Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody likes to admit that they entertain very little , or that they rarely enjoy it when they do . |
| 2 | This does not assume , she claims , that people are always completely conscious of their efforts or that they clearly articulate the reasons for trends of common behaviour . |
| 3 | Both the American and British governments are cloaking these new operations in a shroud of secrecy though it is unlikely any politician has the slightest idea what the two agencies are planning to do or that they even care if laws are broken as they have been in the past . |
| 4 | Whether one believes that ideas of morality determine the content of criminal law or that they instead serve as justification for the state or a social class to exert economic and political control , the relationship between law and morals is important . |
| 5 | Minimising — accepting that there are problems but denying that they are of any great significance or that they necessarily have any connection with alcohol or drug use : " An alcoholic is someone who drinks more than I do . " |
| 6 | We do not always realise what is at the root of our original fears , or that we habitually cope with conflict in this way at all . |
| 7 | Or that we never meet . |
| 8 | There is the fear that it may be lost or stolen , or that you simply have n't enough with you . |
| 9 | It was the same hexagonal design as any of the thousands you can still see along the South Coast or that you suddenly come across in the wilds of East Anglia for no apparent reason until you realize that the fields you 're driving through were once airfields littered with empty Lucky Strike packets and B52 bombers . |
| 10 | If you have sex with men for other reasons , it is important that the man wears a condom ( for vaginal and anal intercourse ) or that you only have non-penetrative sex . |
| 11 | or cos I only speak |
| 12 | And if they do n't say that , or if they positively say , You 're not the guy , you 're wasting your time . |
| 13 | But , if you ever cause any more trouble , in any way to my family , or if I ever see you near our house , then I swear I 'll kill you both . |
| 14 | Or if I really have n't . |
| 15 | Right : If your floorboards are even , but discoloured , or if you just want to give a floor the individual touch without spending too much , why not use paint to create colourful patterns and an interesting effect |
| 16 | If you have any sort of problem — or if you just want to put some magic back into your sex life — you 'll find the answer here . |
| 17 | Or if you just want to sort of signify a , a quick thank you to someone . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Every is going to be female , now does that mean to say , that if no males apply , or if you only advertise for someone female , which I presumably erm , actually going to er run the impossibly do it . |
| 20 | If you are thinking about buying a microcomputer have you really worked out what you want it for , or if you really need it ? |
| 21 | Or if you ever have known you would n't remember . |
| 22 | Whether because they have genuinely changed their political philosophy or because they simply realize that they will never get away with it in a modern pluralistic society , for whatever reason , conservative Protestants have preferred to follow the democratic inheritance of the Reformation . |
| 23 | People who do sometimes find out they are very unhappy , either because the course is not what they expected , or because they just do n't like the institution . |
| 24 | All patients attend a regular follow up clinic , none have been lost to follow up but seven patients are contacted through local gastroenterologists either because they find travel to the centre difficult or because they now live abroad . |
| 25 | You may not open or maintain a TESSA while you are under 18 or while you already maintain another TESSA whether with the same or any other Institution or Society . |
| 26 | Whether the dolphins ' population has declined or whether they simply avoid the more contaminated areas and have moved to remoter regions is not clear . |
| 27 | Whether the weavers of today are aware of the symbolic meaning of their designs — or whether they simply reproduce them out of a general reverence for tradition — is a matter of considerable debate , but there is no doubt that the symbolic potency of nomadic designs is one of the major reasons for their growing popularity in the West . |
| 28 | Research programmes will be progressive or degenerating depending on whether they succeed in leading or whether they persistently fail to lead to the discovery of novel phenomena . |
| 29 | The evaluation and assessment of test data on completely new products or packs and the problem of deciding whether they are sufficiently stable or whether they adequately protect the product under market conditions is more difficult . |
| 30 | Or whether they actually get the disposals cost incorporated into this skip collecting cost . |