Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it right to present this all at one time to the boards for them to pick and chose , or should practical issues , such as board operations , have been introduced first , before asking them to consider larger educational issues ? |
| 2 | Is a specialist required or should general potential be given more weight ? |
| 3 | Or should certain classes of work be reserved exclusively for law centres ? |
| 4 | Or could dying only be brave if you were shot at ? |
| 5 | For example , are further increases in protectionism inevitable , or could developed countries instead solve the internal problems caused by North-South trade through tax , training and redistributive measures ? |
| 6 | Or would African governments control the press and so prevent alternative voices from being heard ? |
| 7 | But even if he did save his electronic jottings , would they be readable by the end of his lifetime , or would magnetic deterioration plus hardware and software obsolescence combine to make the efforts of retaining the file futile ? |
| 8 | 500g ( 1-lb 2oz ) carton or can ready-to-serve custard |
| 9 | Do glossy locks come naturally or can conditioning treatments really make the difference ? |
| 10 | Is the existence of a supportive relationship before an event the critical factor , or can new supportive relationships mobilised at the time of the event be effective ? |
| 11 | To allow for confrontations across the years and maximum cross-pollination , these divisions should not be too rigorously enforced ; nor should other public collections be raided in the name of institutional uniformity . |
| 12 | Environmental degradation knows no boundaries and nor should environmental policy . |
| 13 | Nor should Standard English be confused with ‘ good ’ English . |
| 14 | Nor should external rendering override the damp-proof membrane . |
| 15 | Certainly the pupil should not be considered primarily as a medical case , nor should preconceived conclusions drawn from information on medical records be used to channel activities or limit opportunities . |
| 16 | Nor should remedial discretion be used as a way of discouraging applications for judicial review in order to reduce the Crown Office List to manageable proportions . |
| 17 | Nor should catechetical programmes overlook the need to teach children and adolescents a proper and responsible use of the media . |
| 18 | Nor should enduring personal contacts be forgotten . |
| 19 | Spanish governments between 1809 and 1814 had neither the force to suppress the revolt nor could liberal political thought embrace the notion of colonial autonomy . |
| 20 | Older women might influence decisions but they could never make them , nor could Hindu and Jain families where the women themselves can sometimes be tyrants over their daughters-in-law , sisters-in-law and even younger brothers-in-law , see p. 118 Chapter 7 . ) |
| 21 | Nor could jumpy Orrell cope with the efficiency of the steady , unflurried Pilgrim , the full-back , who kicked Wasps ' penalty goals besides putting in the delicate chip that set up the try for Oti . |
| 22 | Eddie Heley , Maintenance Fitter , was given £10 for an idea that could reduced wear and save down time on Axminster looms by fitting hardened brushes to the sneck sleeve bracket . |
| 23 | The heralds and the disciplinary officers could achieve much ; but it is clear that no factor could ensure a greater respect for the rules of war and for the interests and property of the non-combatant than could firm leadership . |
| 24 | Nor would different pictures have succeeded where these failed . |
| 25 | Nor would snatched snaps of us going home in our car that evening have revealed any particular closeness as my passionate tirade about his behaviour fell on deaf or rather sleeping ears as he lay comatose in the passenger seat . |
| 26 | The Fifth Amendment to the United States constitution provides a clear echo of the words of John Locke quoted above : ‘ No person shall be … deprived of life , liberty or property , without due process of law ; nor shall private property be taken for public use , without just compensation . ’ |
| 27 | The amendment states that no person shall ‘ be deprived of life , liberty , or property without due process of law , nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation ’ . |
| 28 | had conspired with certain other young persons to produce a magazine that would corrupt the morals of young children and other young persons and had intended to arouse and implant in the minds of these young people lustful and perverted desires . |
| 29 | Their lives may be saved by either an appropriate mode of delivery or by ending the pregnancy at an appropriate gestational age — the optimal time for delivery ( the earliest date in a given pregnancy at which birth would carry a higher probability of healthy survival than would continued gestation ) . |
| 30 | As the effects of right sided damage are likely to be less immediately troublesome than comparable damage on the left , which frequently causes some degree of aphasia , naturally occurring left hemisphere lesions may well lead the patient to seek medical advice earlier in the disease process than would equal damage at the right side of the brain . |