Example sentences of "or [adv] one [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now these kinds of accounts ( or perhaps one might say failures to give an adequate account ? ) of women 's lives are implicitly divisive and threatening . |
| 2 | Should it be , ‘ Has it authority in all matters ? ’ , or should one ask a separate question regarding its authority in matters of taxation , or perhaps one should inquire separately concerning its authority in matters of corporate taxation and personal taxation ? |
| 3 | Those years had established — or perhaps one should say clarified — his entire political agenda . |
| 4 | For instance , one can either describe a species of bird with functions called lengthofbeak and shapeofbeak , so lengthofbeak(sparrow) = short shapeofbeak(sparrow) = straight or alternatively one can use binary relations called beaklength and beakshape : beaklength ( sparrow , short ) beakshape ( sparrow , straight ) |
| 5 | And even if that crisis is surmounted , it is made extremely clear that this success too will conform to the general pattern of ‘ fruitlessness ’ — or maybe one should say its fruit will be bitter . |