Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] it [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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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 | The evidence which exists is not comprehensive , nor does it adequately differentiate between different systems in terms of educational progress . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 ) . |
7 | And does it always behave like that , no matter the host ? ’ |