Example sentences of "to read [conj] write [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may not be able to read or write but she can convert dollars , francs , rand , etc into escudos ! |
| 2 | Sunil has shown me places in the club where the members rarely go and where , therefore , it 's safe to read or write or sleep as long as you wear your uniform and can pretend to be doing something vaguely official if someone comes in . |
| 3 | He was unable to read or write and books in Serbian were almost unknown . |
| 4 | Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for . |
| 5 | The boy did not go to school ; there was n't a school on the island , but his mother taught him to read and write and encouraged him to draw and paint pictures , she also recited poetry to him and sang to him when he was little … . ’ |
| 6 | When she was older , he had paid for her to go to school , proud of her ability to read and write and work out figures . |
| 7 | She says that in the future , in addition to her current activities , she wants to learn to read and write and to plant flowers in the garden . |
| 8 | And many of us do n't know how to read and write and every government document costs money . |
| 9 | The 1844 Report hints however that there had been some decline in standards at the lower end of the School , and urged that " prior to admission the Boys should be able to read and write and have learned the first principles of English grammar . |
| 10 | The smaller room was where taught the younger children to read and write and count . |
| 11 | The alternatives are either up to 25% additional time ( because some people take longer to read and write because of the specific difficulty ) or the use of an emendatory writer or whatever the psychologist may recommend . |