Example sentences of "nor [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
| 32 | I shall not attempt to enumerate them all here , nor do I think that feminism should accept any of them uncritically . |
| 33 | Nor do I think we are , as a rule , justified as we may be with adults in using a child 's attraction to the worker to advance casework . |
| 34 | Nor do I think it necessary to consider for the purposes of the present case to what extent the common law may provide the public authority with a defence to a claim for the repayment of money so paid ; though for the reasons I have already given , I do not consider that the principle of recovery should be inapplicable simply because the citizen has paid the money under a mistake of law . |
| 35 | Nor do I think that Mr. O'Brien thought for a moment that he was acting as the bank 's agent . |
| 36 | ‘ Nor do I think that there is any other simple test that can be substituted . |
| 37 | Nor do I think that either the father or the court were exercising any rights of custody at the time of the removal . |
| 38 | I do n't think it 's possible to try and keep it exactly as it used to be , nor do I think you 'd want to . |
| 39 | Nor do I think that a complete free for all would be in the best interests of the trade . |
| 40 | I can not attend the Action Group 's first meeting , nor do I think I will be able to do this regularly in any case . |
| 41 | Nor do I think that it is necessary at this stage . |
| 42 | Nor do I think he had the right to frighten me while driving here . |
| 43 | She had little option but to do so , nor do I think she was particularly amused . ’ |
| 44 | Nor do I think that the cutting down of the scrub and the erection of the secondary wire mesh fence add very much . |
| 45 | Nor do I think this matters because , since the decision of [ the House of Lords ] in Hedley Byrne & Co v Heller & Partners Ltd [ 1964 ] AC 465 , it is clear that quite apart from any contractual obligation , the respondents must have owed a duty to [ both shareholders ] to use reasonable skill and care in making their valuation . |
| 46 | In those circumstances it does not seem to me right to leave open , whether the court has power to do so I 'm doubtful , but in any event it does not seem to me right to leave open a question of whether there should be some damages to provide for the possibility that er Paul may have to leave school , nor do I think that it is a situation in which any contingency award should be made in respect of that . |
| 47 | But nor do I think that you should somehow try to cosset the position of the leader of the party . |
| 48 | Nor do I regard the villains of the piece as the fighters themselves . |
| 49 | I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter , nor do I shirk any responsibility for the actions taken by my officials or for the way in which the Parliamentary Under-Secretary handled the case . |
| 50 | Nor do I accept that such feelings are a sign of weakness , provided that they are accompanied by an inner toughness where necessary and justified . ’ |
| 51 | Nor do I accept that all the questions referred to a visitor involve such arcane learning that only those intimately aware of university affairs can begin to understand it , the judges of the land not being able to appreciate the issues . |
| 52 | Nor do I recognise the judges who can discriminate between frivolous and genuine employers in the Appeal Court ruling that dock strikes might have been illegal for the past 40 years . |
| 53 | Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz . |
| 54 | Obviously , I do not know the answer , nor do I trust the American claim that only one in 10 therapists over there has taken advantage of the opportunities afforded . |
| 55 | I no longer believe — nor do I desire — that Semiology should be a simple science , a positive science , and this for a primordial reason : it is the responsibility of semiology … to question its own discourse … finally , science knows no site of security , and in this it must acknowledge itself as writing . |
| 56 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 57 | There is an hour when I must die , Nor do I know how soon ‘ twill come A thousand children , young as I , Are call 'd by death to hear their doom . |
| 58 | ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill . |
| 59 | Most surprising of all is The Ride of the Valkyries , whose main dotted rhythm is swallowed up , trivializing its character ; nor do I find that the silent-movie tempo and pinched recording quality do much for the Lohengrin in Act 3 Prelude . |
| 60 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |