Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frederick insisted that Polish nobles must either live on their estates in Prussia or sell up their holdings , and to this end he allocated state funds to purchase any Polish lands that came available . |
| 2 | I either have to remove existing fee paying patients from the Health Service or sell up and go and do something else . |
| 3 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
| 4 | British Airways warned that it will have to either close or sell off its UK regional business if its cabin crews continue to strike over pay cuts . |
| 5 | The federal Treasurer Paul Keating suggested that the state should either offer up the SBSA for sale , or sell off some of its other assets to cover the losses , rather than raise taxes in order to keep control of the bank . |
| 6 | the laying , erection , alteration or repair in or near to any road of any sewer , or any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports or of the apparatus of any electric transport undertaking if , in any such case , compliance with this Regulation would hinder or be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion . |
| 7 | I was not angry or upset so much as concerned by the lads going so far in the wrong direction . |
| 8 | One of these is the pressure exerted by ice-crystal growth , the idea being that this is directional and that if the direction of growth is resisted by the wall of a void or crack then pressure will be exerted which may be sufficient to wedge the crack apart . |
| 9 | Now is not the time to rip down the wallpaper or tear down walls . ’ |
| 10 | ( 2 ) An advertisement in the London Gazette as to a firm whose principal place of business is in England or Wales … shall be notice as to persons who had no dealings with the firm before the date of the dissolution or change so advertised . |
| 11 | The reason , frequently given , and I shudder because I can remember advancing it myself on a history syllabus committee , is that since primary schooling is terminal for many children , they must cover the ground or remain forever ignorant . |
| 12 | Klima 's stories breathe a delicate patriotism — which is not absent , either , from Kundera 's accounts of a country which is harder to inhabit , or remain in , or return to . |
| 13 | At Greenham Common , for example , it was declared a criminal offence to ‘ enter , pass through or over or remain in or over ’ the area of the base . |
| 14 | The light source is then only required to flash on ( for a 1 ) or remain off ( for a 0 ) and does not need to follow every smooth change in the analogue pattern of the information . |
| 15 | If agreement can not be reached , the banks , which include National Westminster and Midland , have the power to close the project or bring in fresh management . |
| 16 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 17 | The Tomahawk can not change course , choose alternative targets , fight off opposition or bring back pictures of the damage done . |
| 18 | The species horse does n't chew or gallop or jump or bring forth its young alive . |
| 19 | The spiritual resources of patients can do a great deal to help in their recovery or bring about a peaceful death . |
| 20 | Unilateral action by the United Kingdom to stop defence sales would not stop the arms trade or bring about peace and security . |
| 21 | How far did war affect the economy or bring about social change ? |
| 22 | Perhaps because it is of the very essence of human beings that they transcend any situation into which they come or bring about . |
| 23 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 24 | From Iago , too , Othello has caught the habit of repeating a word , dwelling on it to debase it or bring out a sinister double meaning ( compare Iago on ‘ virtue ’ and ‘ blest ’ : I.iii.318ff. ; II.i.245ff . ) . |
| 25 | one or two pieces I had to deal with , or bring home with me . |
| 26 | This tool can be developed to help nurses scrutinise their work or evaluate quantitatively the effects of change within a ward on nurse activity . |
| 27 | Well , he likes , instead of sticking to Paul and the Ephesians all the time , to , you know , slip in a wee snippet of Shakespeare or Tennyson or mibbe even Wordsworth now and again , as a Text . |
| 28 | This involves getting the aircraft into an attitude with the tail-wheel or skid just off the ground . |
| 29 | Cookery book instructions to " de-seed " tomatoes or squeeze out the watery parts before cooking are unrealistic ; the water content of tomatoes is 94 per cent and the sole effective way to get rid of it is by evaporation . |
| 30 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |