Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 2 | But if you want a specific remedial programme for one child , or want to find one pupil 's strengths and weaknesses , the analysis is the best way . |
| 3 | thought or expect to demonstrate one point |
| 4 | Applicants should hold , or expect to obtain this year , a degree of at least good second-class honours standard in an appropriate Arts or Social Sciences subject . |
| 5 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 6 | Often the file formats for hand scanners in particular depend on the program , and can be obscure — it 's not often , for instance , that you see a PCC or CUT file these days , yet some scanners still provide files in those formats . |
| 7 | He asked parliament whether he should proceed to assert his own authority over Scotland , or seek to persuade one side or the other there to acknowledge English superiority . |
| 8 | In British terms that means reflecting the multifarious ways in which speech and gesture reveal or seek to conceal social status and social pretension : and in a fast-shifting , highly unrigid world like the British , status is far more often a matter of pretension than of birth . |
| 9 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 10 | Wednesday have now gone seven League games without a win and must start taking chances or stop making basic mistakes at the back . |
| 11 | They will now consult their members to see whether they wish to accept the rise or consider taking industrial action . |
| 12 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 13 | Gabriel 's use of colour is sublime , often radiantly transparent , and occasionally accentuated by the addition of sand or tar to give full impact to the overall artistic image . |
| 14 | 1.6.1 not to incur any liability on behalf of or in any way pledge or purport to pledge 's credit or purport to make any contract binding upon ; |
| 15 | Estimate how many cups can be filled or try to pour equal quantities into a given number of cups . |
| 16 | They are invited to sense sounds played in another room , or try to match patterned cards drawn elsewhere . |
| 17 | But he asked nothing ; it was not his habit to woo men from their clan allegiance , or try to make dishonest use of a man he wished to employ honestly . |
| 18 | Similarly in a wedding speech statements about religion or politics might result in a quarrel or give offence by causing people with opposing views to disagree , insult each other , or try to convert each other . |
| 19 | They may grumble , work to rule , sabotage industrial machinery , take strike action or attempt to organize other members of their class in an effort to overthrow capitalism . |
| 20 | If a sector is not in balance ( i.e. Y=E ) it has either to accumulate assets ( the surplus sector ) or attempt to sell additional liabilities ( the deficit sector ) . |
| 21 | And I frankly can see no way of being able to answer that question or attempt to answer that question without going through this form of exercise . |
| 22 | Spain 's relatively weak environmental protection laws could mean that its government would be compelled to purchase the land in order to protect it , or risk facing legal action from frustrated developers . |
| 23 | 3. incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is , or a situation or result showing such incongruity . |
| 24 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 25 | So although the pluralist decision-making system is widely supported as a process in which diverse political interests can wield influence , the outcomes of the political bargaining process are frequently allocatively inefficient or fail to promote social justice . [ … ] |
| 26 | Not as rosy as you might think if you have to rely on just the state pension , or fail to review existing pension arrangements . |
| 27 | Now are any of the sectors people consider match that or fail to match that criterion ? |
| 28 | Only a Russian would find all that surprising , or fail to understand that freedom which is not misused is not freedom at all . |
| 29 | Despite the fact that they might not need it , most people like a little fat spread on bread or choose to have fried food occasionally . |
| 30 | PATCHWORK Marshall JMP-1 Get the cheque book out , dust off the credit card or prepare to attack that porcelain pig with a mallet ! |