Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court could be asked to observe injuries or scars on the child 's body . |
| 2 | A task-based approach for those needing to write letters or telexes in English . |
| 3 | The objectives of the promoter may conflict with those of the retailer or distributor ; consequently some sales employees are not permitted to accept incentives or participate in trade contests because their management wish to maintain strict control over their selling activities . |
| 4 | The bank has abandoned all plans to finance roads or logging in Cameroon 's forests , in keeping with its ‘ stringent policy to protect the rights of indigenous people . ’ |
| 5 | In common with other scholars we have considered , Durkheim was essentially an armchair theorist who seldom stirred outside his study , or beyond his own milieu , except to give lectures or to participate in learned debates . |
| 6 | The manager 's inability to delegate responsibilities or to communicate to those lower down . |
| 7 | In addition to this lump sum the annual half a million pound allowance will be paid to the Duchess by the Queen partly to ensure that she is never tempted to publish memoirs or talk about her failed marriage . |
| 8 | Whether the clays remain as discrete particles or cluster together to form flocs or aggregates with diameters much larger than the individual component particles is often a function of these waters . |
| 9 | They had to wear masks or veils on such occasions to prevent their recognizing each other . |
| 10 | Is there any evidence that the ability to respond intelligently to the fiction of Henry James , for example , makes the reader less likely to embezzle funds or indulge in marital cruelty ? |
| 11 | I 'm very careful never to admire things or enthuse about things . |
| 12 | Strain the custard to remove lumps or whiz in a blender for 60 seconds . |
| 13 | Solicitors ( subject to very limited exceptions ) alone have the right to brief counsel , who will be called in as the occasion demands to give specialist advice , to draft documents or to act as advocate in the higher courts . |
| 14 | However , without a warrant , or unless other arrestable offences are involved ( e.g. fire arms ) , they have no right to search premises or remain on private premises without invitation once the breach of the peace has been dealt with . |
| 15 | First he attacked the tents of that Moorish Queen the Negress , who lay nearest to the city ; and this onset was so sudden , that they killed full a hundred and fifty Moors before they had time to take arms or go to horse . |
| 16 | The clubs use the cash either to improve facilities or go on tour . |
| 17 | There 's no need to clench nails or screws between your teeth with GINI 's Magic-Holder . |
| 18 | The children should be allowed to make things or play with the wood as they wish , but other materials may extend the possibility for experiment . |
| 19 | They had n't they had no er inherent right to make resolutions or ask for increase in wages that was all done at conference by their their representatives . |
| 20 | He was a strange , rather lonely man with a lonely job that was highly pressured and did n't leave him any time to make friends or indulge in theatre gossip . |