Example sentences of "neither [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Before this time , as Froissart was to note and Edward III to experience , many towns had no proper defences other than what could be provided by ditches and water works , neither of which would cause a determined army much trouble .
2 The SNC , of which Sihanouk would be the de facto chair , would in effect act as a " super-government " , above the SOC and NGC , neither of which would be immediately dismantled .
3 A sufficient reason for this is that M may be an adjective or a verb , neither of which would normally be considered as having a referent .
4 Neither of which will stop at doors :
5 I shall refer to two subjects , neither of which will meet with the accord of my very good friend , my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) .
6 Just two body styles are available : Classic S and Classic T , neither of which should need any explanation !
7 However , it is not sufficient to constitute two pieces of land parts of one and the same curtilage that they should have been conveyed or demised together , for a single conveyance or lease can comprise more than one parcel of land , neither of which need be in any sense an appurtenance of the other or within the curtilage of the other ; nor is it sufficient that they have been occupied together ; nor is the test whether the enjoyment of one is advantageous or convenient or necessary for the full enjoyment of the other .
8 It was important to him that neither of them would be financially dependent on the other .
9 Taking souvenir pictures neither of them would ever live to see .
10 My father would rage and storm , not so much at my mother as to her , and against Helen and Pat in their absence , but in the end neither of them would say anything to either of my sisters .
11 Neither of them mentioned what had taken place outside the school and neither of them would .
12 Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’
13 Anyway , neither of them would inform the police about him .
14 Neither of them would have engaged you .
15 Neither of them would know until his death , for instance , that he had a godson .
16 But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans .
17 But since it suits ill with his vocation , and perhaps bodes no good to — the other one — neither of them may be anxious to say it openly for all to hear .
18 But there remained one crucial detail , not covered by protocol , which neither of them could remember : had Sir Denis accompanied her to Buckingham Palace when she kissed hands with the Queen ?
19 Neither was short of opportunities to form new relationships , but somehow neither of them could be bothered to do so .
20 Her favourite partner was her father ; neither of them could serve to save their lives and most of the balls ended up scattered on the lawn , but they made a handsome couple on the court .
21 Neither of them could be described as a sobering influence .
22 Neither of them could afford to get mixed up in something that might involve the police .
23 It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy .
24 Despite the bitter weather they strolled slowly along the Riva degli Schiavoni as though neither of them could quite bear the thought of the evening 's ending .
25 Besides , neither of them could have known how many there were . ’
26 Her expression hovered , as Derek suspected his own did , on the brink of admitting what neither of them could quite believe .
27 He moved up to kiss her while his hand continued to stroke her aching body , then , when neither of them could bear it any longer , he thrust into her , and she arched back , drowning under wave after wave of mounting pleasure .
28 At what point McAllister 's fears finally disappeared beneath his loving patience , and they began to make love in earnest , neither of them could have said .
29 She had planned to get over to her mother 's by the afternoon , but the day had been so rare that neither of them could bear to finish it .
30 At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter .
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