Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [to-vb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I certainly would not be there to confirm or deny it . |
| 2 | Still , I do not believe these scenes of cruelty are there to titillate or entertain . |
| 3 | Boom products rose and fell ; areas which provided the main body of such exports in our period were later to stagnate or abandon them . |
| 4 | The buyers were there to succeed or not , and simply leave ( ‘ Just like paying for sex ’ , quipped a journalist ) . |
| 5 | Frequently the strategies adopted are either to suspend or reject the disruptive pupil and , in certain cases , ignore the fact that disruptive behaviour has occurred . |
| 6 | That wee lad , and then the one from called about two o'clock he says I says he 's not in so and I says he 's away to swim or something what time did he go at ? |
| 7 | It 's better to make a new will then they do n't know what you had in before and nobody 's there to argue or question it . |
| 8 | Faced with a breach of condition , the buyer 's choice is either to reject or to accept the goods . |
| 9 | To claim that 1 know that my postal code is NW3 2RT is evidently to claim or be committed to more than that 1 believe it . |
| 10 | If you want to stay in the village on a low income there is nowhere to rent or buy . |
| 11 | Section 17(3) of the Act permits secondary action if ( a ) the purpose or principal purpose of the secondary action was directly to prevent or disrupt the supply during the dispute of goods or services between an employer who is a party to the dispute ( here the ship owners ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action relates ( here the port authorities ) ; and ( b ) the secondary action was likely to achieve that purpose . |
| 12 | ‘ ( a ) the purpose or principal purpose of the secondary action was directly to prevent or disrupt the supply during the dispute of goods or services between an employer who is a party to the dispute and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action relates ; and ( b ) the secondary action ( together with any corresponding action relating to other contracts of employment with the same employer ) was likely to achieve that purpose . ’ |
| 13 | Her desire was never to see or speak to Ellen again but of course she could not allow herself such a luxurious vengeance . |
| 14 | My father was never to speak or write to me again , but after a while I began to hear from my mother . |