Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] death " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where only death or personal injury are concerned , the need for counter-indemnities in the context of insurance is not as great . |
| 2 | Accidental overdose , leading to unconsciousness or even death |
| 3 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 4 | Although they are no less lethal than firearms in their potential to cause injury or even death , their considerable social utility ( indeed , the dependence of much social interaction on them ) indicates the need for a different approach . |
| 5 | Teenagers are fiercely independent , but the risks of being led astray are much greater — drug addiction , unsafe sex or even death from dare-devil exploits . |
| 6 | Misunderstanding and confusion are rife sometimes causing unnecessary damage or expense , personal injury or even death . |
| 7 | Retribution can take a variety of forms : members of the same species may become generally scarce ; the hunter may have bad luck in future hunting , and/or he or a member of his family or social group may be afflicted with injury , illness , madness or even death . |
| 8 | If they did n't make the offering — if they plundered the god 's territory without his permission — he 'd punish their families with sickness or even death . |
| 9 | The Fish Leech , Pisciola geometra , can cause serious damage , or even death in large numbers . |
| 10 | They are also regarded as being capable of causing illness or even death to get their way . |
| 11 | The ‘ retirement impact hypothesis ’ ( McMahon and Ford 1955 ) — the suggestion that retirement leads to ill health or even death having been out of favour during the inter-war depression ( Emerson 1959 ) was resurrected during the post-war period . |
| 12 | They can be adapted while young to either fresh or marine water but a slow transition is necessary to avoid shock or even death . |
| 13 | If there are too many Orcs and Goblins jostling around him , all excitedly generating raw unconscious power , then the shaman can suffer dizzying sickness , horrendous injuries or even death . |
| 14 | Forestry workers say that they fear injury , or even death , from metal splinters . |
| 15 | Ridicule , imprisonment or even death may be used against those who will not fight the socially defined enemy . |
| 16 | I hated myself for wounding him , and for perhaps driving him to a life of wickedness , or even death . |
| 17 | It may be caused by an accidental or inadvertent release from an industrial plant , and the effects may range from annoyance ( e.g. odour ) through minor illness or discomfort ( nose , eye and breathing irritation , coughing , nausea ) to , in some cases , serious illness or even death as happened at Seveso , Bhopal and Chernobyl ( table 7.3 ) . |
| 18 | When money ran short , whether through neglect , illness or even death of the breadwinner , women would resort first to kin and to neighbours . |
| 19 | Those whose actions are most likely directly to involve human suffering or even death may hesitate to use their whole industrial and political muscle for fear of the adverse reaction of public opinion and decision-makers should their action be the cause of some tragedy , such as death . |
| 20 | Such an event might be theft , fire , illness or even death ; within the next year , the next many years or even within a lifetime . |
| 21 | Scuba diving is a very complex sport and you are required to learn many aspects of the sport all of which are vital for example , pressure equalization , maintenance of equipment , assembling the equipment , nitrogen narcosis , decompression sickness and use of dive tables misunderstandig or neglecting any of these can result in very serious injuries or paralysis or even death you also learn practical skills like mask clearing to a timed diver low compass navigation must also be mastered and a theory and practical tests are undertaken to show you are competent at scuba diving . |
| 22 | Few people believe that insubordination is an important offence for street-sweepers and should be punished by incarceration or even death . |
| 23 | The VT is commonly non-sustained but sometimes persists long enough to provoke syncope , or even death if ventricular fibrillation supervenes . |
| 24 | Operational matters are for the Governor , but I think it is important to bear in mind that although we know that violence was used in the early stages we have no evidence that anyone now still in the prison is in danger and you 've got to ask yourself in those circumstances whether you should risk injury or even death in storming the prison when as far as we know nobody remaining inside is now in danger . |
| 25 | ‘ God permits no power on earth — neither terrorism , nor any form of evil , nor even death itself — to have the last word . ’ |
| 26 | He said I am sure I am sure that neither death nor life nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord . |
| 27 | SSPE is a chronic , progressive form of encephalitis which can cause behavioural changes , dementia , ( myoclonic ) jerks and eventually death . |
| 28 | ‘ If it moves I face paralysis and perhaps death , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Amini had concluded that the Shah 's choice was to divide his lands or face revolution — and perhaps death . |
| 30 | We all like to pretend that unpleasant things , and especially death , do not really happen — except to others ( and preferably those we dislike ) . |