Example sentences of "he or she [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she followed him or she would get lost . |
| 2 | If you already have your own company sick pay scheme , it must pay the employee at least what he or she would have been entitled to on SSP . |
| 3 | Unless the manager represents a big artist , he or she would n't work with the record company 's senior directors . |
| 4 | so , if a songwriter has a 60:40 publishing deal , he or she would receive 60 per cent of the PRS payment , and the publisher would get the other 40 per cent . |
| 5 | on the release of a writer 's first album , it is unlikely that he or she would have enough qualifying works to become a publisher member of PRS ( see the ‘ Copyright and Performing Right ’ article for details on these qualifying requirements ) . |
| 6 | Then the theist offers examples of observations which he or she would claim count for ( or conceivably against ) the existence of God . |
| 7 | A weighty body of objective opinion — of HMI , teachers , academics and local authorities — had built up during the 1970s to support the common-sense view that a pupil leaving school aged sixteen at the youngest should be prepared for the responsibilities and opportunities associated with the age of majority which he or she would attain no more than two years later . |
| 8 | However , if the landowner threatens you with a firearm , it is comforting to know that he or she would be committing a criminal offence . |
| 9 | It had various elements : detention upon arrest should only continue if the person was unwilling to identify himself or herself ; or if there was a likelihood that he or she would not turn up at court ; or if there was a need to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence ; or if the arrest was essential to protect the arrested person or other persons or property or to secure evidence by questioning or other means . |
| 10 | No partner has a guarantee that the other will turn out exactly as he or she would wish . |
| 11 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 12 | I wonder if ‘ name and address supplied ’ would volunteer to be chased five miles by an angry mob being happy in the knowledge that when caught he or she would not be beaten up but dispatched humanely ? |
| 13 | The child was observed through a one-way screen to see whether he or she would resist or give in to temptation ( i.e. pick up the more attractive , but forbidden , toy ) . |
| 14 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 15 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 16 | A young reader would perhaps define an attractive author as one with whom he or she would like to spend a day . |
| 17 | On these cassettes you will hear the voice of the hypnotherapist , who will help you to achieve the desired state , then give you the same suggestions that he or she would make if you were in the consulting room ; finally , the hypnotherapist will wake you up again . |
| 18 | He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action . |
| 19 | ‘ . When the signatories said that he or she would be prepared to enter into a deed to formalise the situation , they were not postponing the legal effect of the document or reserving a final view but merely saying that they would be willing to do so if required , ie record in a more formal way the transactions which had already been made . |
| 20 | There was a company rule incorporated into the woman 's terms and conditions that where an employee exceeded 26 weeks ' continuous sick leave , he or she would be dismissed . |
| 21 | They include the purchase of the minority shares by the other members or the company if the minority shareholder feels he or she would be better off out of it . |
| 22 | Do n't be afraid to ask the tutor if he or she would be willing to give you a reference . |
| 23 | If the average person fought any reasonably competent knifeman with bare hands , it 's unlikely that he or she would survive a determined effort to stab them to death . |
| 24 | He or she would be a narrow-minded twat not to , but such evasiveness does not help your case . |
| 25 | This was to ensure that he or she would not be pressurized to publish things against their judgement or be got rid of in favour of an outsider who would change the paper 's political line . |
| 26 | Thus , suppose that a member of the group recognises that he or she would be better off if no one did X. Before that member would embark on an attempt to persuade others , he would have to recognise that others might feel about X as he did . |
| 27 | So too with exhibiting : somewhere a reader may be able to grow significantly better roses than his or her neighbours , and he or she would like to put it to the test of the show-bench . |
| 28 | In all cases , after stating the purpose of the report , the head teacher needs to set out clearly the decision he or she would advise the governors to take . |
| 29 | In order to test it he or she would presumably have to examine a number of literate and non-literate societies from the point of view of their degree of ‘ scepticism ’ . |
| 30 | It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits . |