Example sentences of "[be] [adv] ignore or " in BNC.
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| 1 | In default of numerical techniques to quantify these principles they are easily ignored or undervalued . ' ’ |
| 2 | A frequent complaint of black students is that their reports of racial abuse and violence are habitually ignored or their racial elements denied by white teachers . |
| 3 | This slant on the topic has been deliberate , in order to draw out connections that are often ignored or , if they are recognised , swept aside as too uncomfortable to contemplate . |
| 4 | Adequate personal financial resources are an essential component of community care and an essential prerequisite , too , of dignity and self-worth , but , surprisingly , the financial needs of people with mental disorder are often ignored or , at the other end of the scale , such people are at times even treated rather like children — they are provided with pocket money for ‘ treats ’ but all other financial decisions are taken out of their hands . |
| 5 | And if the latter is the case , is it not at least something of an over-simplification to say that Britain is a democracy , as if the problematic relationship of British realities to the basic democratic principle or ideal can be simply ignored or brushed aside ? |
| 6 | Walker ( 1981 ) , for example , has shown how psychology regards the male as ‘ norm ’ ; any results which show that women behave differently tend to be either ignored or dismissed as an anomaly . |
| 7 | Those that advocated social or political change in a reasoned and intelligent manner seemed to be either ignored or ended up defeated and disillusioned by the whole sorry mess . |
| 8 | Though the refusal of one of the parties to a dispute to make an oath was admissible as evidence in British courts , these other ways of trying cases were generally ignored or disapproved of by the colonial authorities . |
| 9 | The fact that their discoveries were either ignored or did not bring their just rewards was partially responsible for inducing a conspiracy mentality . |
| 10 | In voting overwhelmingly on Nov. 14 for the debate , the Supreme Soviet had come out in open revolt against its legislation being either ignored or countermanded because of administrative chaos and the so-called " war of laws " with the republics . |
| 11 | Indeed , the editors of this book argue that men in retirement are often viewed as potential social problems while women 's experiences are either ignored or given less significance . |
| 12 | Before this , however , potential rivals had been either ignored or treated ruthlessly by the BUF . |
| 13 | Even the work published in English by people like Norman , Halliday , Moore or Steven is often ignored or treated as misguided . |
| 14 | Woman is either ignored or presented as innately less aggressive than man . |
| 15 | Increasingly , research evidence shows that , in mixed-sex schools , girls are consistently subjected to harassment , sometimes sexual , by boys , and that this harassment is either ignored or treated as harmless . |
| 16 | The existence of permanent minorities , whose aspirations , wishes and even principles are systematically ignored or overridden in the collective decision-making processes , can easily make a majoritarian democracy unworkable . |
| 17 | In the post-war period , both Weber and Schumpeter 's ideas considerably influenced pluralist theory , as we noted above ( pp. 51 — 3 ) , so much so that their fundamental acceptance of elite theory patterns of argument was often ignored or lost sight of . |
| 18 | This was either ignored or taken with good humour . |