Example sentences of "or [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since my own cancer , I have met or heard many cancer sufferers who appear to see ‘ God ’ as a help in their affliction . |
| 2 | And no one had seen or heard any struggle , although Joanna went missing shortly before 7pm last Tuesday , when she was due to take an aerobics class — and when the car park would have been busy . |
| 3 | E here have you seen or heard any advertising for British special stamp issues ? |
| 4 | No it is n't no no It 's not special but it 's just Where have you see or heard any advertising for British special stamp issues ? |
| 5 | To be more explicit , it is simplest to take the particular formulation of the independent conditional just suggested , and anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , in place of If R and C , even given any X consistent with R and C and W , then still W. That is , let us have this : Given the world as it is , or given any changes in it logically consistent with R and & and W , then if R and & then W. From these two things it follows-as from if A , then if B then C , and A , it follows that if B then C — that if R and C , then W. From this in turn , together with C , there follows the dependent conditional if R then W. To repeat , let us have the statement ( Y ) describing the actual events and conditions accompanying r and & in the world as it is , and the disjunctive statement ( K ) to the effect that the world is in one way or another otherwise , logically consistent with R and C , and W. Then our premisses and conclusion are as follows . |
| 6 | Through the centuries politicians , protestors and agitators of every sort found them invaluable for smiting the public eye ; and , in their most debased form , they were used by such printers as James Catnach ( 1792–1841 ) of the Seven Dials , London , to convey to sensation seekers scaffold speeches by murderers and other criminals , often before the rogues had uttered a word or given any sign that they intended to . |
| 7 | No person or group has claimed responsibility or given any reason for the attacks . |
| 8 | Indeed , the editors of this book argue that men in retirement are often viewed as potential social problems while women 's experiences are either ignored or given less significance . |
| 9 | She did n't face Christina when she said through clenched teeth , ‘ I 've never expected or received any help from you anyway , Christina . ’ |
| 10 | If it is lost or broken this week the Tories will lose by 100 seats . |
| 11 | The full debate over the relationship of the economy to public spending is complex , and the issues are not easily understood or proven either way . |
| 12 | A relatively small number of people , about 180 to 200 , are admitted or discharged each year , compared with the 200,000 or so people admitted to ordinary Health Service psychiatric units . |
| 13 | It would have been a problem for me if the bloody sergeant had come along and seen me drinking beer or seen that bottle beside me . |
| 14 | Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed . |
| 15 | Few men can have done more to relieve human suffering , or shown less interest in profiting from the process . |
| 16 | 10.7.7 Each Party , in exercising its rights under Clauses 10.7.2 to 10.7.6 shall be entitled to employ an agent or contractor , provided that 10.7.7.1 it shall not supply computer programs in source code form to such an agent or contractor without the prior written consent of the Party or Parties who have generated or supplied such programs or parts thereof , and |
| 17 | A customer walking into a Barclays branch can leave within a few minutes having bought or sold such shares as he wants . |
| 18 | Sometimes diplomats stretched or abused this right to support dissident religious minorities , to the annoyance of the governments with which they had to deal . |
| 19 | Though there are a few anomalous features in this framing ( and the sceptic is well aware how often unscrupulous dealers have altered or exchanged such items for the sake of a sale ) it is nevertheless easier to believe that it is original than to contrive any coherent explanation . |
| 20 | It is regrettable that the court in this case did not display any principled commitment to the idea of freedom of movement or evinced any anxiety that such an ancient liberty was being seriously eroded . |
| 21 | As much because of what is left unsaid as because of what is directly described , The Albatross is one of those exceptions which suggest that the junior adventure story has always suffered under unnecessary limitations : the names that stand out in the genre are those who in various ways have ignored or overridden these limitations . |
| 22 | Approximately one car owner in ten will have their car broken into or stolen this year — that makes it a major problem . |
| 23 | Thus if the goods are damaged or stolen this loss falls on the seller if it occurs before property has passed ; otherwise it falls on the buyer . |
| 24 | RASA : Drink eaten by a rare Talahari tribe that no one has ever seen or found any evidence to prove that they exist . |
| 25 | or plugged each other with their fingers , |
| 26 | When Marsh was dumped it did not concern him that as Australian captain anything he said or did might be misconstrued or magnified many times over . |
| 27 | that 's right , I mean she 's , she 's took some money , or taken some money if , I mean she 'll be home twelve o'clock if it do n't suit her like |
| 28 | Well I mean that is i i something that well to the best off my knowledge , the government has not announced or taken any sort of decision on . |
| 29 | The Labour party rightly emphasises the importance of training , but it has not made any financial commitment to it or identified any sort of financial commitment to the training programme . |
| 30 | This , allied to the economic climate which has either led or forced many employees to retire early , means that more people than ever before can look forward to many years of active and purposeful life ahead , following their disengagement from full-time work . |