Example sentences of "[verb] or [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did it support the ‘ geographic fiction ’ that evidence to be produced in the United States was not ‘ abroad ’ even though it was in fact located in a foreign country or must be gathered or otherwise prepared abroad . |
| 2 | This trend was then halted or even reversed thereafter as large companies especially in manufacturing transferred their excess labour into smaller subcontractors or satellite companies . |
| 3 | One ‘ grey ’ area is where to put active over 60 's — in future if the class is fully mobile , even though at a more sedate pace , the class should be included as Recreational specifying ‘ active retired ’ etc. but if the range of movement is limited or mainly seated then the class should be on the Specialised List . |
| 4 | Problems are individualized or even suppressed rather than openly explored with all the possible difficulties that this entails . |
| 5 | The second is to ensure that as many products as possible can be re-used or easily repaired instead of being thrown away after just ‘ one trip ’ . |
| 6 | Tree branches , whole trunks , were blasted into the air , then fell to the ground , only to be interred or repeatedly thrown upward by further explosions ; likewise mangled machinery and dismembered human bodies and those of horses . |
| 7 | PRUDENTIAL has launched a new range of flexible pensions products which can be converted to a free-standing additional voluntary contribution and vice versa , and allow contribution levels to be reduced or even suspended altogether for up to five years . |
| 8 | ’ His ‘ instant portrait ’ — on the accuracy of which he prided himself enormously — was that the client was most likely a starter , could very well be a married man , children off his hands , time on his hands , going back to his own public school days ( the velvet collar on the overcoat was a giveaway ) and the boys will be boys bit or just realized very late that what he really fancied was a bit of the other and had to wallet to get it . |
| 9 | Why should not ‘ middle-class values ’ — loosely articulated as industry , honesty , thrift , ambition , prudence , civility — be encouraged or even imposed more widely ? |
| 10 | The aim has been to ensure as far as possible employment opportunities are not lost or unduly constrained simply because there is a shortage of suitable sites . |
| 11 | If enriched or positively modified then the final phase of ‘ fusion ’ ensues . |