Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two issues at stake with the labour aristocracy thesis are : can this relatively privileged sector of society be a militant force for change or will it want to maintain the status quo ? |
| 2 | What about the other animals erm the pigs , for example , would you kill them immediately after market or would you also |
| 3 | For a resident , little things become so big when your whole life can revolve round what 's for lunch and can you sit in your usual place or has someone pinched it ? |
| 4 | It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny . |
| 5 | Some six months later an anguished letter arrived from the United States in which she said that since arriving in the USA she had barely had two weeks without an attack of herpes and could she possibly attend again when she was next in England . |
| 6 | Grateful to the minister for that reply but would he not agree with me that where local authorities erm local chambers of commerce and trades councils er and his own department of employment , are already working well together with good small initiatives , to put upon them English Estates , TECs , British coal enterprise er is in fact to do precisely what he does not advocate to make a mushrooming of bureaucracy and will he not undertake to evaluate these initiative to see if they really do work or whether they 're just providing jobs for the boys . |
| 7 | They were both quiet for a long time both thinking much the same thing : was such a pretence a way of beginning or would it destroy the might have-been ? |
| 8 | Can these changes stem from enlightened rethinking of principles or must they follow a collapse of the EEC and the present economy ? |
| 9 | I reminded her of Bobbie and would I mind if she called me by that dear nickname ? |
| 10 | Indeed , that ‘ as if ’ model is an important part of the act of communication and must itself be treated as an object of study . |
| 11 | Are you alright , taking that in place of Jenny or would you like |
| 12 | I wonder if you are familiar with this type of thing and could it be applied to computer video outputs . |
| 13 | The distinction is clearest if we anticipate ideas about turbulence energy in Section 19.3 : the new turbulence at the edge of a spot acquires its energy not by transfer from the spot but by generation of fluctuations that can themselves extract energy from the mean motion . |
| 14 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 15 | If you are touring down a remote gorge do you choose a technique which gives maximum force and a high risk of injury or would you prefer a slightly less powerful stroke and a reduced risk of shoulder dislocation ? |
| 16 | Will he accept that in the United States of America , the land of free enterprise , it was concluded that voluntary arrangements would never sufficiently overcome discrimination against employment and will he respond positively to the view of the employers forum on disability and the law society as well as three hundred and eleven honourable members of this house who have signed E D M number two that the time has now come for legislation to ban discrimination against in er disabled people in respect of employment in this country . |
| 17 | I mean , I know it 's something to do with funding but could you just explain that for me ? |
| 18 | Would either of them reach compact disc standard international stardom and , if they did , would they soften into insignificance or would they , could they , remain essential and innovative ? |
| 19 | Many schools produce aims which are essentially vague aspirations and objectives which are unattainable as they are not translatable into actions nor can their achievement be measured . |
| 20 | Now I know I could do it by getting a little deeper into things but can anyone think of a pure MS-DOS way of doing it ? |
| 21 | get back with sugar or can you nip up to shop and get some sugar ? |
| 22 | It 'd mean waiting till , often till the , the father came back from work and then he 'd have to er sometimes come right up to the er to the nursing home er to tell you that , that they was , that she was in labour and would we please come . |
| 23 | Are Channel 5 and Cable in opposition or will they work together occupying new spaces in a completely new industry map ? |
| 24 | Will those applications , which total 4,500 from my constituency alone , be assessed fairly and reasonably by the DSS in Strathclyde and will he assure me that there will not be the delays that characterised the applications for disability benefit vis-a-vis vibration white finger and beat knee claims ? |
| 25 | A question must be raised concerning the appropriate level at which socialist planning can take place : can it be national in scope or must it be international ? |
| 26 | Would my right , would my right honourable friend agree that the use of American and French and British planes to bomb the hills around Sarajevo may not necessarily produce lasting peace in Bosnia and would he further agree that if the idea is to achieve a demilitarised zone , policed effectively around Sarajevo then the best chances of so doing are by ensuring that Russian soldier in United Nations uniforms , in integrated units with British and French forces so help in the policing of that zone . |
| 27 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 28 | If you 're windsurfing in April and May you 'll be more comfy if you beg or borrow a wetsuit , otherwise you wo n't need any special equipment . |
| 29 | How will you judge the time , is there a clock in view or will you use your own ? |
| 30 | YORKSHIRE today start out on the last day of their annual visit to Middlesbrough but will it also be their final championship appearance at Acklam Park ? |