Example sentences of "or [vb mod] [adv] give " in BNC.

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1 He qualifies advocacy of leading indicators by saying that they may duplicate each other ( market share and sales , for instance ) or may not give additional lead time over conventional measures ( he cites bookings as an indicator of sales ) or do not yield reliable measures .
2 All information available is necessarily historical but as the past is mainly a reliable guide for the future it is useful in helping you decide whether you should or should n't give credit .
3 She was baffled when she could n't give herself , or would n't give herself , a satisfactory answer .
4 The Department of Health publishes tar tables to encourage smokers who can not or will not give up smoking to switch to lower tar brands on the grounds that this may at least lower their risk of lung cancer .
5 The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies .
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