Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their doubts arose from the inability to predict or control how the courts would use the power . |
| 2 | The first sign of tetanus in a newborn baby is the inability to suck or swallow and muscular spasms of the lips and mouth . |
| 3 | Members have the opportunity to paint or sketch from still-life arrangements or a model or to choose their own subject matter . |
| 4 | Robyn has only the dimmest memories of the country of her birth , and has never had the opportunity to refresh or renew them , Professor Penrose 's characteristic response to any suggestion that the family should revisit Australia being a shudder . |
| 5 | However , vehicle owners will be given the opportunity to move or remove any such item beforehand . |
| 6 | Should the teacher have the opportunity to choose or decline the offer of help from a parent ? |
| 7 | A number of departments have their own specialist libraries and archives and all postgraduate students , whether novices or more advanced , are given the opportunity to learn or improve their computing skills . |
| 8 | The followers are there for a day out in the countryside , the opportunity to ride or to walk freely over private property with the consent of the landowner . |
| 9 | The balance between self and majority interests sometimes conflict and a balance must be maintained even if this means sacrificing the opportunity to attract or retain some families . |
| 10 | When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? " |
| 11 | Mr Smith said : ‘ People should enjoy , as a right of citizenship and not as a privilege of wealth , the opportunity of a good education , the chance to find a decent job with decent pay , the opportunity to buy or rent a decent home . |
| 12 | Some tried specific local remedies ; the Earl of Chichester reformed Falmer in the 1820s , denying relief to all but the infirm and forcing the labourers to work or leave . |
| 13 | Moore and Robert Smyth , aged 17 , of Hartwell Place , Belfast , were also charged with receiving the clubs knowing or believing them to have been stolen . |
| 14 | The objective is to cultivate the willingness to accept or ignore personal risk ( Page , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | On 12 August 1746 the Disarming Act became law , making it illegal for anyone in the Highlands to own or carry specified types of weapon , including broadswords , or to wear Highland costume . |
| 16 | The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action . |
| 17 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 18 | Naturally the nature of the work on show means that many of the artists have or had unusual , not to say colourful , backgrounds . |
| 19 | Does the powerlessness of the programmer to control or predict the course of evolution in the computer seem paradoxical ? |
| 20 | In view of the importance of the stipulation to pay 75 per cent of the price , and the failure of the defenders to pay or to respond to demands for payment , the pursuers were entitled to infer that the defenders did not intend to fulfil their obligations and pursuers were entitled to rescind . |
| 21 | Although it appears that the Italian student who was the victim in the case permitted or allowed the taxi driver to take £6 from his wallet , Viscount Dilhorne ( with whose speech the other members of the House agreed ) was in no doubt that there had been an appropriation . |
| 22 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ thinkers , on the other hand , tend to perceive child care matters in personal rather than political terms and are more inclined to the views expressed or implied in the following comments by respondents from this group : ‘ you could never have done anything with this poor mother ’ , and : |
| 23 | As to the second point , there are numerous cases in which attempts have been made to induce the courts to review or ignore decisions of the visitor acting within his jurisdiction , all of which have been unsuccessful . |
| 24 | But , as men used to fighting for power , both were well placed to explain how the computer does or does not redistribute that power . |
| 25 | Would the Germans withdraw or stand and fight ? |
| 26 | The observer was asked to move through the wood of his choice at a fixed speed , dividing the time spent into units of 10 minutes each and recording for each 10-minute period all the birds seen or heard , normally within a band of 50 yards ( 46 metres ) from the observer . |
| 27 | The amount of RNA synthesized was unrelated to motor activity or any measure of stress that we could identify ( for instance how much the birds peeped or twittered ) , but it was strongly correlated with their preference score ; that is , the more the chicks had learned about the flashing light and preferred it to any alternative , the more RNA was synthesized in their forebrain roof . |
| 28 | While this is a considerable improvement on the former method , it does nothing to reduce the paper-work involved or to shorten the time before a buyer is entered on the company 's register and receives his share certificate — which will take weeks and sometimes months . |
| 29 | ( See " Liability to trespassers " , p. 119. ( iv ) Section 3(1) provides that where an occupier is bound by contract to permit strangers to the contract to enter or use the premises , the duty of care owed to the stranger as a visitor can not be restricted or excluded by the contract . |
| 30 | For example , the cost of buying a component externally may be less than the cost of making the component however , the potential supplier may have a history of poor industrial relations which may jeopardize supplies periodically ; this factor may be significant in the decision to make or buy . |