Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the child is a drain on her health , and she can not cope with it , public opinion will totally condemn her if she neglects or injures her child . |
| 2 | Financial assistance out of public funds should be available for every individual ( not corporations ) who , without it , would suffer an undue financial burden in properly pursuing or defending his or her legal rights ; |
| 3 | Some countries have a bad reputation for crime and expatriates are naturally concerned about their chances of being mugged or having their home burgled . |
| 4 | If you have to cancel or change your plans , you may be charged a cancellation fee . |
| 5 | But , oddly enough , Harriet had never held it against Tom who , after all , could easily have elected to cancel or postpone their plans . |
| 6 | Fr Leonardo Boff , a renowned Brazilian liberation theologist condemned by the Vatican to a year 's silence in 1985 [ see p. 33823 ] , was banned by the Vatican with effect from Jan. 1 , 1990 , from preaching or pursuing his theological teaching at the university in Petrópolis , 50 km north-east of Rio de Janeiro . |
| 7 | She strongly approves of her brother 's attention to his second great house at Chawton , because he is ‘ proving & strengthening his attachment to the place by making it better ’ , even down to a ‘ solicitude ’ for the inadequate dimensions of a pantry door ; for an attention to domestic minutiae , if normally unstated , indicates a concern for other people , at least at one 's own level of society . |
| 8 | Once employment has terminated the employee may still damage his former employer 's business by : ( a ) competing with his former employer ; ( b ) canvassing or soliciting his former employer 's business connections ; ( c ) using or disclosing his former employer 's business secrets ; or ( d ) enticing his former colleagues away from his former employer to his new employer or business . |
| 9 | He 'd cry , get upset again , and the next morning either lose or forget his homework . |
| 10 | For one thing , we have to be smart at spotting new trends in feedstock usage , because this can make or break our profitability . |
| 11 | The type of frame that you choose can either make or mar your work . |
| 12 | This can be understood to mean that Vietnam is not prepared to renounce or imperil her close ties with the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Give every possible comfort to the person including touching or holding their hand . |
| 14 | You can nod or shake your head . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I hate that preaching which tendeth to make the hearers laugh or to move their mind with tickling laxity and affect them as a stage player used to do , instead of affecting them with a holy reverence of the name of God . ’ |
| 16 | It may be argued that this is an appropriate restriction , since the law catches only those who disseminate or broadcast their propaganda on a wide scale , and not those whose correspondence is entirely private . |
| 17 | The DSS has been arguing successfully for years that if a claimant was ignorant of his entitlement , that did not justify his failure to claim or justify his having a back payment . |
| 18 | It was decided , first , that in actions brought by the Crown to enforce or protect its proprietary or contractual rights , it should be in no different position from the ordinary citizen and so should be required to give an undertaking in the usual way . |
| 19 | The order of one court requesting the court in another country to enforce or recognise its orders is called an order in aid . |
| 20 | ‘ I agree therefore with all your Lordships that the practice of exacting an undertaking in damages from the Crown as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction in this type of law enforcement action ought not to be applied as a matter of course , as it should be in actions between subject and subject , in relator actions , and in actions by the Crown to enforce or to protect its proprietary or contractual rights . |
| 21 | In extremity , with nowhere to go , and not even a believed theory to wear or hold his mind 's hand ( ‘ what will you run away with ? ’ ) , |
| 22 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 23 | With little access to trade outlets , early Inuit had neither the power nor the will to over-exploit or destroy their few resources . |
| 24 | ( 10 ) Throughout Stages 1 and 2 , DCSLs may be involved in advising schools , librarians , or library committees on practical matters , from suggesting trends in library layout ( for schools relocating or refurbishing their libraries in anticipation of , or as a result of , receiving a project grant ) to advising on precise requirements of order forms , the need to " weed " old stock to make space for the new acquisitions , and the desirability or updating or devising a new catalogue . |
| 25 | I understand Tennant , an American , met Wimbledon owner Sam Hammam 10 days ago but he refuses to confirm or deny their rendezvous . |
| 26 | Sabine is not here to confirm or deny their conversation , and neither can she confirm or deny how much of her work went into the Durances . |
| 27 | If you have access to such an instrument and you suspect Hexamita infection , then careful examination of your specimen should provide the evidence you require to confirm or refute your suspicions . |
| 28 | No executions had been carried out since 1984 , and there were currently 287 people in prison waiting for parliament to confirm or commute their death sentences ( mostly handed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 29 | Without adequate insurance , repairing or replacing your belongings could be extremely expensive . |
| 30 | But United 's trip to Hillsborough today will provide Fergie with a more revealing test of Cantona 's mettle , because Wednesday fans are unlikely to have forgiven or forgotten his walkout on the Owls 11 months ago . |