Example sentences of "[conj] do [pron] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we have the constituencies as were before the additional six seats or do we continue with the constituencies with the additional seats . |
| 2 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 3 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 4 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |
| 5 | Yes that 's what I was gon na ask you do you arrive early morning or do you move in the Sunday night . |
| 6 | Or do you believe in the act of Going to Church ? |
| 7 | Theodora was faced with the usual dilemma of such contrivances , did one hammer on the outer door ( there seemed to be no bell ) and risk not being heard or did one penetrate to the inner door proper and risk being judged intrusive ? |
| 8 | You see this thing did you buy this separately or did it come in the Walkman ? |
| 9 | Did you go to the sort of school where it was made easy to go into science , or did you go to the sort of school where nice girls did the arts or something quite different ? |
| 10 | ‘ Or does she object to the coloured races in general ? ’ |
| 11 | Is it when a person needs help to lift a glass to his or her lips , or does it depend on the degree of dehydration ? |
| 12 | Does the amp respond or does it buckle under the strain ? |
| 13 | Or does it start on the approach side of the roundabout ? |
| 14 | Does the spider begin in the centre and move outwards down the spiral , or does it begin at the outside and work inwards ? |
| 15 | Or does he concur with the view of the Minister for Housing and Planning that the homeless are merely the people whom one steps over on the way out of the opera ? |
| 16 | In many cases they seem to be neither , in that they do not have a direct or specific relationship with the labour market ; nor do they fit into the conventional , specialized academic categories . |
| 17 | Nor do they deal with the real dilemmas of participation that have been the focus of considerable research . |
| 18 | Nor did we reflect on the way in which work can be used by some people as a substitute for living an authentic life . |
| 19 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |
| 20 | Nor did they know of the old Swedish experiments attempting to make helium from hydrogen in the laboratory . |
| 21 | There could be no other reason , and yet that did not accord with the placidity of his face and his voice , nor did it match with the image Harry was beginning to form of him . |
| 22 | Correct me if I 'm wrong , but I can not remember major riots and civil disorder against the old rates system , nor did it contribute to the downfall of a Prime Minister . |
| 23 | The ‘ snake ’ did not have any provision for strong currency nations to help the weak , nor did it provide for the harmonisation of national economic policies . |
| 24 | Nor did it agree with the fear expressed by Lord Hewart . |
| 25 | He had no fits nor did he suffer from the falling sickness . ’ |
| 26 | Nor did he go to the Rousseau extreme , saying that we 're basically noble savages . |
| 27 | Nor did he agree with the tag that the media had given him , that of anti-hero . |
| 28 | The laissez-faire leader also made suggestions , but was more ‘ standoffish ’ and did not involve himself with the boy 's welfare , nor did he join in the group activities , so that the boys were effectively left to do what they wanted by themselves . |
| 29 | Mr Tim , by the way , does not acknowledge the modern concept of the language laboratory ; nor does he cleave to the antique idea of the library of books ; still less does he believe in separating students of different ability . |
| 30 | Leeds City Council does not expect within its plan period nor does it expect within the period of the North Yorkshire alterations , commuting will disappear . |