Example sentences of "[to-vb] or [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task does not require detailed syntactic processing , simply to know where to pause ( the major syntactic boundaries ) , which words to stress ( distinguishing content and function words ) and whether the sentence requires the pitch to fall or rise at the end ( is it a yes-no question ? ) . |
| 2 | Soon all those who dare to smile or weep at the wrong moment will be sent to the poles … a cruel ruler will seize power , everyone who does not learn to keep silent will be put in prison and the extermination of mankind will begin . ’ |
| 3 | Those who persisted discovered the drives ' disconcerting tendency to implode or deliquesce at the merest touch of a screwdriver . |
| 4 | At this stage either party can invoke a procedure introduced in 1980 , which can place pressure on the other side to withdraw or settle at an early stage . |
| 5 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |