Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] or [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The records must contain day-to-day entries of all money received or expended and of the matters to which that related and a record of the company 's assets and liabilities . |
| 2 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 3 | This resolves any remaining doubt about whether the court has power to award interest on an interlocutory judgment whether on default or acknowledgement of service , notice of intention to defend or pleading or on an admission of liability . |
| 4 | Thus in Re S and B ( Minors ) ( Evidence ) [ 1991 ] FCR 175 a psychiatric social worker was allowed to express an opinion on another witness 's mental condition and propensity to fantasise or invent but not on her credibility . |
| 5 | You have not crash dieted or fasted and therefore your weight is very unlikely to pile back on as soon as your goals have all been attained . |
| 6 | Hence , the price of the option does not depend on the probabilities of the share price rising or falling or by how much it is likely to rise or fall . |
| 7 | The simplest way would be to introduce the style and then see whether or not output increased or decreased or , even , stayed where it was . |
| 8 | ‘ And the school term ends in another week , which means the children either mooching around the house all day under-occupied or vanished and one 's wondering where the hell they are . ’ |
| 9 | Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling . |
| 10 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 11 | The first sign of tetanus in a newborn baby is the inability to suck or swallow and muscular spasms of the lips and mouth . |
| 12 | It makes it an offence to promote or conduct or assist in the conduct of a mock auction . |
| 13 | The taxing officer hears the parties and decides any issues in dispute , either allowing the item in the bill to stand or disallowing or reducing it . |
| 14 | There had been a week when she 'd paced the studio humming or sat and gawped at the tapestry she 'd created . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's this laddie in my year , he canna read or write and the teachers pick on him , except Mr X , he 's good and disnae make a fool o ’ him and helps him wi' forms and things . |
| 16 | Likewise the ability to listen or to communicate or show enthusiasm and self-confidence know no organisational boundaries . |
| 17 | Paragraph one point four , legislation , figures prominent in here and Mr , legislation of course is currently a changing scheme in our service and perhaps the most important new act for several years is the New Road and Street Works Act , which is scheduled to be in action on the first of January next year and this will have two main effects for us , firstly the Local Highway Authority that is ourselves in Suffolk will be in a far stronger position to manage or influence or control the work of public utilities in public highways . |
| 18 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 19 | Within minutes one was torn from reading a book to being gagged and trussed up in a sack , carried down stairs by running men , waiting for the bag to slip or rip and one 's head or neck to smash against the hard stone steps . |
| 20 | Then the fit passed or paused and a voice said tightly but proudly , ‘ Hugh Sixsmith ? ’ |
| 21 | Upstairs her mother slept or woke or dreamed , Alida did not know . |