Example sentences of "nor [be] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there .
2 Nor is there much evidence that women 's attitudes towards sex changed significantly during this period .
3 Nor is there much evidence pointing to their general education as the origin of their vision and managerial skill .
4 Nor is there much indication that affluence has encouraged the desire to seek acceptance in new social milieux at higher status levels .
5 Nor was there much inclination in France to pursue an active military policy .
6 Nor was there much evidence of concern in the correspondence columns of The Times — that bush-telegraph of respectable opinion — which were absorbed with more pressing matters such as the scarcity of swallows in England that summer .
7 Nor was there much evidence elsewhere , even before the open disturbances of the late 1980s , that non-Russian nationalities were merging their identity into that of a greater Soviet community .
8 Federal laws governing hazardous waste were not then in effect , nor was there much money to clean up tips .
9 Nor was there much room for individual initiative .
10 Nor was it only characters in novels who were afflicted by the malaise .
11 Nor was it only Norway that shunned him : the invading Germans could n't stand him either .
12 Nor was it much consolation to the church that the extension of prohibitions was less the result of deliberate crown policy ( though the king certainly assisted by the provision of new writs ) than of popular demand among suitors , often clergy litigating against clergy .
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