Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] or [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Service courses , to judge by what one hears , are a frequent source of irritation on both sides , with the provider unhappy about cannibalizing or trivializing his or her discipline and the consumer complaining that the course is not geared or geared down to his or her needs . |
| 2 | If your leg muscles are inadequately used for walking or running you will be prone to develop varicose veins . |
| 3 | ‘ My method was to write down these observations as soon as possible after hearing or observing them . |
| 4 | Most of us who are brought up in the Western Christian tradition take the divinity of Jesus for granted or regard it as a philosophical problem . |
| 5 | For that reason we should take extra care that we do not take it for granted or abuse it . ’ |
| 6 | Surrounded as I was by supremely negative images of homosexuality such as ‘ the man in the dirty mac living out a lonely old age in a filthy garret ’ , I still felt that there was for me a clear choice between expressing or repressing my homosexual desire . |
| 7 | What is rejected is the necessity or even possibility of maintaining or augmenting one 's social position through violence . |
| 8 | Ianthe always hurried past the vet 's house , fearful of seeing or hearing something dreadful . |
| 9 | The thrill of seeing or touching something really old on a museum visit can be extremely important ( see Box 14 ) . |
| 10 | Once you are afflicted with this inverted mentality in which every thing that exists is a pale shadow of some abstract general principle , expressed in a compound-noun sandwich , you are incapable of seeing or saying anything clearly . |
| 11 | It is simply a method of inhibiting or stopping your debtor from cashing in his assets and putting them out of your reach before you have had a chance to recover what is owed to you . |
| 12 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 13 | But whether the separation of powers doctrine implies the existence of that degree of checking or controlling which has come to be known as judicial review in the American sense is not easy to decide . |
| 14 | This Section is amended as follows : General Accident will pay the cost of replacing or repairing your household contents and valuables and portable possessions or , at our option , we will replace them if they are lost or damaged in any of the following circumstances , whilst |
| 15 | He knew in each piece exactly where the real climaxes were and he avoided completely the kind of hurrying or dragging which ruins so many performances . |
| 16 | The Housing Executive can make a grant towards improving or repairing your home . |
| 17 | Your local council can make a grant towards improving or repairing your home , and that can include a grant for making your home warmer . |
| 18 | Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid . |
| 19 | One reason for the weakness of the Communist movement in Mexico is that intellectuals were effectively incorporated into the system until at least the late 1960s , the Mexican government ‘ preferring the price of appeasing or coopting intellectuals to the perils of ignoring or alienating them ’ . |
| 20 | A scientist may have an effect on behaviour in the act of observing or analysing it , and he must certainly take this effect into account . |
| 21 | But no one really knew how far one country was from another So , when they began to explore further and sail across the ocean , they had to find some other means of navigating or finding their way . |
| 22 | His characteristic method is to make a statement so large or vague as to be practically meaningless , then to qualify that statement by explaining what he does not mean by it , and finally to outline the reasons why he does not propose to discuss matters arising from it ; he apologizes , at this point , for wandering off course but , instead of clarifying or refining his original proposition , he classifies the arguments of those who might object to it and proceeds to deal with their objections . |
| 23 | Does he have any way of controlling or directing what congress does ? |
| 24 | Gyggle was n't to be put off by this ; instead of retreating or retrenching he suggested even more radical measures . |
| 25 | Another one of his tricks was to lurk behind the counter at the Turk 's Head so customers would think there was no one there , and then , when they were thinking of leaving or helping themselves to the jam doughnuts , he 'd leap on to a wooden box to bring his large dome head just above the level of the counter and say , ‘ Can I help you ? ’ in a very loud voice . |
| 26 | There may also be inheritance tax implications , so if you are thinking of leaving or giving your home to someone , you are strongly advised to consult a solicitor or accountant . |
| 27 | Unlike the doctor 's authority , scientific theories of sexual difference could not be directly challenged ; rather , women found ways of circumventing or reinterpreting them . |
| 28 | Tt yeah yeah erm yeah I mean it 's interesting when you come to attitudes to parenthood erm I think that 's quite an important issue because it does tap into a whole range of things about erm you know kind of er suspicions that somehow if gay or lesbian people raise children then the children 'll either be , you know , sort of corrupted or converted themselves |
| 29 | Thus the early discomfort is described by one author as ‘ a sensation of tingling or pricking which comes and goes suddenly , as if a fly were settling down ’ . |
| 30 | Adding in more tone from the guitar has the desired effect , but the Ovation 's EQ is very sensitive and there 's a fine line between improving or overdoing it . |