Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time the Bill gives galleries powers of disposal , subject to certain conditions — or rather it gives such powers to the Tate and the national portrait gallery , but not to the Wallace collection or the national gallery . |
| 2 | Yet every six months or so he found another excuse to get in touch with her . |
| 3 | There scientists will discover the sex and age of the skeletons and whether or not they had any diseases . |
| 4 | Limited partners do , however , have a right to advise full partners , though it is a matter for the full partners whether or not they follow such advice . |
| 5 | My general view on this matter , as a suitably humble outside observer , is that the student of modem sediments pays too much attention to the way these sediments are laid down , their form and composition , but not enough attention to the question of whether or not they stand any chance of preservation for the stratigrapher of tomorrow . |
| 6 | For most people ( whether or not they have any loss of hearing ) it is an advantage to use the resonators fully . |
| 7 | From today and whether or not we make much progress . |
| 8 | Whether or not we accept these points , their importance for the present discussion is clear . |
| 9 | With no pause , almost before he had finished , Delia Sutherland was saying , while glancing openly now at her watch as though determining whether or not she had enough time to put him straight , ‘ No , no , no . |
| 10 | Whether or not she reported this condition to the divisional veterinary officer and showed him photographs , I do now know . |
| 11 | Whether or not you have another attempt at the let-down , must be your decision in the light of any guidelines on the first go . |
| 12 | The servicemen were always very helpful in hauling one aboard , but I was not in uniform and I always felt they must be wondering whether or not I had any right to travel . |
| 13 | He was the last of the brothers ; whether or not he had any part in their deaths he could be the key to a clearer understanding of the two who had died . |
| 14 | A creditor whose claim includes an element of VAT can either prove for the whole amount of the claim ( and pay to HM Customs and Excise the VAT element irrespective of whether or not he receives any dividend ) or prove for the amount of his claim net of VAT and reclaim the VAT under the Value Added Tax ( Bad Debt Relief ) Regulations 1978 . |
| 15 | The judge did not , in terms , say whether or not he regarded this evidence as establishing undue influence as it is normally understood . |
| 16 | Becker hints at the inside model when he concludes , not without generating some confusion , that ‘ whether a given act is deviant or not depends in part on the nature of the act ( that is , whether or not it violates some rule ) and in part on what other people do about it ’ . |
| 17 | The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later . |
| 18 | Whether or not it has any prospect of success this court is in no position to determine , but while it remains alive we do not consider that the judgment of this court can be described as final within the meaning of rule 2 ( a ) . |
| 19 | This includes knowing what time of day to take it , how long you should continue taking it ( just until you feel better or until the end of the full course ? ) , whether or not it has any side-effects ( such as drowsiness ) , and whether or not it should not be taken in conjunction with certain foods or alcohol . |
| 20 | In the ensuing chaos and confusion , I am not certain whether a new record was set or not — or how you count such things . |
| 21 | or how you bested that Birmingham rep ? |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know where , why or how he got that idea , ’ said 77-year-old Mr Hickman , recently honoured for 60 years of preaching . |
| 23 | Once or twice we put these qualities to good use . |
| 24 | And things like Time Out and so on , and City Limits , tried on the listings in the culture front seem to be seduced by , on the one hand , the need to simply provide information in terms of the listings , or then they felt some kind of twinge of conscience and had to be counter-balanced by radical politics on the other side , which produced a completely split , a paper that you could tear in half and read it as two sort of separate things , and erm and they always erm and something like that always felt |
| 25 | Marie keeps cornflakes and stuff in the room , and if there 's any milk we have that , or else we have some toast and jam . |
| 26 | Because when you were trained in those days you only had two children or otherwise you had another nanny if you had more . |
| 27 | Er , and eventually they took that tune from a melody from a Haydn 's string quartet . |
| 28 | If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’ |
| 29 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
| 30 | I stood alone on the beach next to the elaborate italics of Oliver ( the others had done capitals , of course ) , and I looked up towards the camera , and Stuart shouted ‘ Cheese ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Gorgonzola ! ’ and Stu shouted ‘ Camembert ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Dolcelatte ! ’ and suddenly I had this crying fit . |