Example sentences of "or [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two-tier structure under which forensic work would only be done by specialists , as envisaged in your editorial , may or may not become a reality , but it will not lessen the need for all doctors to be trained in the elements of medicolegal matters if their work brings them into contact with those in police custody . |
| 2 | some words or acts are ambiguous and may or may not constitute a dismissal or resignation . |
| 3 | We need therefore to consider policies which integrate older workers into society , either in terms of maintaining them in the workplace or facilitating options which develop new social roles which may or may not have a work element . |
| 4 | A housewife may be married or not , and she may or may not have a job outside the home . |
| 5 | Socrates may or may not have a gene or two alive in the world today , as G. C. Williams has remarked , but who cares ? |
| 6 | Entities , being elements of a specifically linguistic domain which we shall call the intensional level , may or may not have a referent in some real or imaginary external world ; we can certainly talk about an entity while uncertain of the existence of any related " thing " in the world about which we are speaking , or even while explicitly rejecting such an existence . |
| 7 | A developer could go ahead without applying for planning permission , or could even ignore a refusal of permission . |
| 8 | If no-one admits to having been sick during the day , or ca n't produce a witness that he was , we shall want to know what they all ate for the evening meal . |