Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 First , the determination of capacity to consent or to withhold consent is not made by the patient , but by those treating him .
3 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 .
4 This is a misconception because the next of kin has no legal right either to consent or to refuse consent .
5 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 . ’
6 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 ’ .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Then she withdrew her will from Fenna , leaving the dragon free to go or come as he would .
10 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 .
11 The slave was hovering behind Jehana , unsure whether to go or to stay .
12 Hours lost , days lost , weeks , months … it 's a pity that we did not have a day together to mull & muse … however , 't was lovely to see you , to see you , lovely .
13 It is a good idea to have a thorough scrub out , though , and if you can arrange to borrow or hire a power washer , the task will be easier .
14 Of course , a contract which lacks any agreement to transfer property ( ownership ) at all , will fall outside the definition , e.g. a contract where one person agrees simply to borrow or hire another person 's goods .
15 Whether there is a PSBR or a PSDR , it is clear that the method the government uses to borrow or pay back debt will affect how much the money supply changes .
16 ‘ If you want to borrow or lend money on a rolling settlement basis we can bundle it in with the service .
17 General browsing is associated with public library users " who look over books in order to decide which to borrow or read . "
18 Your own college library and local lending and reference libraries house a great deal of this ; you will be able to borrow or refer to the literature in these libraries .
19 Bit by bit , the treasurer 's range of choice has widened beyond the basic questions of whether or not to borrow or to raise equity capital .
20 Iago is ‘ hardened ’ , as Cruden put it , in his hypocrisy , so that his refusal to repent or explain shows great psychological insight on Shakespeare 's part .
21 The tribunal or court could well take the view that the business needs to reorganize or terminate practices or indeed to cut costs .
22 I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church .
23 Those who had come by carriage had dismissed their drivers with instructions not to return until early evening and now they were stranded , having to decide whether to wait or walk .
24 I like to cook recipes that foolproof , able to wait or take a moment to finish before serving .
25 She was nineteen and choked by the immensity of her reaction to this man , unable to breathe or stir , and panicked by the conviction that Luke was seeing into her secret self , invading , bent on vandalising and stealing .
26 The Monster writhes on the horns of a dilemma : to breathe or bellow .
27 The information contained in this brochure is correct at time of going to press , however , the Management reserves the right to cancel or alter the advertised programme in exceptional circumstances .
28 Parliament would also retain the ultimate right to cancel or vary a part or the whole of Community law as it applied to the United Kingdom .
29 If you have to cancel or change your plans , you may be charged a cancellation fee .
30 But , oddly enough , Harriet had never held it against Tom who , after all , could easily have elected to cancel or postpone their plans .
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