Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or may it stand as it is , and ought to be ? ’ |
| 2 | The formulae ( ‘ it seemed good ’ , ‘ straight away ’ ) are aped from ‘ city ’ terminology ( and note the deme agora , something normally characteristic of a polis , cp. p. 66 ) — or should we say that the city aped the demes ? |
| 3 | I wonder : is there something wrong with the electric seat motors or should they sound like they have sand in them ? |
| 4 | You see , Miss Williams — or should I make that Fran , so that I can get used to calling you that ? — I could n't very well tell the police what had gone on last night , so I improvised . |
| 5 | Or could he claim that he was defending his friend with reasonable force ? |
| 6 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Would you like another drink , or shall we go and get some souvenirs ? |
| 8 | Would you like me to crawl out quietly through the woodwork now or shall I wait and collect my cards ? ’ |
| 9 | Do you want to explain it — or would you prefer that I pack my bag ? |
| 10 | If a dispute arose , would a court take the view that the fiduciary/agent had done all that was required by disclosure , or would it say that the general law still applied and that the fiduciary had to account as well ? |
| 11 | Or would it die and fade away ? |
| 12 | ‘ Would you like me to dig too , or will you stop and make me a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 13 | Do you have to hurry off , or can you stay and have dinner with me later ? |
| 14 | Again , should you assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him , or can you assume that he is a lawyer so that a hint is sufficient ? |
| 15 | One significant advantage is that should you upgrade or change your machine in the future you only need a new interface to use the tablet with a new computer — plus the appropriate software , of course . |
| 16 | ‘ Nor must you imagine that all innovations will be fruitful . |
| 17 | Nor should we assume that the parties were static . |
| 18 | Nor should we suppose that T. S. Eliot was just firing off his big guns against R. A. Butler 's wartime Education Act of 1944 , for already in the 1930s there had been widespread criticism of ‘ standardisation ’ and ‘ levelling down ’ . |
| 19 | Nor should we think that the situation is better at secondary level . |
| 20 | Nor should you think that this is a slice of ‘ heritage ’ , or a statement of pride in cultural or racial roots : some of these pieces are traditional , but this music 's still developing . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ Nor should it matter if there are , say , four Indians , three Englishmen or four West Indians picked for the panel . |
| 22 | Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . |
| 23 | But the seeming ‘ either/or ’ conflict suggested by these opposing views does not exist ; leadership styles can vary in degrees , ranging from extreme Theory X to extreme Theory Y. McGregor was unable to prove that one extreme was objectively better than another ( ie. more productive ) nor could he disprove that a middle of the road leadership style might not be better . |
| 24 | Nor could she recollect that it had ever been suggested they should do so . |
| 25 | Nor could she decide whether this was a blessing or not . |
| 26 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 27 | Articulate , easy to be with ; filled with ideas and knowledge ; nor could anyone say that they were a bad-looking lot , the young men got their sun-burn , the girls were pretty and well-turned out . |
| 28 | Nor could anyone know that he had reservations ; that he did n't feel as we all did , treading that ground . |
| 29 | Many would not turn to a sound , nor would they smile or babble when spoken to . |
| 30 | Nor would he accept that he should work out the sum due by looking at the cost of providing a type of car which Mr Shove ‘ might reasonably be expected to acquire in his present circumstances ’ . |