Example sentences of "[to-vb] to or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were too nervous and frightened of life to react to or put into words the sounds they heard from the room where their father was sleeping with Rose . |
| 2 | Often on a business transfer , parties to contracts with the vendor will need to consent to or agree to the contract being assigned or novated to the purchaser . |
| 3 | She refused to put the lunch on any earlier in the day ; it would spoil the coffee mornings she liked to go to or have at her own home from eleven to one o'clock . |
| 4 | However , recent studies showed that malt lymphomas , whatever the organ involved , were susceptible to spread to or to recur in other mucosal sites.1 Although the exact frequency of extragastric localisation remains to be determined prospectively in a larger series , our observations suggest that this possibility has to be taken into account in the choice of the staging procedure and therapeutic strategy . |
| 5 | When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view . |
| 6 | Also , at the end of the day there may not be a great deal of difference between a system which requires all charges subject to exceptions to be registered as opposed to the present one which requires specified charges to be registered subject to the power of the Secretary of State to add to or delete from their number . |
| 7 | The list could go on , and it may indeed be appropriate to add to or subtract from it , but it is to be hoped that the general point is clear enough — that our first need is to have a very clear level of self-awareness about existing management structures and processes as a precondition for undertaking a review of these elements . |