Example sentences of "[to-vb] or be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctrine , which may be concerned with national liberation , the emancipation of a class , the emancipation of women or some other general aim which is felt to be important by large numbers of people , has also to include or be founded upon a social theory which can elucidate the principal issues , clarify the objectives and ways of attaining them , and outline alternative forms of society . |
| 2 | To claim that 1 know that my postal code is NW3 2RT is evidently to claim or be committed to more than that 1 believe it . |
| 3 | It is to claim or be committed to the fact external to me that my code is NW3 2RT . |
| 4 | The report and accounts are sent to all shareholders and loan stock holders of the Company , but only the holders of ordinary shares in the Company are entitled to attend or be represented at the above meeting . |
| 5 | In such circumstances , one or more persons may be appointed to sue or be sued in a representative capacity as having a common interest with all other persons ( Ord 5 , r 5(1) ) . |
| 6 | Certainly no American text of the sort I am discussing was ever written for black people — no more than Uncle Tom 's Cabin was written for Uncle Tom to read or be persuaded by . |
| 7 | Without the crosspiece the considerable force of a horse charge would mean that the weapon might be impossible to reclaim or be pulled from the rider 's control after striking . |
| 8 | The traditional role of women in some cultures makes it difficult for them to approach or be approached by the school . |
| 9 | To join or be sent to a concentration camp . |
| 10 | One advantage is the ability to model a range of alternatives by allowing particular criteria to enter or be omitted from the polygon overlay operation . |