Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have your detective say it is very important to tell whether something is or is not done in a certain way ; then show that thing being done in either of the ways mentioned ; but immediately before that happens put in , quite boldly , what it is you want to slip past your reader . |
| 2 | We also conclude that CREM is only present at very low levels ( it might correspond to the weak band observed in figure 4C lane 2 ) or is not expressed at all in UF9 cells . |
| 3 | This is due probably to the fact that people suffering from aphasia are more likely to come to the attention of a neurologist than individuals suffering from certain kinds of right hemisphere damage which may pass unnoticed by the individual himself such that he does not seek medical attention or is not referred for neurological investigation . |
| 4 | Loss of or damage to any car which you are driving or using , which does not belong to you , is not being bought by you under a hire purchase agreement or is not leased to you . |
| 5 | Loss of or damage to any car which you are driving or using , which does not belong to you , is not being bought by you under a hire purchase agreement or is not leased to you . |
| 6 | Loss of or damage to any car which you are driving or using , which does not belong to you , is not being bought by you under a hire purchase agreement or is not leased to you . |
| 7 | When writing to the Claimant 's Doctor , it is essential that no guidance is given in our correspondence , as to what is or is not covered under the policy . |
| 8 | We may often be sure that we can judge by the quality of the drawing or painting , but there are always at least some cases in which our uncertainty is deepened by the absence of the expected signal , that it is or is not intended to be art . |
| 9 | ( h ) convertible loan stock which is not quoted on a recognised stock exchange , or is not issued on terms which are reasonably comparable with the terms of quoted convertible stock , can cause a problem as the interest payable on it will fall to be treated for tax purposes as a distribution ( ICTA 1988 , s209(2) ( e ) ( ii ) ) . |
| 10 | To achieve this aim , the CAP always guarantees a price for certain types of produce , so that , even if the produce sells at a poor price or is not sold at all , the farmer receives the going rate . |
| 11 | A Nigerian politician who has no access to , or is not reported by , any news medium is at a grave disadvantage . |
| 12 | That there is this mutual entailment with respect to the two members of each pair is , or is intimately connected with , the proposition that the two conditionals state the same fact of connection between two things in the world . |
| 13 | The thrust of the above arguments is the suggestion that there is , or is widely believed to be , a trade-off between efficiency and equity whose precise form is unknown . |
| 14 | If you do n't know what 's true , or what 's meant to be true , then the value of what is n't true , or is n't meant to be true , becomes diminished . |
| 15 | Also some ratios are fairly crude eg Index of Labour Turnover , which shows the position in gross terms and gives no indication as to whether turnover is spread throughout the organization or is heavily concentrated in one department or in one occupation . |
| 16 | In the same way , the country will add up how much has been paid or is still owed from overseas countries for goods exported to them . |
| 17 | Thus , where a Chinese wall is maintained and no information passes over it or is actually acquired in some other way , Core Rule 36 should provide protection . |
| 18 | Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds , |
| 19 | This is an arid , fragile environment that is easily damaged by the mechanical impact of motorcycle tyres and according to Luckenbach ( 1975 , quoted in Edington and Edington 1986 ) the ‘ Hare and Hounds ’ race has resulted in the destruction of some 140 000 creosote bushes ( Larrea divaricata ) , 64 000 burro-bushes ( Franseria dumosa ) and 15 000 Mojave yuccas ( Yucca schidigera ) due to mechanical impact and the exposure of plant roots by subsequent soil erosion . |
| 20 | As we have seen , this is a crucial part of the mountain goat 's annual cycle and one that is easily disrupted by hunting . |
| 21 | This presumably reflects a relatively weak interaction of P100 with CREB that is easily perturbed under blotting conditions . |
| 22 | The saturated fat in a diet , more importantly , stimulates the liver to produce more cholesterol in a form that is easily deposited onto the linings of the arteries . |
| 23 | But for /Ε/ , the short variant can be a low vowel ( [ a , ae ] ) and the long variant is a mid vowel that is easily heard to be qualitatively distinct . |
| 24 | Their impact comes from layers of muted colour and a newly chic sloppiness that is easily imitated by donning any jacket far too big for you . |
| 25 | When we see the sun , he says , the ‘ immediate object ’ of our perceiving mind is not the sun itself ‘ but something that is intimately joined to our soul , … an idea ’ . |
| 26 | A stimulus that is reliably followed by a given consequence ( whether this be a US or no event at all ) can be ignored . |
| 27 | Hence the words of an Act carry a sort of disembodied or dehumanised meaning : not necessarily the meaning intended by any actual person in particular , but the meaning that is conventionally attached to such words . |
| 28 | That 's the kind of financial juggling that is desperately needed by Bradford . |
| 29 | It is the kind of good , intelligent paternalism that is urgently needed in our education system . |
| 30 | In no circumstances whatsoever will there be any admission that the real basic cause of the failure is the one that is most feared to be true . |