Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is it , therefore , a great finishing hole or does it simply feed off the pressure of the Masters ? |
| 2 | Or does it also stumble before this hurdle ? |
| 3 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 4 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
| 5 | The evidence which exists is not comprehensive , nor does it adequately differentiate between different systems in terms of educational progress . |
| 6 | A survey based on a stratificational analysis is not appropriate or feasible for a sociolinguistic study carried out in Brazil ; the chief objections are that the notion of a continuum is neither congruent with the sharp distinction between rich and poor , nor does it adequately discriminate between the individuals studied , all of whom were relatively poor . |
| 7 | Secondly , in an exchange like the following ( from Lyons , 1977a : 668 ) : ( 94 ) A : I 've never seen him B : That 's a lie the pronoun that does not seem to be anaphoric ( unless it is held that it refers to the same entity that A 's utterance does , i.e. a proposition or a truth value ) ; nor does it quite seem to be discourse-deictic ( it refers not to the sentence but , perhaps , to the statement made by uttering that sentence ) . |
| 8 | And did it also say in big capital letters please do not y let your granddaughter fiddle around with it ? |
| 9 | And does it always behave like that , no matter the host ? ’ |
| 10 | But did it necessarily grow at the expense of royal power ? |