Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end she stays a virgin , or practises abstinence , or contraception , or if things get further in spite of her best endeavours — for both men and her own desires are importunate — terminates . |
| 2 | If monarchs abuse liberty , or if revolutions succeed only in replacing one unreasonable sovereign by another , then critics such as Gillray , Junius or even Burke might have been drawn to the republican camp . |
| 3 | If you pray for liberty then you may get relief just because you pray , or because things happen anyhow which bring you liberty . |
| 4 | The issue here is conceptually the same as the one which we considered in the previous chapter ( section 6.4 ) , when we discussed whether the identification of spoken words begins after only part of a word has been heard , or whether identification begins only when the whole word has been heard . |
| 5 | The answer to our question — of how much luck we are allowed to postulate — depends upon whether our planet is the only one that has life , or whether life abounds all around the universe . |
| 6 | In the end , whether applicants have their experiential learning counted in the admissions process , or whether students go on expanding the degree of influence they exercise over the curriculum , will be up to them . |
| 7 | Whether , of course , the association between education and earnings is due to the improved productivity of individuals or whether education acts simply as a form of credentialism , is an important debate but beyond the scope of this chapter . |
| 8 | Whether the boy understood what father said , or whether Ramsey did so , is more doubtful . |
| 9 | It is not clear whether some schools did not have the instruments available as requested or whether pupils decided not to use them . |
| 10 | But for many more the importance of relatives — especially of grandmothers — lies in their availability as people who can be called upon in a crisis , or as people to fall back on when other arrangements break down . |
| 11 | Fleece garments vary in weight and thickness — the lighter versions are usually better suited to more active roles , while the heavier ones come into their own during very cold conditions , or as evening wear around camp . |
| 12 | That day when she was eight she had disappeared , or as Rachel tried patiently to call it , wandered off . |
| 13 | These improvements were achieved in a market where hire rates have not improved and where contracts became even harder to win with margins further reduced . |
| 14 | And where Carole lives out in Earlswood , down the lanes she lives round there as well . |
| 15 | The new novel , unlike the fictions of Tolkien and Lewis , is stubbornly secular , but with an ear cocked to the supernatural ; it is no more anti-religious , that is to say , than Philip Larkin 's poem ‘ Church Going ’ , which intones sympathetically the values of an empty place where the dead lie buried and where prayer has once been valid . |
| 16 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 17 | This makes sense in Japan where ( because of stellar house prices ) most young single professionals still live at home with their parents and have cash to spend , and where people do not make a habit of throwing bricks through car windows and stealing things . |
| 18 | This results in a materialistic society that worships consumer goods , and where academics rule rather than artists and philosophers . |
| 19 | It is good because it is written in friendly , ordinary language and where jargon creeps in , it is explained . |
| 20 | Erm they are Yorkshire and Humberside which I think is probably related to the strength of orders and demand in that region , East Midlands where they , where it 's sort of consistent with a trend erm in the last few surveys where they say that they have achieved modest price rises erm and where costs have not been falling , erm and also Wales . |
| 21 | In an industry expanding in output and where technology increased rather than decreased the demand for adult male labour , it seems probable that this experience was matched on the country 's other coalfields . |
| 22 | Unlike Britain and France , where profits were leaked abroad to colonial landholdings and estates , and where profits did not automatically become industrial investments , Germany had been forced to embark on a series of massive and successive re-investment programmes and re-equipment drives . |
| 23 | And where Antoinette laid down guidelines — just as she had done when she advised her own daughter on Scottish affairs when Mary of Guise first went to Scotland — her son , the cardinal , filled in the details . |
| 24 | It has not proved straightforward to obtain the services of appropriate staff , and although work has now commenced in each of the areas mentioned , it is difficult to predict when development will be complete and thus give a firm date as to when information will be available to allow colleges to plan for the introduction of new courses in session 1989–90 . |
| 25 | Many new companies are floated on the reputation of the team alone , and although NoS did not have one which would bring investors flocking , it had at least to state that one existed . |
| 26 | It 'll mean cleaner air and fewer road accidents , and although farmers do n't like the new law , the green lobby says it 's a chance to practice organic farming on a wide scale . |
| 27 | And although Hugh did not recall ever having seen him before he answered contentedly . |
| 28 | And although Tod walked home in a filthy temper ( he was thoroughly out of sorts ) , our parting with Irene was marked by its cordiality and warmth . |
| 29 | And although Scotland has not had a wide reaching policy of moving psychiatric patients out of hospitals , community care for mentally ill people has advanced spontaneously . |
| 30 | He held his shoulders well back and straight , and although Camille had never got close enough to make certain , she was convinced that he strode with his eyes half closed and a small , smart smile on his lips : unique , invincible , the splendid solitary leader of the procession , never to be challenged , usurped or tripped up . |