Example sentences of "that [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complementary studies will test two models of intergroup contact , by comparing interaction under conditions that highlight or de-emphasize group memberships and personal identities ( eg. , competition vs cooperation ; majority vs minority status ) . |
| 2 | For both Kung ( 1981 ) and Lyotard , art moves within the area between man 's capacity to conceive an idea and his ability to create an artefact that evokes or articulates it so that one of art 's more important roles is the symbolization of what does not yet exist . |
| 3 | Insect damage is usually fairly evident — the physical damage can be seen , the creatures themselves can be seen , and even those that hide or run away cause tell-tale signs that can be noticed and recognized . |
| 4 | Given the national publicity surrounding that school and the instability and chaos there , what procedure exists for schools that lose or have removed from them their grant-maintained status ? |
| 5 | A substantial essay by Thomas D. Cooke on the subject in relation to fabliau defines pornography in conventionally evaluative and political terms as a modern form of misogyny : it is a branch of art that represents or reflects aggressive male sexuality , concerned wholly with the physical aspects of sexual experience and reducing women to the status of objects of sexual actions . |
| 6 | Parental involvement in decision-making is often restricted to identifying those aspects of the child 's behaviour that fit or do not fit with the views of the professionals . |
| 7 | They can hinge on words that have more than one meaning or more than one usage , words that rhyme or sound similar , common thematic elements , or common symbolic associations . |
| 8 | Whatever it was that lured or drove them there , these creatures , over the millennia , lumbering after their food , became more and more efficient at moving and breathing out of water . |
| 9 | The rule that inducing or procuring another to break his contract could be actionable at the suit of the other contracting party who suffered damage thereby was only accepted in the face of strong dissent , but the good sense of it is clear . |
| 10 | They are also displaying a most unsnoblike taste for ‘ replica brands ’ — illegal copies of perfumes and bags that smell or look like originals , but cost a fraction of the price . |
| 11 | He appeared and re-appeared snapping everything that moved or did n't — such as the bowler whose fingers got stuck in the three finger holes when attempting to launch . |
| 12 | Slug in ash ( above and pond snail in walnut Ned says he ‘ loves the infinite variety of wood and feels that woodcarving or sculpture should compliment this … |
| 13 | In this way , researchers can never explain why it is that wants or preferences manifested by individuals in social and political action are originally formed . |
| 14 | The rules are read by the clerk of the course about 11.30am and admonish the riders to be gentlemanly , for ‘ any rider that holds or strikes another , will not win prize ’ , nor will he ‘ win prize ’ if he ‘ hinder or stop horse ’ . |
| 15 | My speech is therefore directed principally to what will no doubt be the two main areas of interest to the House : that is to say , the benefits uprating generally and the voluminous regulations that provide or pave the way for the introduction of disability living allowance and disability working allowance in April 1992 , to the advantage of tens of thousands of disabled people . |
| 16 | The frequency of fires in rooms like these is a related phenomenon ; those that smoke or empty grates are much more frequent in the writing of social commentators . |
| 17 | Big'uns are not affected by Goblins that break or flee past them , in the same way as other Orcs . |
| 18 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 19 | The various departments ’ relations with Parliament , with outside bodies and professions are all governed by the same consideration that the minister is in charge and that he can be attacked ( in or out of Parliament ) for anything that happens or fails to happen in his department . |
| 20 | It was , therefore , open to misrepresentation and special pleading , to accepting what it was told by the party that secured or took the initiative . |
| 21 | I understand that both county structure plans and the local plans for Slough borough council , the royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and South Bucks district all contain policies that restrict or presume against development in areas liable to flooding . |
| 22 | Beside TV , other media that came or went look mouselike . |
| 23 | We had customers that came or we delivered to , out of the area . |
| 24 | Mechanical defect : The defence of any mechanical defect that caused or contributed towards the offence is normally good . |
| 25 | Few exercise routines are designed for the 55-plus age range , so do n't do anything that hurts or is exhausting . |
| 26 | But these histories are more intelligible when seen as part of a whole and when it is understood that the forces that encouraged or hindered their growth were deeply rooted in the local society of which they form so characteristic a part . |
| 27 | The individual will also interpret his or her environment in terms that suit or enhance the self-image . |
| 28 | More than this , he even showed that horses use clairvoyance — the ability to see mentally something that exists or is happening out of sight — but to a much lesser degree . |
| 29 | erm aro , on the snakes and ladders principle they think of all the , the good things that happen or the bad |
| 30 | It is suggestive that axe or adze blades were the only artefacts common to ancient jade industries even including Mexico and New Zealand . |