Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to induce or not should be discussed , and if possible the woman 's views respected . |
| 2 | Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion . |
| 3 | First , the determination of capacity to consent or to withhold consent is not made by the patient , but by those treating him . |
| 4 | This is clear from the facts of In re D. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1976 ] Fam. 185 , where the child concerned had neither the intelligence nor understanding either to consent or refuse . |
| 5 | This is a misconception because the next of kin has no legal right either to consent or to refuse consent . |
| 6 | However , so far as the present case is concerned , this little girl … was only 6 and it would be idle for anyone to suggest that a girl of that age had sufficient understanding and knowledge to decide whether to consent or resist . ’ |
| 7 | Below that age , a child may have the competence to consent or withhold consent but it is a matter of judgement to be exercised in each case by the person responsible for carrying out the examination or assessment ( Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] AC 112 ) . |
| 8 | A striking example of their dissociation is provided by the following exchange : on the one hand , Runciman takes it for granted that methodological individualism is ‘ now generally conceded to be almost trivially true ’ , while on the other Torrance asserts that ‘ In so far as methodological individualism is true it is trivial and irrelevant to sociology , while in so far as it is used to curb or dictate explanatory methods it is either incoherent or false ’ . |
| 9 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 10 | Then she withdrew her will from Fenna , leaving the dragon free to go or come as he would . |
| 11 | Thus more is at issue than whether the Lithuanians , Latvians and Estonians should be allowed to go or be made to stay . |
| 12 | Accessibility is not so important with the small , closed conferences because the participants are usually either highly motivated in the first place ( because of specialist interest or commitment ) or their employers require them to go or at least agree that they should . |
| 13 | That made sense , I thought ; and I was n't sure which I would choose , to go or to stay , if Dee-Dee was right . |
| 14 | According to the Commission 's National Survey of Countryside Recreation 1990 four out of 10 people in England and Wales are worried about trespassing on private land , getting lost and not knowing where to go or how to behave when visiting the country . |
| 15 | Shall we say then that he has drifted spontaneously through the crisis without ever making a rational decision as to whether to go or not ? |
| 16 | The slave was hovering behind Jehana , unsure whether to go or to stay . |
| 17 | You 've no idea the miners and , and people that came out onto the road and had nowhere to go or stay and had nothing . |
| 18 | Whether they want to go or not , they take their turn and the employer had to pay a percentage into the pool what those men earned , so when those men had n't work at all they drew their money from the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 19 | He took her arm and led her indoors whether she wanted to go or not and Jenna said nothing more . |
| 20 | The hard hand captured her arm again and he turned her to the vehicle whether she wanted to go or not . |
| 21 | When your mother dies you do n't know where to go or what 's going to happen to you . |
| 22 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 23 | I 'm turned out of the house where I was born whether I want to go or no , the house and the business are handed over to … to that woman , and I have to share what is left in a joint legacy with Francis ! ’ |
| 24 | To go or not to go , that is the equation , hey ? ’ |
| 25 | Ruth wanted to leave but was so panic-stricken at the thought of the latter happening that a decision to go or stay was out of her reasoning . |
| 26 | and I looked at people , we were all saying why we waiting here , why we waiting and we saw people rushing off so we thought we 've got to rush off after them and we were all put on the train and sent to Charing Cross which was n't where most of us wanted to go or anything like we wanted to go |
| 27 | Whether to go or not . |
| 28 | Where you picked to go or |
| 29 | Oh that 's good did they charged to go or not ? |
| 30 | Well he did n't know where to go or what happened . |