly common if the fathers also suffer from learning disabilities or if the children themselves are of normal IQ . |
| 11 | They may reach different conclusions , but they do not pre-empt the discussion by claiming either that one side is talking nonsense or that the other side is talking from a position of impossible disadvantage through lack of faith . |
| 12 | The situation that produced it was comparable to that which was to lead to a similar agreement between the returning Dutch and those who had proclaimed the Republic of Indonesia : in both cases neither side was prepared , there and then , for all-out war when the last British forces left Indonesia or when the Chinese armies in Tonkin were finally persuaded to leave . |
| 13 | Otherwise the clock would stop if the set were tuned to a transmitter not transmitting CT or if the set were switched off . |