Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] neither [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A subsequent prospective study demonstrated that neither metformin nor glibenclamide had an adverse effect on serum total cholesterol , triglyceride , HDL-cholesterol or the apoproteins A-I and B ( Taylor et al , 1982 ) .
2 The report also revealed that neither Casey 's personal secretary nor any other members of the campaign staff were able to account for his whereabouts on July 27-29 , 1980 .
3 Mr McGarry added that neither Aga-sagas nor Seth 's A Suitable Boy were the future of the novel .
4 This Act prohibited sex discrimination in admission to schools , appointment of teachers ( with exceptions for single-sex schools ) and careers advice , and stipulated that neither girls nor boys should be refused access to ‘ any courses , facilities or other benefits provided ’ solely on the grounds of their sex .
5 Already in January 1948 they had yielded up the clause in the wartime Quebec Agreement which stated that neither Britain nor the United States would use nuclear weapons without the consent of the other .
6 Lorraine Berry , head of the status commission and leader of the Democratic Party majority in the legislature , stated that neither statehood nor independence would serve the islands ' best interests .
7 Curled up in his army greatcoat , Frankie listened to the snores of the man in the attic and hoped and prayed that neither Sweetheart nor the two policemen would tell Buddie that he had wandered off and become lost .
8 The Committee stressed that neither Mr Jordan nor Mr Stone ‘ intentionally failed to ascertain ’ Coopers ' prior connections with Polly Peck .
9 The Stanford chemists knew that neither gallium arsenide or gallium phosphide worked well with acetonitrile .
10 He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation .
11 She knew that neither Jasper nor Bert would be up early , but made herself get up in time to join Jim for tea and cornflakes .
12 They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders .
13 When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’
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