Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Is this adequate , or should I add a protein skimmer and/or external canister filter ?
2 I have n't slept for weeks , you should see the bags under my eyes — Deardrie , should we get separate beds , or should I get a tape recorder under the covers so he can hear the racket he makes ?
3 I have a 200W heater mat and external thermostat , will these be suitable , or should I buy a heater/stat ?
4 Or should you spend a bit more time really finding out the extent of the pollution ? ’
5 Can these changes stem from enlightened rethinking of principles or must they follow a collapse of the EEC and the present economy ?
6 Should I wait until the highlights have grown out or could I have a colour put on top ?
7 Shall we go up there now or shall we wait a bit longer ? "
8 Shall I have potato salad or shall I have a prawn salad , or shall I have a chicken salad ?
9 Shall I have potato salad or shall I have a prawn salad , or shall I have a chicken salad ?
10 ‘ Well , shall we go through or would you prefer a drink first ? ’
11 Or would you prefer a return to high taxes and secondary picketing ?
12 Do you feel that works , or would you prefer a union set up ?
13 I tell you why do n't you invite me on the show or would you feel a bit overawed ?
14 Elementary education was to be provided for all children in England and Wales ; now did the village want a new church school , or would it prefer a board school , one which would be secular and undenominational ?
15 Would the bombing succeed as a deterrent , discouraging popular support for terrorism , or would it provoke a desire for revenge ?
16 Can the relationship be summarized as a straight line or will it need a curve ?
17 Is it true , as Marx sometimes seems to say , that in order for a group of people to constitute a class they must be conscious of their shared identity , or can they form a class on the basis of other criteria ?
18 Does the name cover only pure-bred wild boars or can it include a cross , bred with a domestic pig ?
19 Nor could he imagine a woman with the least ambiguity of feeling so comprehensively stripping him of possessions .
20 Nor need you suffer a moment longer than you should , for if you send the money to the firm on a coupon demanding that it ‘ rushes ’ you the MugMate , it will ‘ ship the same day ’ it gets your order .
21 Nor would they welcome a takeover by the Tigrayans .
22 I have no strikingly original view of machines and consciousness to offer , nor shall I present a survey of the views of those in artificial intelligence ( AI for short ) who have discussed their relation , for the simple reason that there are none , at least in the sense of well-articulated philosophical views .
23 it may sound impossible to many that a sergeant or a young junior officer coming straight from the Empire Training Scheme either in Canada or Rhodesia , was a far better prospect than shall we say a group captain or a wing commander , or even a squadron leader , who had spent the entire war in the training machine .
24 Nor can they impose a fine of more than £5,000 .
25 The first is from outside concerning the State and the second from inside , in that the inhabitants can not adapt their own technologies fast or radically enough to maintain an increase in their incomes , nor can they find a solution elsewhere by migration and a secure source of income outside the region altogether .
26 Nor can it lift a man unaided from his melancholy .
27 It must be remembered that a court can not order a mortgagee to agree to a conveyance or transfer subject to mortgage , nor can it order a mortgagee to release a party from the mortgage covenants .
28 Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please .
29 She now laughed as she added , ‘ And should you make a habit of coming here you 'll soon learn I 'm a very modest woman ; hate self-praise . ’
30 And should you see a sign on the fur side of the street flashing BEEF-BOOZE-NO STRINGS , then you can forget it .
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