Example sentences of "[conj] perhaps the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the rejection of marriage and the espousal of a profession represents a ‘ deviant career ’ for women , or perhaps the phenomenon of the obsessive , houseproud housewife could be usefully seen as a form of gender role-related deviance . |
| 2 | Or perhaps the diaphragm needs replacing . |
| 3 | Also ships carrying dangerous cargoes in sensitive waters , for example an area similar to where the went ashore or perhaps the Dover Straits where cargo collisions have been reduced by eighty percent since radar surveillance was introduced . |
| 4 | Yes , she thought she would wear the black — or perhaps the strawberry crushed velvet … |
| 5 | As we were hearing from Rupert just now , you know , you start if you travel to the States and spend two or three weeks wandering around there , you get an impression of the travel industry as a consumer , and you come back and go to a hotel here and you find that it seems a bit more expensive , or perhaps the meals are n't quite so good , or , as Rupert pointed out , the service is n't quite so good . |
| 6 | You could use these to make up some smaller pictures for the bridesmaids , or perhaps the mothers of the newly married couple . |
| 7 | They recognised him , or perhaps the gold band round his helmet . |
| 8 | The cost , or perhaps the choice , was to stay unmarried . |
| 9 | Or perhaps the Government may decide that the provision of cheap houses to its young supporters in the South-east is not as important as holding the thin green line , while cultivating the older guard . |
| 10 | Or perhaps the DTI anticipated their wrong-doing and so planted a bug to record the conversation at which the agreement was struck . |
| 11 | Could it be the years of experience it takes to know where the grape is just ripe or perhaps the skill needed to reach that perfectly balanced wine . |
| 12 | Or perhaps the plot of a story like this demands such heroism from Jacob , never mind the unheroic qualities he has displayed before . |
| 13 | On the completion of the work here at Halling , to celebrate the opening of his new Palace , a great party , or perhaps the word should be banquet took place , for at the Palace on St. Andrews Day , 1324 , Haymo entertained a great many guests of distinction , and high rank , from throughout the county . |
| 14 | Or perhaps the universe , or the agency that created it , existed forever and did n't need to be created . |
| 15 | Or perhaps the head asleep on the pillow is revealed as something less enticing in the cold light of dawn . |
| 16 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
| 17 | The Book of Kells has not survived the centuries complete and has lost some of its printed pages , or perhaps the plan for the illumination was never completed . |
| 18 | It was oddly heavy — or perhaps the horses were very tired . |
| 19 | If Labour Members are so keen on Ravenscraig staying open , why does the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) not have the guts — or perhaps the influence in the shadow Cabinet — to give an unequivocal commitment that if the Labour party came to power it would keep Ravenscraig open ? |
| 20 | The process has to stop at any duly authorised statement , e.g. by the Clerk of the Parliaments , or perhaps the Speaker of the House of Commons , etc. , as to what was the will of the House . |
| 21 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
| 22 | However , an explicit consideration of the broader themes of education management as such is a luxury which fewer people will have had the time , or perhaps the inclination , to undertake . |
| 23 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 24 | An experienced teacher may be wary of revealing uncertainties for fear of losing status in the eyes of colleagues , or perhaps the chance of promotion . |
| 25 | The highlights , or perhaps the lowlights , have included singer James Hetfield getting himself barbecued by an over-enthusiastic pyro , while the temporary pairing with Guns N' Roses caused further turbulence — or so the press would have us believe . |
| 26 | Or perhaps the phone boxes were all vandalised . |
| 27 | Er on the day of the event you went either your mother or somebody else 's mother Usually the custom was that the the boy who was to be the horse would be decorated either by his own mother , say , or or perhaps the person who he was s s he Who he was partnering as as as ploughman , you know , horseman . |
| 28 | Or perhaps the deputy editor Simon Heffer — who penned the tribute — was confusing ‘ legendary ’ charm with ‘ mythical ’ charm . |
| 29 | The President made as if to reach for Trent 's hand but the effort was too great , or perhaps the shame . |
| 30 | Perhaps it is the habitual leader of the group or perhaps the leader has arisen for that meeting on that topic . |