Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At whatever age , whether your parents are alive or dead , do you regularly think or speak negatively about them ? |
| 2 | She may say she loves you and perhaps she does in her way , but Pickles does n't think or feel deeply about anything . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't think or work properly on an empty stomach . ’ |
| 4 | How might you think or behave differently if you gave up these better thans ? |
| 5 | If you are handy yourself , can employ a good carpenter , or go to a custom cabinet maker , you can make or obtain literally any size or type of unit to fit the most awkward spaces . |
| 6 | At break , although the Russells Hall pupils took the Sutton pupils outside , the two groups did not really mingle or play together . |
| 7 | Before the weekend was out she would know whether she should stay or go back to London . |
| 8 | Simon then had the agonising decision as to whether Wizard should stay or go off to pastures new . |
| 9 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 10 | Food subsidies are reduced or thrown out altogether and food prices may double or triple overnight . |
| 11 | Furthermore , pressed by urban problems and sometimes apparently with other motives , several countries , such as Brazil , Colombia , Indonesia ( where , since 1905 , at least 2.5 million people have been moved from crowded Java , Bali and Lombok , to the ‘ outer ’ islands — an official figure where two or three times this number may have emigrated unassisted ) and Peru are promoting transmigration schemes so that it is projected that the number of forest farmers could double or increase even more than that . |
| 12 | In their work the TECs may either influence or take over the careers service ( Farley 1990 ) . |
| 13 | This presents an important challenge to composers and performers , and church musicians dare not disregard or dismiss so potent an influence for evangelism . |
| 14 | Unlike babies , we do not eat or drink just because we are hungry or thirsty . |
| 15 | Do n't eat or drink too many and do n't snack on them during the day . |
| 16 | Could he explain or clarify please what his unrestrained land , this four hundred and ninety two hectares . |
| 17 | At school and even now , I can not add or subtract or divide easily , but I can write clear figures — this is drawing ; and I can arrange my figures neatly in line , and one sum next to the other , i.e. design . |
| 18 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 19 | However , many of the securities supposedly backing the receipts did not exist or had not been purchased . |
| 20 | Finally , interviewers are often hesitant to broach the question of one partner wishing to resign , so at interview we raise the issue and offer reassurance that should it ever occur the remaining partner would either also resign or take on the post full time . |
| 21 | In fact , it might be worth having an ante-post bet before he runs here for should he win or figure promisingly , the 33–1 currently on offer will dry up quickly ! |
| 22 | The informant of this space wondered if any today would know or care where the Brontes lived . |
| 23 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing much we did n't know or had n't guessed , apart from on the human side . |
| 25 | The tippee need not only knowingly obtain the information from an individual connected with a company ( as defined above ) who he knows or has reasonable cause to believe holds the information by being so connected , he must also know or have reasonable cause to expect that individual not to disclose that information save for the proper performance of that individuals duties . |
| 26 | In other words the tippee must , first , obtain from an individual , information which he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; secondly , he must know that the individual is a ‘ connected individual ’ within the meaning of the legislation ; thirdly , he must know or have reasonable cause to believe that that individual holds the information by virtue of being so connected ; and finally , he must know or have reasonable cause to expect that that individual should not have disclosed the information save for the proper performance of that individual 's duties . |
| 27 | In other words the tippee must , first , obtain from an individual , information which he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; secondly , he must know that the individual is a ‘ connected individual ’ within the meaning of the legislation ; thirdly , he must know or have reasonable cause to believe that that individual holds the information by virtue of being so connected ; and finally , he must know or have reasonable cause to expect that that individual should not have disclosed the information save for the proper performance of that individual 's duties . |
| 28 | After all she ca n't possibly stay up in Dublin with people we do n't know or have never heard of . |
| 29 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |
| 30 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |