Example sentences of "[coord] [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 | Nor would different pictures have succeeded where these failed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | At present British single mothers can not pass on their citizenship to children born abroad , nor can married women pass on their citizenship to children from abroad with non-UK fathers . |
| 27 | Nor can mosaic pavements offer any guidance , since their themes are commonly drawn from classical mythology . |
| 28 | Unlike conventional bureaucrats , whose managerial skills are capable of being duplicated , technocrats can not be purged or replaced easily , nor can scientific — professional viewpoints be altered from outside . |
| 29 | Nor can potential school achievement or social competence be directly linked to levels of sight : pupils with little or no sight have shown that they can achieve well in school , be independent and happy , since the interaction of the child and the learning environment is as significant for them in helping to achieve these goals as it is for any pupil in school . |
| 30 | No one can represent fully the lives of those met during a case study ; nor can full justice be done to the complexity and the range of issues , interpretations and concerns experienced by each individual . |