Example sentences of "or [vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , although in wartime married women were positively encouraged and in some cases required to re-enter or remain in the labour market , working in those very occupations from which they had previously been ‘ barred ’ , such women were often categorised as temporary workers , or were employed part-time . |
| 2 | The consequence could be a reluctance to enter or remain in hospital care or pressure to prematurely dispose of a home . |
| 3 | Like other companies we would not be allowed to buy or lease in our own right and so we would have to take on non-producing quota holders to encourage farmers who regularly lease quota themselves to join our supply pool , ’ said Mr Ross , whose aim is to secure some 15 per cent of Scottish milk production . |
| 4 | Although few of us would expect an Eskimo to react or think in the same way as we do , we are nevertheless continually guilty of the same foolish assumption in regard to nationalities closer to home . |
| 5 | Moreover , they have no hesitation in stressing the point that builders do not operate or think in terms familiar to planners ; instead they look to ‘ market signals ’ . |
| 6 | You 'll also find bars , restaurants and cafés nearby , many of which are open 24 hours , so you can eat out or stay in the Inn itself . |
| 7 | Where these exist , the setting up of a manufacturing subsidiary may be the only way to enter or stay in the market . |
| 8 | There can be no doubt that the liabilities which the drafter might seek to exclude or restrict in standard terms of trading will be " business liabilities " and any exclusions in such standard terms are therefore potentially subject to the Act . |
| 9 | The curists still come , it seems , to drink , gargle or bathe in the baths at the top of the town , but since the end of the last war the cure has been democratized ; in an age of health insurance many can afford it who before could not , and contemporary spa-goers both demand less and live less expensively than their more frivolous predecessors . |
| 10 | Many mothers have difficulty in interpreting the demands of their baby and tend to feed rather than play or comfort in other ways . |
| 11 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 12 | When the communicative support system with which they have grown up fails to function in the usual way , the effect , arguably , will be to make the children regress or behave in some other aberrant manner — for instance , to stop asking questions or to agree with whatever the adult suggests . |
| 13 | A description of personality traits is beyond the scope of this book , but they may be categorised in a simple manner under three headings , thus : * role traits : which are those parts of the personality which determine how an individual will react or behave in particular situations , and will react to the expectations of others in that situation . |
| 14 | I have already identified more than one type of contradiction ; those that can exist between one 's fantasies and what one would actually do or enjoy in real life , and those that can exist between one 's understanding of the oppressive nature of some discourse or practice and one 's continuing investment of desire and finding of pleasure in it . |
| 15 | The surface above will rise or fall in response to the changes in volume brought about by these alterations in mineral density . |
| 16 | Slopes may lead but they do not break off or fall in the standard language . |
| 17 | The Conference decided " that the leaders of the next Labour Government and the Parliamentary Labour Party be instructed by the National Conference that , on assuming office , either with or without power , definite Socialist legislation must be immediately promulgated , and the Party shall stand or fall in the House of Commons on the principles in which it has faith " . |
| 18 | This hypothesis , although difficult to prove or demonstrate in the context of theoretical commentary , is dramatized in Thru , published some ten years earlier in 1975 . |
| 19 | There should a widely-drawn ‘ basic ’ summary offence of unauthorised entry into a computer system , an aggravated offence of unauthorised entry with intent to commit or assist in serious crime , and a further serious offence of altering computer-held data or programs . |
| 20 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 21 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 22 | ( pp167-8 ) ( g ) Criminal use of ineffective exemption clauses Under the Consumer Transactions ( Restrictions on Statements ) Order 1976 ( SI 1976 No 1813 ) , it is a criminal offence for anyone , in the course of a business , to display or publish or include in a written document , an exemption clause which is void by virtue of s6 of UCTA 1977 . |
| 23 | Glass , however , may crystallize out or devitrify in the solid state if it 's left long enough , with myriads of tiny crystals forming and making it opaque . |
| 24 | This makes the sensation much worse and , believing the aircraft is still stalled in spite of their recovery action , they are liable to panic and become unable to think or act in time to avoid diving into the ground . |
| 25 | This does not mean that adultery is the one legal basis for divorce among Christians , because Jesus never encouraged his followers to think or act in legalistic terms . |
| 26 | A random element is incorporated into stochastic models to summarize or act in place of a number of small , independent processes . |
| 27 | A guide for those wanting to rent or buy in another area |
| 28 | He walked to his car and did not look back or glance in her direction as he drove quickly out of the drive . |
| 29 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a local authority consider it expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of their area — ( a ) they may prosecute or defend or appear in any legal proceedings and , in the case of civil proceedings , may institute them in their own name … |
| 30 | Desiderius refused to obey or accommodate in any way . |