Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 No one suggests , certainly not I , that the nation state has properties which are eternal or that it should attribute to itself values which are timeless .
2 The continuing use after that time of recognition is a time of testing whether control is possible or whether it has indeed been lost .
3 Go easy on vigorous exercise , especially during the first three months when you need as much rest as possible or if you are suffering from high blood pressure .
4 If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently .
5 All these questions can help you decide whether the ad is right or whether it needs changing .
6 and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea .
7 You can tell me if I 'm right or if I 'm wrong .
8 The evaluation and assessment of test data on completely new products or packs and the problem of deciding whether they are sufficiently stable or whether they adequately protect the product under market conditions is more difficult .
9 Simon denies that anything was said in private or that they were criticised by the coaches or management .
10 If it is n't then you 've got ta make a choice of whether you want to be private or whether you want to run the risk of someone using it as cover .
11 What when he was asleep or when he was
12 I try to work out if she 's got a period due or if she 's been having trouble with her mother .
13 That 's a compliment , of course , but it did n't happen just because I was tall or that I was particularly athletic .
14 You may have fears — about things you did early on before you knew that you were pregnant or that something could be wrong with the baby .
15 Many practices realised that their marketing had been deficient or that they needed to know more about trends and opportunities .
16 ‘ It 's real strange but I do n't feel cheated or that I deserved something and did n't get it ’ .
17 In the U.S.A. even at the time of President Lincoln about 1860 there was serious debate as to whether the economy should remain agricultural or whether there should be a positive attempt to develop manufacturing .
18 It did n't seem to her that Timothy Gedge was trying to make a joke , yet it was amazing that he was saying all this just to pay them back for not being friendly or because he wanted a wedding-dress they would n't give him , or for any reason at all .
19 If , after a previously unblemished career , you are taken to task , it may be that your superiors ' requirements are unrealistic or that you have not yet been given sufficient time to adjust to the style of the new regime .
20 Held , ( 1 ) that on an appeal to the High Court from a decision of justices under the Children Act 1989 fresh evidence could be adduced only with leave in exceptional circumstances , and the court would not interfere with the exercise of the justices ' discretion unless it considered that their decision was plainly wrong or that they had erred in principle ; and that , further , an interm order would not lightly be interfered with in view of its temporary nature and the often provisional character of the evidence ( post , p. 271A–B ) .
21 I was n't there trying to tell him that he was doing something wrong or that he should n't be doing it .
22 I 'm not saying that he will get it wrong or that he 'll lose you the money , but that 's the responsibility of .
23 I think the problem here is that others , obviously banks and other industries , will be using computers and there will be a tendency then for people , when things go wrong or when they do n't understand , to become further removed from the technology .
24 I went over to him wondering if something was wrong or if he was just being lazy .
25 Nobody actually knows whether they 're right , whether they 're wrong or if there are any problems with them .
26 I think that it ought to be self-evident , erm if we 've done our programme in a way which er , is clear or if we 've presented it in a clear fashion , then I think sequence and clashes er and safety , to a large extent , become self-evident .
27 If one person 's on duty , you would a situation where really that was a bit of risk quite often , and er , it 's not an acceptable thing but er , I totally agree we need to agree very carefully if one 's wise to whether the initial staffing is adequate or whether it is case a of people not having
28 The Policyholder may claim a constructive total loss when the subject matter of insurance is reasonably abandoned to the Insurer on the account of its actual total loss appearing to be unavoidable or because it could not be preserved from such actual total loss without an expenditure that would exceed its value when recovered/repaired .
29 They should not feel embarrassed or that our time may be wasted . ’
30 However , there is no reason to suppose that relationships between size and reproductive success will be linear or that they will follow a similar pattern in both sexes .
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