Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases that depend on the result of this one will be left open , and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years ( p 103 ) . |
| 2 | Cases which depend on the result of Pepper v Hart will be left open and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years . |
| 3 | The referendum or plebiscite is a device viewed with suspicion in some quarters , largely because they have often been used to ratify or endorse decisions already taken or policies already embarked on , as was the case with Britain 's entry into the EEC , or because they have been staged , and the issue presented , in such a way as to produce the outcome wanted by the government which initiates them . |
| 4 | The push and pop instructions also increment or decrement the count field of the specified accumulator by one , and signal count over- and underflow . |
| 5 | The study involves a survey covering both employers and employees in a sample of some 200 firms occupying premises either leased or sold by the public sector . |
| 6 | Young children hear stories either told or read from a very early age and , as soon as they have the skill , they read them themselves . |
| 7 | What 's more if you move one of the objects all of the other objects are repositioned to keep things correctly aligned or distributed ! |
| 8 | Chris always ends his visits by asking children not to disturb or try and touch snakes they may find in the wild . |
| 9 | The House of Representatives adjourned to enable Congressmen either to watch or to march in the procession of delegates past the east front of the Capitol . |
| 10 | Did Kuwaitis actually fight or die in that war ? |
| 11 | Earlier , Mr Shaw had asked Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to order photographers not to pursue or harass Mrs Sutcliffe outside the court . |
| 12 | Although they all have powers either to initiate or recommend criminal prosecution , they are primarily designed to be regulatory bodies whose main weapon against corporate misbehaviour is administrative , i.e. ( occasional ) inspection coupled with ( polite ) correspondence . |