Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [to-vb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olives are grown either to eat or to be made into olive oil . |
| 2 | But he expresses this by saying that we ‘ can proceed no farther by reasoning than to things which must be exposed again to experience or which can be evidenced by means of some appearance ’ ; and this seems to suggest something new . |
| 3 | Specific , narrow-targeted services should be developed either to replace or supplement general-purpose business information services . |
| 4 | Superposition is of the essence of waves , which can be added together to reinforce or cancel each other out . |
| 5 | What should happen if [ J. ] suffers an episode before then which should require ventilation to be applied mechanically to save or prolong his life ? |
| 6 | These interviews were to be used partly to obtain or confirm information about the sufferer but also to examine the carer 's own contribution to the care of the sufferer ; his or her physical and emotional well-being ; feelings about or attitudes to the sufferer , towards his/her own involvement , and towards the sufferer 's continued residence in the community . |
| 7 | In practice , it is likely that you will be trying both to re-emphasize or reinforce at least some of your strong points , and to reduce or eliminate at least some of your weak points . |
| 8 | Horizontal and vertical number lines like the ones you have been using are put together to describe or plot positions on a graph . |
| 9 | Nine indicated that they were planning either to introduce or change SCOTVEC awards during the lifetime of the project and that they would be happy to permit SCOTVEC officers to observe their various internal quality assurance procedures as part of the pilot . |
| 10 | Although Allied have been working steadily to free or sell their required quota of pubs under government rules , few of the disposals have come from the 700-plus London estate of Taylor Walker . |
| 11 | What of the media that are federally owned , of which the most important are the FRCN and NTV ? politicians from those four parties not in the Federal Government claim that federal radio and television are ordered either to ignore or play down news favourable to them . |
| 12 | That the document containing the statement was produced by the computer during a period over which the computer was used regularly to store or process information for the purposes of any activity regularly carried on over that period , whether for profit or not , by any body , whether corporate or not , or by any individual ; |