Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In spite of being an experimental novelist himself , Charles Newman has recently levelled a fierce attack on postmodernism which he argues ‘ has come to rely upon its own linguistic awareness of itself rather than plot or character development , to provide its own momentum ’ ( Newman 1985 : 98 ) . |
| 32 | Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion . |
| 33 | First , the determination of capacity to consent or to withhold consent is not made by the patient , but by those treating him . |
| 34 | This is clear from the facts of In re D. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1976 ] Fam. 185 , where the child concerned had neither the intelligence nor understanding either to consent or refuse . |
| 35 | This is a misconception because the next of kin has no legal right either to consent or to refuse consent . |
| 36 | However , so far as the present case is concerned , this little girl … was only 6 and it would be idle for anyone to suggest that a girl of that age had sufficient understanding and knowledge to decide whether to consent or resist . ’ |
| 37 | Below that age , a child may have the competence to consent or withhold consent but it is a matter of judgement to be exercised in each case by the person responsible for carrying out the examination or assessment ( Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] AC 112 ) . |
| 38 | A striking example of their dissociation is provided by the following exchange : on the one hand , Runciman takes it for granted that methodological individualism is ‘ now generally conceded to be almost trivially true ’ , while on the other Torrance asserts that ‘ In so far as methodological individualism is true it is trivial and irrelevant to sociology , while in so far as it is used to curb or dictate explanatory methods it is either incoherent or false ’ . |
| 39 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 40 | Micromail or Workgroup software site license £1,500 |
| 41 | Some people are just much more sensitive and perceptive in transmitting or receiving data than others . |
| 42 | The mnemonics ensure that after a minimum of experience with the structure it is no longer necessary to refer to Figure 11.3 when transmitting or receiving . |
| 43 | She does design or something . |
| 44 | Of those 363 hotel pools , 31% were found to have inadequate or no rescue equipment and 21% lacked or had insufficient pool surround fitments . |
| 45 | Over the centuries the title of Count has passed from family to family as old dynasties withered away , intermarried or perished in battle . |
| 46 | Then she withdrew her will from Fenna , leaving the dragon free to go or come as he would . |
| 47 | Thus more is at issue than whether the Lithuanians , Latvians and Estonians should be allowed to go or be made to stay . |
| 48 | Accessibility is not so important with the small , closed conferences because the participants are usually either highly motivated in the first place ( because of specialist interest or commitment ) or their employers require them to go or at least agree that they should . |
| 49 | That made sense , I thought ; and I was n't sure which I would choose , to go or to stay , if Dee-Dee was right . |
| 50 | According to the Commission 's National Survey of Countryside Recreation 1990 four out of 10 people in England and Wales are worried about trespassing on private land , getting lost and not knowing where to go or how to behave when visiting the country . |
| 51 | Shall we say then that he has drifted spontaneously through the crisis without ever making a rational decision as to whether to go or not ? |
| 52 | The slave was hovering behind Jehana , unsure whether to go or to stay . |
| 53 | You 've no idea the miners and , and people that came out onto the road and had nowhere to go or stay and had nothing . |
| 54 | Whether they want to go or not , they take their turn and the employer had to pay a percentage into the pool what those men earned , so when those men had n't work at all they drew their money from the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 55 | He took her arm and led her indoors whether she wanted to go or not and Jenna said nothing more . |
| 56 | The hard hand captured her arm again and he turned her to the vehicle whether she wanted to go or not . |
| 57 | When your mother dies you do n't know where to go or what 's going to happen to you . |
| 58 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 59 | I 'm turned out of the house where I was born whether I want to go or no , the house and the business are handed over to … to that woman , and I have to share what is left in a joint legacy with Francis ! ’ |
| 60 | To go or not to go , that is the equation , hey ? ’ |