Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether there is a PSBR or a PSDR , it is clear that the method the government uses to borrow or pay back debt will affect how much the money supply changes . |
| 2 | ‘ He threw him in there newly dead , and Benedetta with him living , to sink or swim together . |
| 3 | The trust , a registered charity , was formed to overlook the remaining 30 acres of the site and to restore or refurbish wherever possible . |
| 4 | They are designated by local authorities which must then pay special attention to any applications to demolish or build anew within the area 's boundaries . |
| 5 | Of course , you get what you pay for , and no-one in his right mind would expect this garment to wear or wash as long , or as well as , a fleece jacket of double the price . |
| 6 | Naturally , some of these indications are quite likely to be related to problems other than faulty vision , but since sight problems may be causing them , a screening test which is , after all , quick and easy to perform should help to confirm or rule out defective vision as a reason for concern . |
| 7 | There was no point in transforming Paris and making it easy of access for visitors if there was nothing to see or do when one got there , and so the Court was to be made open as well as brilliant . |
| 8 | Their inability to see or echolocate over longer distances undoubtedly contributes to their frequency of net entanglement . |
| 9 | It 's not always easy , and it can be even harder in the case of older people who may not be able to see or hear well . |
| 10 | The Queen had convenanted not to give licence to any others to search or dig etc. in the eight counties reserved , or in Wales , and that none would search without consent of the patentees , and that she would " deface and distroy all tools , instruments &c. save only of the Patentees . " |
| 11 | The patient is lifted if he has not recovered his ability to balance , that is , if he tends to topple and fall backwards and towards his hemiplegic side when he tries to sit or stand up without any support . |
| 12 | She advises on skin care , particularly in relation to avoiding pressure sores , and may supply sheepskin heel muffs to protect the feet , and sheepskin squares for the patient to sit or lie on . |
| 13 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 14 | If society is to impose extra burdens on farmers ' costs of production in order to preserve or go back to an idyllic view of the countryside , which may never have existed anyway , it must pay for it . |
| 15 | ‘ It is my wish that my Clerk Mr. Prince who is well acquainted with my business and affairs and in whom I place great confidence should continue in the management and conduct of the same … to sell and dispose or exchange all or any of my works on Ornithology and specimens of Natural History in the manner I have been accustom to do … to continue or complete as far as practicable the publication of any work or works of mine on Ornithology and to do all other [ illegible ] by issuing a Prospectus advertising the same … to purchase all necessary materials articles and things fit and proper for the carrying on of my business … to borrow for a temporary period any money from my Bankers , Messrs Drummond and Company … and if there by any surplus available for the purpose to invest the same in purchase of Stock … to pay the rent and taxes … make up , adjust and settle all and every or any Accounts … [ and generally ] to do perform and execute all and every or any other acts deeds matters and things whatsoever are necessary to be done in all other my concerns engagements affairs and business whatsoever during my absence from England as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do if I were personally present and did the same . ’ |
| 16 | Moreover , if we examine social scientific practice at all closely we can often see how substantially the same data can be used to support or discredit very different , sometimes contrary , theories : the generic use of data and methods should not make this too surprising an observation . |
| 17 | His distrust of the king was such that he had recently refused to attend or to do so without a large and menacing retinue ; now he agreed to be present and to keep the peace , while the bishops guaranteed his safety . |
| 18 | To be " true to our Prince " , he insisted , " we must be true to our Church and to our Religion " , for " it would be no Act of Loyalty to accommodate or complement away our Religion and its legal Securities " . |
| 19 | ( A stoa was a long , colonnaded building which contained shops and offices and enabled people to shop or carry out their business in privacy and protected from rain or hot sun ) . |
| 20 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 21 | The capacity of the brain to conceive or hold on to any information . |
| 22 | To slip or glide along . |
| 23 | There was therefore no authority powerful or concerned enough to encourage or root out any of the religious persuasions in Scotland . |
| 24 | In both cases the inspector issues a reasoned report , but only in transferred cases will he give the decision ; in non-transferred cases , he gives a recommendation which the Secretary is free to accept or turn down . |
| 25 | They express a certain mental stance to the world which others are invited to accept or reject just as do factual statements , and as mere imperatives , exclamations and interrogatives can not . |
| 26 | Neither the retailer nor the consumer needs to know or care where the product comes from , though some countries now have ‘ country of origin' rules making mandatory the display of this information . |
| 27 | The pictures that curators tried for decades to coax or pry off the Barnes 's walls will also travel to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and then to the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo . |
| 28 | So the sort of murder will have in your police procedural will present virtually no challenge to the reader to guess or work out who-dun-it before your detectives . |
| 29 | In any case , there are almost certain to be many transactions which are difficult to discover or to understand merely from the books and papers of the company . |
| 30 | An introduction on the background and development of hand knitted lace fabrics leads on to the machine knitting methods of today : stitch types ; how they are produced ; lace charts , symbols and how to punch or mark out pattern cards , are all explained in detail and illustrated throughout with knitted samples and the appropriate charts . |