Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because here energy levels are often depleted — either she does n't eat properly or she diets in order to keep slim . ’ |
| 2 | The government on Aug. 28 published a list of some 160 companies which would remain wholly or partly in state ownership . |
| 3 | But perhaps Evan still thinks too much , or perhaps he does n't think enough or , then again , perhaps he does n't really think at all … |
| 4 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 5 | He further pondered two opposing maxims , Benjamin Franklin 's ‘ We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately ’ , and Karl Liebknecht 's ‘ The basic law of capitalism is you or I , not both you and I ’ . |
| 6 | Then either let your hair dry naturally or use a diffuser . |
| 7 | Either let your hair dry naturally or give it a quick blast with a diffuser/dryer . |
| 8 | Do n't over-dry your hair — whenever possible , let it dry naturally or use a diffuser . |
| 9 | If anybody if anything survives because it can chew better or gallop better or bring forth it 's young alive or has a better circulation , it 's not the species . |
| 10 | The idea of ‘ subjective meaning ’ is a loose one , covering all ways in which someone may act deliberately or expressively and excluding only reflex actions . |
| 11 | And you can do sometimes because some of the sub-contractors you 'll come on , they 'll come on and they 'll act more or less like your own labour on some sites . |
| 12 | The point has already been made that industry here can include nationally or internationally orientated services like DHSS Longbenton . |
| 13 | There were good reasons why the nucleated village should survive more or less intact . |
| 14 | It is quite reasonable to make this identification : in practice , a process which can either behave correctly or diverge will probably do the former while it is being tested , but will do the latter when it is being used in earnest . |
| 15 | Should she pack now or after she 'd faced Nicolo ? |
| 16 | ‘ You can unpack now or we can show you round the premises first . |
| 17 | Consequently , there has been a shift in concern away from whether we will survive financially or socially to how much we can reduce financial and other kinds of uncertainty . |
| 18 | It would either fall apart or it would collapse to form a black hole . |
| 19 | ( Note : You might wish to use scrap paper for this ‘ processing ’ exercise , so that you can later throw away or burn the negative thoughts and beliefs . ) |
| 20 | The crisis itself is not predictable but that one will arise sooner or later is a good reason for introducing a " crisis-sharing " scheme . |
| 21 | So these are , these are summaries of example units that we might do which either exist already or might be made to exist quite |
| 22 | In Okapi one can browse backwards or forwards at either brief- or full-record level . |
| 23 | Any females which are not ripe will either stay away or beat a hasty retreat . |
| 24 | The investigation he 'd instigated would , by its nature and scope , prove far more efficient than anything either of them could do alone or in tandem . |
| 25 | If our inclinations are to intervene , should we do so or resist them as sentimental ? |
| 26 | In so far as the house does represent a large capital asset , and it undoubtedly does , I am quite clear that in the long term , house prices are likely , generally to rise with inflation , indeed I would think must do so or perhaps to rise rather more quickly than inflation if there is a rising population and as there has been for very , very ma many years have passed , that , in the passed a decreasing occupancy rate . |
| 27 | An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used . |
| 28 | Nor did they speak nicely or carry handbags from Étienne Aigner in which reposed American Express Gold Cards . |
| 29 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
| 30 | Common sense told me the news would break sooner or later , even if it was n't until my funeral , so on first being diagnosed , I had rung Clifford , with a statement to give to the press , should it become necessary , to the effect that my job was to make people forget their problems and not to talk about mine . |