Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff argued that the prior disclosure was irrelevant as the share sale agreement contained clauses stating that the warranties were given subject to the matters set out in the disclosure letter but that no other information whether actual , constructive or imputed would affect any claim made by the plaintiff or reduce any amount recoverable . |
| 2 | While adjusting a spotlight to illuminate the perineal area take care not to throw your face into shadow , or lip-reading will become impossible . |
| 3 | Where you stand or sit will affect my perception of you . |
| 4 | They will either stop or labour will start properly . |
| 5 | Being drunk or stoned can make anyone forget to use condoms , but if the condoms are easy to see or find there is a better chance that you 'll remember to use them . |
| 6 | In any event , nothing partners do or say can prevent the court entertaining an application by one of their number for a dissolution on appropriate grounds ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 7 | Rubbing or pressing can relieve the situation . |
| 8 | The imperative 'need to find regularities ' which Popper speaks of , coupled with Bartlett 's ‘ effort after meaning ’ , constitute a powerful expectation in human beings that what is said or written will make sense in the context in which it appears . |
| 9 | ‘ Questions ’ , whether oral or written must relate to a matter for which a Minister is responsible and the clerks , administering the rules and practice of the Houses to that effect , will refuse to accept questions which go beyond these bounds . |
| 10 | Judicious cutting or rounding can reduce work considerably . |
| 11 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 12 | In Cheltenham , he goes unoticed ; untouched by the glare of publicity and yet abroad , where powerboating can catch motor racing for fans and followers , he 's a big shot . |
| 13 | There they could be near to RSSPCC centres where interviewing could take place ; and in those centres the Society 's social workers repeatedly interviewed and questioned the nine children they had taken away . |
| 14 | No amount of male kindness or pleading could reduce its fear . |
| 15 | In epidemiological reasoning , several alternatives should be considered to explain an observed association : chance , bias , or confounding might pre-empt true causation . |
| 16 | This is simply saying that each market participant , in laying his buying or selling plans , must pay careful heed not only to the prospective decisions of those to whom he hopes to sell or from whom he hopes to buy — as an implication of the latter — also to the prospective decisions of others whose decisions to sell or to buy may compete with his own . |
| 17 | But in this instance , the exception is more apparent than real , since if the person insulted or abused can read the display from his garden , the offence is committed ( assuming , of course , that it satisfies the other requirements of the section ) . |
| 18 | And this poverty needs correcting or greening will translate into more domination . |
| 19 | Whether a capital gains tax liability subsequently arises when the further securities are disposed of or redeemed will depend upon whether or not they are " qualifying corporate bonds " within s117 TCGA 1992 . |
| 20 | New workplaces opened for the first time on or after 1 January 1993 or those that are modified or extended or converted should comply with the Regulations immediately . |
| 21 | Substances that are lethal if inhaled , imbibed or touched may do no harm at all when safely confined to a well-run tip . |
| 22 | ScotRail and InterCity say the services they are withdrawing or altering will affect a small number of commuters |
| 23 | I think what what Mr Wincup was saying at the end of the day , is that the Inspector 's report and the conclusions on the greenbelt local plan will go back to the parent authority , the originating authority , which is North Yorkshire , equally my rec report , out recommendations on this alteration go back to North Yorkshire , they have to take regard to whatever we recommend , ultimately they will take a decision on that , erm depending on the decision other things may flow from it , and I ca n't really speculate on what those are at the moment , but effectively the final decision as to what they accept or reject will rest with North Yorkshire . |
| 24 | ‘ And nothing that people say or do can detract from this . |
| 25 | And when he said that he could n't agree with me , but please , please could n't we let the matter drop since nothing we said or did could alter the course of events , I was enraged because it seemed to me that this really was his attitude , he wanted a quiet life , not to be involved . |
| 26 | If this glitch activity has continued over the lifetime of the pulsar , roughly 5% of the moment of inertia of the neutron star must now be effectively removed in the form of pinned vortices ; but according to current models , only 1% of the total moment of inertia is involved in the whole of the superfluid that interpenetrates the inner crust , where pinning might take place . |
| 27 | Now , because everything we did or said might have had some effect on John , I found it hard to relax about any aspect and always felt that we had to do more , be more efficient , keep up the pressure . |
| 28 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 29 | Nothing he could do or say would move this stalwart protector of civic rectitude from his ordained path . |
| 30 | At the broadest level it has been contended that stifling the artistic urges of the convicted or incarcerated would have deprived the world of much great literature . |