Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither , if you value your privacy and security , should you buy or rent a house on the end of a road where the public pavement runs alongside your house and garden . |
| 2 | Can you admire or respect a successful businessman at the age of fifty who has accumulated wealth , yet lost his health while doctors warn ‘ Lose at least 5 stones and stop drinking or you will be dead before your next birthday ’ ? |
| 3 | No longer will you raise or lower the nose " a bit " , or put on a " bit of bank " . |
| 4 | Can you find or suggest a quotation for those without one ? |
| 5 | Do they enhance or diminish a sense of self-esteem and a feeling of personal security or are they intimidating ? |
| 6 | The question is , do they enhance or impair the church 's evangelistic ministry ? |
| 7 | Will they improve or worsen the standard of care given to Londoners — and to a wider group of patients who use London 's specialist services and benefit from its research and teaching ? |
| 8 | Was it a greater crime to let her drown or to cross the great divide to the women 's section to rescue her ? |
| 9 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 10 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |