Example sentences of "or [vb base] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2.2 Section 1(2) ( c ) of the 1934 Act expressly stated before amendment that where the act or omission that gives rise to the cause of action results in death the damages are to be calculated without reference to any loss or gain to the deceased 's estate consequent on his death , except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included . |
| 2 | The free wine really did put everyone in the right mood for the rest of the evening when you could sit back and be entertained or dance to the disco music outside on the terrace . |
| 3 | No one can take the 20-minute boat trip or fly to the airstrip without police permits which are hard to obtain . |
| 4 | The cover now being granted is far wider in that the exclusion relates only to damage caused by application of any tool or process to the part in the course of maintenance . |
| 5 | The term ‘ innovation ’ covers all the activities of bringing a new product or process to the market . |
| 6 | There should have been either detriment to the plaintiff , or benefit to the defendant : 1 Selwyn 's N.P. 45 ( 9th ed . ) . |
| 7 | Abuse of process — Misuse of Process — failure to make available or reveal to the Defence the existence of unused material — principles to be applied — whether matter for judge |
| 8 | Some people who sleep alone read , do a crossword , or listen to the radio for a while . |
| 9 | I decided to watch the television in my room , or listen to the radio , and get to sleep early so I could be up just after dawn to catch a wasp for the Factory . |
| 10 | ‘ When I was a boy , I would sit and watch television or listen to the radio and practise juggling with billiard balls , or shuffling cards . |
| 11 | But for some the undertow is too strong and they are sucked away to navigate unexplored tributaries of the Amazon , encounter the tribes of remotest Papua New Guinea , cross Australia by camel , or Asia by bicycle , or walk to the North Pole — alone . |
| 12 | We have probably all experienced failing to see something and then later , as we do the washing-up or walk to the post , suddenly " the penny drops " , and we exclaim " But of course … |
| 13 | Frightened by the threat of invasion ( Fears in Solitude ) , he was beginning that slide or jump to the Right which angered and puzzled his liberal associates , though it is fair to say that his revolutionary sympathies , unlike Wordsworth 's , had never been more than superficial . |
| 14 | ( c ) Extra-statutory concession D6 This concession happily can exempt the whole gain resulting from the disposal from a charge to capital gains tax even if the conveyance or transfer to the wife takes place 36 months after the husband has left the former matrimonial home . |
| 15 | In such case there will be a conveyance or transfer to the wife alone subject to the existing mortgage with the husband taking an indemnity in respect thereof from the wife . |
| 16 | This may take place subsequent to the conveyance or transfer to the wife , so that a separate deed of release is required in favour of the husband ( see Precedents 32 and 33 ) . |
| 17 | Inactive Supplement text has its status marked so that it makes no further demands upon lexicographic time and effort , and is not selected for composition or transfer to the Working-Set . |
| 18 | Following the receipt of the epitome of title or office copy entries , the wife 's solicitors will submit a draft conveyance or transfer to the husband 's solicitors and engross the same after approval . |
| 19 | Does not their coming into this relation modify or add to the character of either of them ? |
| 20 | The other could think of nothing to tell to either corroborate or add to the mystery . |
| 21 | Paddy End Vein was the first to be cut in these levels and its course can easily be seen in the cliff or scar to the west of Levers Water where ancient mining has left a conspicuous cleft known as Simon 's Nick . |
| 22 | You 'll anchor among the ruins of ancient cities , on the quaysides of small market towns , in beautiful empty sandy bays , or tie to the quay of some tiny restaurant . |
| 23 | THE FACE is not a wealthy magazine ; do n't believe what you read or hear to the contrary . |
| 24 | The students may measure the cans or refer to the information sheet for dimensions . |
| 25 | The Drang nach Osten , or drive to the east , so beloved of Nazi propagandists was a fiction maintained in the face of scientific evidence to the contrary . |
| 26 | or drift to the ground |
| 27 | It is a rule that they do not appear on TV or talk to the Press . |
| 28 | ( b ) attending the school to address a staff meeting or talk to the library committee |
| 29 | Here is a test : if you were in Warsaw , faced with an hour to fill before catching a train , would you go up the tallest building in the city to experience a panoramic view , or rush to the bookstore/poster shop in order to buy a massive Telly Savalas poster ? |
| 30 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |