Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , Charles , do n't you , that the Government 's trying to steamroller a law through to say that everything either is the case or is n't the case ? ’ |
| 2 | It looked quite good with Crombies & trilbies & was sometimes lacquered . |
| 3 | While a mere three per cent said budgets would increase a lot , the rest anticipate no change or are still unsure . |
| 4 | A child is disabled if he is blind , deaf or dumb or suffers from mental disorder of any kind or is substantially and permanently handicapped by illness , injury or congenital deformity ( s17(11) ) . |
| 5 | Whether this difference represents an important additional effect of salmeterol or is simply due to a higher relative dose is uncertain . |
| 6 | First of all , a ‘ frame ’ or definition of the situation must be established — ‘ is this an intellectual conversation between colleagues or an attempt at flirtation ? ’ — and the situation might waver between definitions or be both at once . |
| 7 | Meat products often include pastry or are fairly fatty ( like sausages or chops ) . |
| 8 | Did you do it in the cabin or was there a bed made up in the back ? |
| 9 | that , that spoilt the course or were not relevant and they 'd forgotten about the relevant bits . |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't know whether the Iraqi planes strayed off course or were deliberately challenging the flying ban , ’ he said on CBS television . |
| 11 | It is reported that Mrs Thatcher has been keen to ensure that those promoted are sympathetic to her scale of values or are not unwilling to break away from the style of middle-of-the-road consensus policies that have predominated in recent years . |
| 12 | Is it because such a meeting would bring bad luck or is there another reason ? |
| 13 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 14 | The language used does , in our opinion , justify an approach that would hold the mortgagee prima facie entitled to recover or retain the full amount of its actual costs , charges and expenses ; but the language leaves open , in our opinion , the right of the mortgagor to have excluded any costs , charges and expenses that were incurred in bad faith or were unreasonably incurred or were unreasonable in amount . |
| 15 | Does China still refuse to join international agreements on nuclear proliferation or are there signs of a softening of its position ? |
| 16 | Of importance at this stage is whether the technique merits wider and detailed comparative trials or is to good that such trials are not justified on ethical considerations or is so good that patient pressure is such that carefully controlled trials can not be mounted ( phase III ) . |
| 17 | subordinates strongly and persistently resist delegation or are poorly motivated to take on wider responsibilities . |
| 18 | Realistically the scope for change in 1992 – 93 was low but it will be interesting to see whether the present flurries of consultation bear fruit in future or are simply a public relations exercise . |
| 19 | This has serious implications for people in rural areas who can not afford to run a car or are physically unable to do so . |
| 20 | National campaigns , like the support for Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936 , and the portrayal of the BUF as a peace movement in the later 1930s , either fell on deaf ears or were only partially successful in changing the focus of fascist politics from the parish pump and the anti-immigrant concerns of the East End of London to wider issues . |
| 21 | Were they the only agent or were there other agents ? |
| 22 | No one in racing is above ringing round for spare rides ; one great jump jockey was nicknamed ‘ Ting-a-Ling ’ because of his speed and skill in contacting trainers whose jockeys were injured or could n't do the weight or were simply out of favour . |
| 23 | She hurtled over cliffs in flaming cars or was brutally murdered on her way to the dry cleaners . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , there 's not really anything worthy of the title ‘ stance ’ hereabouts , so unless you are running very short of gear or are totally bushed , it 's probably best to press on . |
| 25 | The real solution is to train pilots to accept responsibility , whether they are sitting in the aircraft or are merely bystanders at the launch point . |
| 26 | ‘ Managing by the numbers ’ collapses time-frames : individual businesses have to show quick returns on minimal outlays or be deliberately run down and liquidated as ‘ cash cows ’ ; in conglomerates , individual businesses are reduced to bargaining chips , quickly acquired and shed . |
| 27 | The court will grant such an order if it is satisfied that : ( a ) profits have accrued to any person as a result of that contravention ; or that ( b ) one or more investors have ‘ suffered loss or been otherwise adversely affected . ’ |
| 28 | It is the loss of tangible , lively faith in the home that exaggerates the external , rationalistic and professionalized expressions of religion that are so deadening today . |
| 29 | The fact that Christians find themselves caught up with a religion that is no longer related to work or community life , but instead to leisure , tells us something about the whole process of privatisation . |
| 30 | If God can not be identified with man as a product of evolution , and thereby given a credible definition , then any effort to create a new and successful conception of God will founder on the same rocks of contention that have wrecked every religion that was ever believed in . |