Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) .
2 It may be that they simply see no value in the building or that they are concerned that any use of the building might detract from their estate or business .
3 Does it matter whether he really died in a burning building or whether he only thinks he did ?
4 Important : Please do not claim help on low-income grounds if you have automatic entitlement or if you already have a current AG2 or AG3 certificate .
5 However , if your usual diet incorporated oats , barley or rye or if you would like to experiment , you can include foods containing these this week .
6 It is thought that this represents a very real social phenomenon , either because of the nature of the settlement or because it was a general policy to dispose of rubbish away from the settlements , perhaps as manure in the fields , and is clearly not the product of poor preservation as has tended to be assumed ( Astill and Lobb 1982 , p. 140 ) .
7 & presented with a baby sister & & me with a second grand-daughter on 11 th Sept. … … 8lbs. 13ozs .
8 He wondered whether Alice Mair would invite Lessingham to stay the night at Martyr 's Cottage or whether he would be driven home later by her or her brother .
9 However , if the PRO is arranging feature coverage or if it is known that they will be available for photography their PR lives will be extended .
10 It is a matter of judgement , in many cases , as to whether it is preferable to allow the pursuer to proceed to enquiry with a bad case or whether it is better to have the problem cured thus improving the defender 's understanding of what the pursuer 's case is .
11 ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 .
12 A disclaimer would not be effective if it were merely contained in the small print of a contract or if it were simply the subject of a casual remark by the salesman during negotiations .
13 Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention .
14 At the former , stone-robbing had effectively removed the crucial junction on the steeply sloping ground ; at the gate , it remained unclear whether the wall was already in existence or whether it had been constructed at the same time .
15 Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past .
16 This will take place in five stages : — orientation interviews , to select the texts and to establish the communicative context ; — initial analysis of texts which will focus on linguistic features likely to indicate relations between disciplines ; — directed interviews with the participants which will allow them to comment on the details of the analysis ; — comparison of texts from different locations and situations to show if a pattern of features is merely peculiar to one writer or if it may have general social significance .
17 I can not help but marvel over the miracle of cordless technology when perched 40ft high , drilling through roof rafters with a cordless tool , not having to worry about tripping over the cable or whether it 's going to rain .
18 Er we got leave to use it in the playground as far as I can imagine but we made an awful division or if we did n't it pretty quickly in the class .
19 Where this is done it matters not that the pedestrians have n't put a foot on the crossing or that they have actually crossed and the offence can still be committed ( Gullen v Ford [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 24 and Connor v Paterson ( 1977 ) 121 Sol Jo 392 ) .
20 What is denied by the defendant and what is the issue of trial is that they deny that they were ever instructed by Mr er to save such a measure or that it would have been appropriate to serve them or that at any stage Mr ever asked to be advised on any way open to him to get out of the contract er as alleged .
21 I do not know whether he does not understand the measure or whether he thinks that he can discredit the idea by associating it with the poll tax .
22 Erm whether it 's to do just with the words , like for dictionaries usage y'know or whether it 's to do with erm how language is strung together , functional use of grammar or whether it 's to do with units and repertoires and bigger units or whether it 's to do even with ideologies or yeah
23 So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them .
24 We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community .
25 Despite this , it seems that what is now on offer is not the true independence of monetary policy which would come from free competition between different currencies and policies ( whether the currencies remained in the public sector as at present or whether they were in private hands ) , but instead the imposition of one economic and monetary policy by a powerful and unaccountable institution .
26 It is questionable whether the real centre of economic power in this country is any longer an elected parliament or whether it has moved to the trade unions , large corporations , government departments , nationalised industries and government agencies .
27 After all , they were going to live in a village they had never even seen , and during the next hour or so they would discover what manner of place their new home was .
28 After an hour or so they are given a brief rest by switching the lights off and then they are tested by being given a choice between attempting to follow the light on which they had been imprinted ( say the red ) and another , unfamiliar light , say the yellow .
29 For an hour or so they continued to travel through the sighing trees , Cleo slumped against Dauntless 's back .
30 When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself .
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