Example sentences of "or [verb] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland was not even in the same shape or place as it had been , and virtually the only thing that now united the Poles of the different partition experiences , religious beliefs and political outlooks was a new found sense of Polish national feeling . |
| 2 | Areas are subtracted or added as they leave or come into view . |
| 3 | In dealing with the breach , or threatened breach of the peace , it is the duty of the police to investigate and to take such steps to stop or prevent as they think necessary . |
| 4 | Normally , the operators closest to the plant will have the most detailed information and this gets condensed or reduced as one moves up the hierarchy . |
| 5 | The code of practice of the Association of Funeral Directors describes every step of their procedures for dealing with a dead body but constantly emphasizes the need to behave with respect , the need to act ‘ as if the next-of-kin were standing at their elbow , or act as they would if the deceased were a member of their own family ’ . |
| 6 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 7 | They are yours to enjoy for the rest of your life , to give away , rent to friends , or to sell as you choose . |
| 8 | In different parts of the world the transition from childhood to the adult state may be protracted — as in our country and others of advanced Western culture ; passed through by means of relatively brief " rites of passage " formally enjoined by custom ; or virtually non-existent in those cultures where the boy becomes a man without ceremony or fuss as he becomes able to satisfy and support a wife . |
| 9 | Negative statements such as ‘ I do n't know how you can work with them ’ or ‘ they do n't belong here — this is a college ’ , which were once like a red rag to a bull to me , no longer insult or injure as they did . |
| 10 | Children , woken by their mothers , cried or wailed as they were hurried from their small huts into the main lodge , to hide . |
| 11 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 12 | Illustrated in a multitude of colourful paint schemes are the Super Sabre , Voodoo , Delta Dagger ( or Duce as it was known to its crews ) , Starfighter , Thunderchief and Delta Dart . |
| 13 | Another route to a part-time job might be by looking at the cards in newsagents ' windows , or asking as your local Job Centre or office of Professional and Executive Recruitment , addresses of which will be in your local Yellow Pages . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's his choice to come or go as he pleases , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Events seen on the television the might before , or read about in the day 's newspaper , or relayed as they happen to police stations throughout the province over the MSX machine , naturally facilitate talk on sensitive topics or cam be used as contextually related props to achieve the same end . |
| 16 | A soviet ( or governing council ) representing each of the twelve nahijes ( districts ) within the pashalik was established , but its powers were vaguely defined and it became an instrument which Karadjordje could use or ignore as he felt fit . |
| 17 | I take my hon. Friend 's question as an expression of support for our policy of increasing the amount of profit that is left with companies for them to retain or distribute as they think proper . |
| 18 | It would also begin to ensure individuals a regular , if initially small income that is independent of both work and welfare , which they can spend or save as they please . |
| 19 | The sheet of paper is not stretched over a rubber roller or platen as it would be with an impact printer but a sheet of metal . |
| 20 | Instead , wear several light layers of clothing that can easily be added or removed as you walk . |
| 21 | Then she withdrew her will from Fenna , leaving the dragon free to go or come as he would . |
| 22 | The Prodigy , or Prodge as his mates call him , discovers reggae and the Arthur Brown 1968 novelty hit of the same title . |
| 23 | I also had high hopes of the Electricity Board , particularly as I had taken to cutting ‘ Miss ’ off my meter reading cards with scissors and it was one of those cards you are n't allowed to cut or mutilate as it upsets the computer . |
| 24 | Ms Jackson is not advocating allowing your child to play in a busy road , or watching as it tips a bottle of bleach down its throat . |
| 25 | ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’ |
| 26 | He sells or retains as he thinks fit . |
| 27 | Younger Palestinians — Palestinians who were born in Lebanon , for example — can remember how their parents angrily threw the keys away in the early 1950s , how the documents that were guarded with such care in the initial days of exile were mislaid or destroyed as their true meaning became clear ; because they proved ownership of a world that had disappeared . |
| 28 | From haute cuisine right through to superb vegetarian menus , dining at the Sauerhof can be as waist-expanding or waistreducing as you require . |
| 29 | A gold ring , now in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford , shows a priestess dancing and another woman apparently worshipping or dreaming as she reclines in a trance against some boulders . |
| 30 | If a statement of affairs has been lodged , the official receiver must also send a summary of it together with his observations on it unless he has previously reported to them and nothing material can be added , but if the lodging of a statement of affairs has been dispensed with , the official receiver must give creditors a summary of the bankrupt 's affairs ( amplified , modified or explained as he thinks fit ) ( rr 6.75 and 6.76 ) . |