Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must consider whether it would be desirable or possible to do so to sea-launched ballistic missiles . |
| 2 | The crypt was not yet finished and , strangely enough , was the only place in that entire abbey where Eadred seemed rather nervous and unwilling to linger . |
| 3 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 4 | Those who are unemployed or retired tend misleadingly to give their former occupation . |
| 5 | Some children of seven or eight know exactly what they are doing but there are some 13-years-olds who do n't seem to know . ’ |
| 6 | Not only did I have loops at the edge , but seven or eight stitches actually leapt off the needles . |
| 7 | He insisted the polls indicated that the voters did not want either the Tories or Labour to win outright . |
| 8 | Any absences that you 've had erm for sickness full or half pay actually count in full for in these calculations as do erm any maternity leave absence you know providing you were actually receiving pay that 's half pay or more then those absences count as if they have n't actually occurred . |
| 9 | And er as they 're not in the business of providing risk capital , they have to find er some poor mug or opportunist to do so , and I think this is why increased attention is being focused on on business angels as a source . |
| 10 | A government inquiry cleared the plant , which has in one way or another brought about £100m to the area , but the cows go on dying . |
| 11 | It seems to me that our leaders somehow or another have simply got to be persuaded that we are prepared to sacrifice a very great deal erm to secure erm a new attitude . |
| 12 | Sutcliffe makes a similar observation : " the real motivation for selecting one dialect or another has relatively little to do with the English class system as such and a great deal to do with ethnic and cultural identification . " |
| 13 | ‘ Politics ’ of one kind or another occupied almost all their time between work and bed . |
| 14 | Particles of spin 0 , 1 , or 2 do also exist in some circumstances as real particles , when they can be directly detected . |
| 15 | In addition the external examiners review and comment on examination papers , moderate coursework where this constitutes more than 50 per cent of the assessment of a module , review other coursework if necessary , viva students if required , recommend awards , write annual reports and advise staff on the delivery of the course . |
| 16 | The procedure adopted was to err as far as possible on the side of conservatism , scoring each reply as ‘ psychotic ’ only where this seemed reasonably certain . |
| 17 | Virtually every single item on the list of what ‘ we ’ as English , French , Germans or Czechs are said to have in common , can be acquired by immigrants who wish to do so , except physical appearance , where this differs very markedly from the norm of the receiving population . |
| 18 | Where this has already happened , particularly in the case of automobile parts , it tends to be connected with local content requirements . |
| 19 | The Smiths could n't be outmoded or old fashioned simply because they would be so different . |
| 20 | A very large amount had already been collected on a voluntary basis by religious groups for the Famine , making it seem almost superfluous or extortionate to do more . |
| 21 | ‘ Because the flight path he was following when we first located him would have taken him to Ankara in Turkey , or some place pretty close by . |
| 22 | Thus stock index instruments and short term interest rate instruments based on bank accounts , which are difficult or impossible to deliver physically , are settled by cash . |
| 23 | How can you , could you do that if you 've got I mean he 's about twelve or thirteen comes home from school |
| 24 | What began as a two-part idyll or pastoral has now grown into a full-length epic . |
| 25 | Yet a mere glance at the list will reveal the predominance of the I form ( 960 times in my count , taking all first-person forms : I/me/my/myself/mine ) and the You or Thou form ( 890 times , including thou/thee/thy/thine/thyself ; you/ye/your/yours/yourself ) , over the third-person forms , where these imply either a third-person account of the beloved ( He in Sonnets 1–126 : 51 times ; She in Sonnets 127–52 : 31 times ) or a reference to some third party with whom the poet or his beloved is having a relationship ( She in Sonnets 1–126 : 11 instances ; He in Sonnets 127–52 : 22 instances ; total 33 ) . |
| 26 | Two or three look so pale and frail , you wonder whether the heat and the heavy robes will all be too much . |
| 27 | There will then be taboos against appearing " naked " in inappropriate situations , though just what counts as either naked or inappropriate varies greatly from place to place for no very obvious or logical reason . |
| 28 | Who can say whether the ambitious executive , brimming with ideas today , will be a suitable candidate for management tomorrow — or likely to remain just a great ideas person ? ’ |
| 29 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Young people who were homeless or likely to become so have been helped , but … it is more difficult to help those sleeping rough , ’ he said . |