Example sentences of "or she would " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Unless the manager represents a big artist , he or she would n't work with the record company 's senior directors . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | I wonder if she has yet worked out that for every douse she has to pull less load ; probably not , or she would be pissing on the wood . |
| 6 | ‘ I am in the pink , ’ said Dot , though she knew she was n't or she would n't have allowed herself to weep the day before . |
| 7 | Then the theist offers examples of observations which he or she would claim count for ( or conceivably against ) the existence of God . |
| 8 | I dared not tell Mamma , or she would begin to badger me again to give up my job … |
| 9 | If her parents needed her to be looked after , she would be off there again later ; or she would go there in the evenings to read a book to her grandfather , or play games with him , or listen to one of the old pair storytelling . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , if the landowner threatens you with a firearm , it is comforting to know that he or she would be committing a criminal offence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | No partner has a guarantee that the other will turn out exactly as he or she would wish . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 18 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 19 | A young reader would perhaps define an attractive author as one with whom he or she would like to spend a day . |
| 20 | She is an invalid , unfortunately , or she would call on your sister . ’ |
| 21 | They had to be good — not just good but sensational — or she would let everyone down , all those who believed in her — her small workforce of pattern cutters and outworkers , the friends from art school who dropped in to lend their help and support , and most of all her mother , who had put her house up as collateral for the bank loan that had set her up and enabled her to get started . |
| 22 | The tigress had seen me , or she would not have crossed the pool and hurried for shelter , as her tracks showed she had done . |
| 23 | But the fire in her body when she lay in bed thinking of him that night warned her that she had to be strong or she would n't be able to reject him if he tried again . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Yet it 's bad , must be , or she would have phoned herself . |
| 26 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ . 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |