Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] or [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must ensure that any loads carried or towed or secured and do check and see , do not overload your vehicle or trailer , when on a motor cycle , scooter or moped you must wear a safety helmet or designed which maybe fastened securely , you also must wear sturdy boots and gloves , tell other seen , wear something bright coloured or bright , reflect the material , open the door , brighten materials help in daylight as do and sheen . |
| 2 | My own preferred method of working is to lay the Oilbars out on a marble slab and apply them directly to the canvas , mixing colour into colour as the picture develops , using fingers and rags to extend or blend as required . |
| 3 | That section is in the following terms : ( 1 ) Every one who by words spoken or written or by conduct represents himself , or who knowingly suffers himself to be represented , as a partner in a particular firm , is liable as a partner to any one who has on the faith of any such representation given credit to the firm , whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to the person so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or suffering it to be made . |
| 4 | In dealing with the breach , or threatened breach of the peace , it is the duty of the police to investigate and to take such steps to stop or prevent as they think necessary . |
| 5 | It is in their own interest to do so : each wants to pursue its own policies , which it believed to be in the best interests of the country , without having those policies tempered or abandoned because of the need to enter into alliance with another party . |
| 6 | Fatigue is another factor that can effect the pods causing the end plates to bend or crack and lose contact . |
| 7 | Would the Germans withdraw or stand and fight ? |
| 8 | More sophisticated versions argue or imply that there can be no excuse for their actions , that they have lost whatever case they had by their conduct . |
| 9 | Most local commercial outlets dealt in things to wear or watch or eat . |
| 10 | This is the power to stop things happening or to delay or disrupt them . |
| 11 | Any teacher who tries to devise a syllabus for a music class that will appeal to the members of the class for its relevance , or who attempts to attract the English class by giving them things to read or act that will speak to them in their own language is in danger of falling into the trap of ‘ thinking down ’ to his pupils , of condescending to them . |
| 12 | And you know , for most of our questions the answers lie within ourselves , and when we deal with certain basic issues most of those questions become or answered or they become irrelevant . |
| 13 | Links and connections will begin to be made between the way counsellees think or feel and the way they behave . |
| 14 | She had no problems breathing or swallowing but was distressed by her facial puffiness , particularly round her eyes . |
| 15 | Furthermore , while these " blankouts " may distress other people , the primary sufferer may find them confusing but may go so far in denial as to accuse other people of having faulty memory for the things said or done while he or she was in a " blankout " . |
| 16 | You will frequently see old headbands cracked or torn where ruthless fingers have hooked over them to wrench books from shelves . |
| 17 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 18 | In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half-cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . |
| 19 | Tax-rates were cut , reliefs reduced or abolished and the £30,000 ceiling for mortgage relief has been frozen while relief is now restricted to the basic rate . |
| 20 | At a level above that there is what is called machine code : one whose lines are normally instructions to add or subtract or shift the contents of whole registers ( themselves strings of binary numbers ) . |
| 21 | As stated earlier , whereas creative artists such as authors commit words to paper , artists paint or carve and composers write scores away from the performers , choreographers create movements directly on the dancers in front of them . |
| 22 | Similarly , it was impossible to gather from details of courses discontinued or planned whether there were any general patterns of expansion or reduction . |
| 23 | Quite apart from the leisurely beginnings and ends of terms , the examination time , unexpected holidays , and festivals , requests for children to parade or sing or help with community work , there are the apparently inevitable absences of teachers : the headmaster to collect salaries , the senior teachers to mark and supervise examinations or attend panels , the married ladies to nurse sick children or to have babies . |
| 24 | It has already been stated that the main aim of the service was to be the construction of flexible packages of care for clients by , firstly , liaising with other services to provide or increase where necessary the client 's receipt of existing services , and , secondly , by ‘ topping up ’ existing services ( where the development officer thought extra care was necessary to maintain someone at home ) through the employment of local support workers . |
| 25 | ( 4 ) Defects in goods or services sold or supplied As with bad debt liability cover is available in the conventional insurance market in policies for areas such as public liability , product liability and professional indemnity . |
| 26 | A statement of the amounts paid or credited as paid to each partner so as to establish the agreed capital sharing ratio ( Clause 7.01 and Sched ) . |
| 27 | Tell your employees to phone or write if they 're sick . |