Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union .
2 However , it is not simply the type of service or resource which distinguishes one form of prevention from another .
3 And all she wants to know is do I use this jug , or do we use that jug .
4 Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring .
5 Oh I can imagine it being a bit strained off and on with er two lots of parents or do they know each other well and everything ?
6 Do they look viable , or do they occupy run-down property ?
7 Are their emotions in fact dictated by the current situation , or do they display emotional reactions which are more persistent and more complex than they can articulate in words ?
8 Do students learn passively , by taking notes in a 50-minute lecture , or do they have more control over their own learning ?
9 Before I went , my father asked me : ‘ Are you going to marry Elizabeth , or do you love another woman ?
10 Do you still want to marry me , or do you love another woman ?
11 Do you think at the moment society in Britain , in Scotland takes proper account of that variety of options , or do you think undue stress is put on one er one or other ?
12 Your Area Managers , your Regional Directors , all got plans ? or do you think those people that are running the company just get up on a Monday , oh , let's see what we can do this week .
13 Do you think society er smiles on all forms of love or do you think some kinds of love and loving are , are actually seen as being lesser than others there , there seems to be less sympathetic for er I mean , yes
14 Or do you reckon that shirt ?
15 May I quote you or your company or do you prefer total anonymity ?
16 Are you looking for the interaction where you learn something about the culture from talking to the people or do you want minimal interaction where simply you visit a place , and you stay in your little bubble or ghetto with people of your own tour company , you do everything together and you never come into contact with local people .
17 Will you have the new fashion taps or do you want different bits here ?
18 You sure you 'd like Coke or do you want some orange ?
19 Or do you want some company ?
20 Do you collect stamps which follow particular themes or areas , or do you collect all sorts of subjects ?
21 Or do you feel comfortable making decisions about where you 're investing your money , or would you be happy for somebody else to do it ?
22 or do you call this living room ?
23 the shock , go up to them and say you know , have you had your right amount or have you taken some sugar and very often they 'll pull up and ah yes I 've overdone it .
24 Are you all working on the same one incidentally or have you got separate ones ?
25 That make us buy these films and watch perhaps . ’
26 I stayed wooden , afraid of the power that let me say those words ; afraid to hold him too hard or too close .
27 And now they have mental powers that allow them to surpass physical laws . ’
28 APS offers businesses a full range of options that allow them to have total control over when and how payments are made .
29 It is strongly recommended that initiating members seek to negotiate fee arrangements with their exclusive sell situation clients that allow them to offer time-based remuneration to participating members with respect to the process of originating foreign purchaser suggestions and/or contacting foreign purchasers .
30 Environmental policies which did not take economic concerns into account were " doomed to fail " , he said , whereas " there is no better ally in the service of our environment than strong economies , economies that make possible increased efficiencies , that enable us to make environmental gains , economies that can generate new technologies and help us arrest and reverse the damage done to our environment " .
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