Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] or [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would stretch round the equator 97 times or reach to the moon and back five times . |
| 2 | If you can accept this concept , you will then be able to understand in principle why some people are predisposed to some illnesses or tend to be sensitive to certain types of dietary changes , groups of food , or nutritional deficiencies . |
| 3 | Ryle points out that in being impressed by the certainty of the seen and the known , one is assuming that seeing and knowing are analogous with looking and thinking , so that it becomes a problem how they escape the fallibility of these operations ; he invites us to shift ‘ see ’ and ‘ know ’ to the category of achievement verbs such as ‘ find ’ and ‘ cure ’ , which are related to ‘ seek ‘ and ‘ treat ’ as ‘ see ’ and ‘ know ’ to ‘ look ’ and ‘ think ’ , but do not tempt us to suppose that there are infallible methods of discovering lost articles or restoring to health . |
| 4 | Consequently , you would use OPENUP for reading serial and random files , adding to the end of serial files or writing to random files . |
| 5 | The first describes the forms of English , spoken and written , at various levels from individual letters or sounds to connected discourse . |
| 6 | In particular Mr Taylor had bloodcurdling tales to relate about the spectres of Roman soldiers killed in violent battles or driven to suicide in the bleak grey Cotswold winters . |
| 7 | On death-beds it may be thought that a soon-to-be-deceased settlor is susceptible to giving either involuntary nods or nods to propositions imperfectly understood , or both . |
| 8 | Beresford identifies three models or approaches to hearing the voice of the consumer . |
| 9 | Certain types of agreement will seldom if ever qualify for exemption , for example those which restrict competition so as to affect inter-state trade and contain export bans , maintain retail prices or lead to absolute territorial protection of national markets . |
| 10 | The seizure of the strategic eastern town of Abéché on Nov. 30 effectively broke the resistance of Habré 's forces , who were reported to have fled in large numbers or defected to the MPS . |
| 11 | Such costs will either be absorbed on a pro rata basis into the cost of existing projects or charged to the overhead accounts . |
| 12 | The creation of a zonal level of administration directly under the Home Affairs Ministry was announced at the end of 1988 with the 18 existing districts or dzongkhags to be grouped under four zonal administrative headquarters . |
| 13 | A second keyword allows either ALL modules or ONLYAPPROVED to be transferred . |
| 14 | The service may be asked , for example , to provide the exact wording of a piece of legislation to support a tribunal hearing , to clarify confusing items or to point to where in the information system an item may be found . |
| 15 | Although the movements in all three are classically based , they would look out of place in older classical ballets or danced to other music . |
| 16 | We do n't have luxury yachts or go to expensive hotels all the time . ’ |
| 17 | Parents are generally supportive and regularly visit the school both as adult helpers or to talk to staff . |
| 18 | Thirdly , there is no necessary or even likely reason why subsidizing capital with below-cost land , premises or advice should create more jobs or lead to local regeneration . |
| 19 | Those planning to enter public relations in the future will not be able to offer superficial solutions or thinking to any client . |
| 20 | ( d ) The surveyor makes stage payments based on approximate quantities or related to the number of men employed , and accurately measures and values the work either on completion of relevant sections of the work or at regular monthly intervals . |
| 21 | Enemy resistance was unexpectedly light , with many thousands of Iraqi troops either fleeing their defensive positions or waiting to be overrun in order to surrender en masse . |
| 22 | All enclaves are of a sheltered-shore or intermediate form and the species is either absent from exposed headlands or confined to small areas of local shelter ( Kitching , 1977 ; Crothers , 1983b ) . |
| 23 | Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile ! |
| 24 | He was happy telling his own stories or listening to Orton 's . |
| 25 | These were fostered by other strictly orthodox families or sent to hostels in north London — the girls to Stamford Hill , the boys to Amhurst Park . |
| 26 | Without the prior written consent of KPMG Peat Marwick , which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed if such announcement or disclosure is required by law or by any supervisory or regulatory body with whose rules it is necessary for you to comply , you will not , and will direct your Representatives not to , make any announcements or disclose to any person either the fact that discussions or negotiations are taking place concerning a possible transaction in respect of the Company , or any of the terms , conditions or other facts with respect of the Company , or any of the terms , conditions or other facts with respect to any such possible transaction , including the status thereof . |
| 27 | Napoleon described it as ‘ the most complete harbour in the world ’ and you will agree when you go ashore and walk through those narrow streets or climb to a huge citadel above the bustling town . |
| 28 | Alternative plans , however , allow an episode to be expanded to four periods or reduced to only one period where time or access to equipment is limited . |
| 29 | It can also print on A3 size paper , which is several inches wider than previous technologies allow , so enabling two cheques or slips to be printed side by side . |
| 30 | It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done . |