Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) . |
| 2 | Does it matter whether he really died in a burning building or whether he only thinks he did ? |
| 3 | Important : Please do not claim help on low-income grounds if you have automatic entitlement or if you already have a current AG2 or AG3 certificate . |
| 4 | However , if your usual diet incorporated oats , barley or rye or if you would like to experiment , you can include foods containing these this week . |
| 5 | It is thought that this represents a very real social phenomenon , either because of the nature of the settlement or because it was a general policy to dispose of rubbish away from the settlements , perhaps as manure in the fields , and is clearly not the product of poor preservation as has tended to be assumed ( Astill and Lobb 1982 , p. 140 ) . |
| 6 | He wondered whether Alice Mair would invite Lessingham to stay the night at Martyr 's Cottage or whether he would be driven home later by her or her brother . |
| 7 | The motivation for the project was : staff recognition of a need to evaluate whether children made any real progress in their written work between 1st year infants and 4th year juniors ; whether too much was expected too soon , and whether it is possible to decide an age when the average child could be expected to be competent in certain skills ; whether the language curriculum throughout the school was sufficiently broad in terms of coverage or whether there was unnecessary duplication ; whether the most able children were being stretched enough ; whether there was any justification for ‘ setting ’ across classes for certain kinds of work ; whether pooling teacher energy and resources on a common topic increased intra-staff awareness and co-operation , and co-operation and interest among children from different classes ; and finally , whether whole-school topic work appeared sufficiently worthwhile in terms of children 's learning experiences to warrant repetition at some future date . |
| 8 | However , if the PRO is arranging feature coverage or if it is known that they will be available for photography their PR lives will be extended . |
| 9 | It is a matter of judgement , in many cases , as to whether it is preferable to allow the pursuer to proceed to enquiry with a bad case or whether it is better to have the problem cured thus improving the defender 's understanding of what the pursuer 's case is . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 . |
| 11 | A disclaimer would not be effective if it were merely contained in the small print of a contract or if it were simply the subject of a casual remark by the salesman during negotiations . |
| 12 | Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention . |
| 13 | At the former , stone-robbing had effectively removed the crucial junction on the steeply sloping ground ; at the gate , it remained unclear whether the wall was already in existence or whether it had been constructed at the same time . |
| 14 | Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past . |
| 15 | This will take place in five stages : — orientation interviews , to select the texts and to establish the communicative context ; — initial analysis of texts which will focus on linguistic features likely to indicate relations between disciplines ; — directed interviews with the participants which will allow them to comment on the details of the analysis ; — comparison of texts from different locations and situations to show if a pattern of features is merely peculiar to one writer or if it may have general social significance . |
| 16 | I can not help but marvel over the miracle of cordless technology when perched 40ft high , drilling through roof rafters with a cordless tool , not having to worry about tripping over the cable or whether it 's going to rain . |
| 17 | Er we got leave to use it in the playground as far as I can imagine but we made an awful division or if we did n't it pretty quickly in the class . |
| 18 | We only call dolphins when we need help in a rough sea , or we are in difficulty or if there is something we would like to know about relatives at a distance over the ocean . |
| 19 | I do not know whether he does not understand the measure or whether he thinks that he can discredit the idea by associating it with the poll tax . |
| 20 | Important : Skin brushing is safe for everybody , except for those suffering from skin disorders such as eczema or psoriasis or if there is infected or broken skin . |
| 21 | Erm whether it 's to do just with the words , like for dictionaries usage y'know or whether it 's to do with erm how language is strung together , functional use of grammar or whether it 's to do with units and repertoires and bigger units or whether it 's to do even with ideologies or yeah |
| 22 | So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them . |
| 23 | The HSE 's propensity ( or more realistically reluctance ) to prosecute , except as a last resort or where there is no alternative , is well-known and is touched on by Phil James in ‘ Reforming British Health and Safety Law : a framework for discussion ’ ( 1992 ) 21 Industrial Law Journal 83–105 , together with the related area of penalties . |
| 24 | We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community . |
| 25 | Despite this , it seems that what is now on offer is not the true independence of monetary policy which would come from free competition between different currencies and policies ( whether the currencies remained in the public sector as at present or whether they were in private hands ) , but instead the imposition of one economic and monetary policy by a powerful and unaccountable institution . |
| 26 | It is questionable whether the real centre of economic power in this country is any longer an elected parliament or whether it has moved to the trade unions , large corporations , government departments , nationalised industries and government agencies . |
| 27 | After all , they were going to live in a village they had never even seen , and during the next hour or so they would discover what manner of place their new home was . |
| 28 | After an hour or so they are given a brief rest by switching the lights off and then they are tested by being given a choice between attempting to follow the light on which they had been imprinted ( say the red ) and another , unfamiliar light , say the yellow . |
| 29 | For an hour or so they continued to travel through the sighing trees , Cleo slumped against Dauntless 's back . |
| 30 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |