Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuing use after that time of recognition is a time of testing whether control is possible or whether it has indeed been lost . |
| 2 | All these questions can help you decide whether the ad is right or whether it needs changing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I try to work out if she 's got a period due or if she 's been having trouble with her mother . |
| 5 | Many practices realised that their marketing had been deficient or that they needed to know more about trends and opportunities . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's real strange but I do n't feel cheated or that I deserved something and did n't get it ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee . |
| 13 | ( Nearly new stalls at Rallies are proving popular or if you have access to a VHS video system , a coffee morning might raise a few funds ) . |
| 14 | The night porter used a passkey for those rooms that were empty or where no-one answered . |
| 15 | An overall clinical global grade was given according to Truelove and Witts ( table I ) At the end of the study patients were asked whether they found the enemas acceptable or whether they had encountered difficulty in their administration . |
| 16 | His most recent biographer has observed that ‘ because Aymer de Valence held the English earldom of Pembroke and spent his entire career in English service it is easy to forget that in origin he was almost entirely French and that he retained very close links with France throughout his life ’ . |
| 17 | That , for some reason , almost made him give up , not the pain , but the familiar bit of furniture , the bed he had slept in for fifteen years , now hopelessly astray and as it seemed attacking him . |
| 18 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 19 | And the quality systems will help us to monitor and identify where things are going wrong and once we know what is going wrong , we 've got an opportunity to put it right . |
| 20 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 21 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |
| 22 | My scream brought Mum up to see what was wrong and when she saw my face she ordered me back into bed . |
| 23 | But Liz revealed her hair was naturally curly and that she prefers to dry it straight . |
| 24 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 25 | But however one expresses it , all the evidence is that the quantum phenomenon and the uncertainty principle are unavoidable and that they occur in every branch of physics . |
| 26 | He is old and when he dies he selfish son inherits the land . |
| 27 | So the craft show , er adults are a pound , there 's easy free parking , children are free and if you want two tickets give us a ring , but make a note Nottingham University , this craft show , Jessie Conference Centre , Nottingham University , Friday and Saturday November the twenty six and twenty seventh from ten A M till six P M. |
| 28 | view is that one hopes that my hopes are that of the direct report you er worked for erm is equal and competent and is erm in a sense courageous and brave and that they realize that sometimes to get the best results you have to do things which are perhaps challenging and orthodox |
| 29 | damp and If you get me back to mum 's for about three o'clock time at the latest to take her to Osborne House . |
| 30 | As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids . |