Example sentences of "[conj] do they [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If the teacher imposes all the discipline , then will the pupils learn to access their own will , or do they simply bide their time until they leave school ?
2 Are the competing views purely academic debates , or do they also reflect wider social interests ?
3 Or do they just move on , looking for fresh fields and pastures new to flood ?
4 Is it a covered building or do they just meet outside ?
5 Or do they just make more noise ?
6 Has it ever been , in your memory , postponed or cancelled , or do they just carry on regardless ?
7 Do they just say bad things , or do they just say good things ?
8 Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ?
9 when they do n't have erm , when you have your election form and that and you send it in , do do n't they come round if you have n't sent it back , or do they just , they used to did n't they ?
10 erm , and to use a word that would be used in other areas , retraining goes on , amongst the judiciary or do they just get to this pinnacle , and then hold it against all comers , until they choose to retire , I mean , in any other , er , job where you have a peculiar expertise , like that , you would be expected to update yourself , to keep up with the trends , you would be sent away to conferences , and retraining courses .
11 What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future .
12 Or do they merely invite us to count and compare our scars ?
13 Do they actually listen to it or do you edit it or do they actually
14 Or do they now insist on taking over the Government ? ’
15 Nor do they even care very much about their state of liquidity , so long as they think that they can force the banks to bail them out .
16 Field Chairs are not paid for their additional responsibilities , nor do they automatically receive any remission of teaching ( though most fields have developed arrangements which partially compensate for the considerable demands of the post ) .
17 But naturally not even legitimate authorities always succeed , nor do they always try to live up to the ideal .
18 Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ .
19 These sources are neither totally reliable , nor do they always provide the information required .
20 Not all advisers feel comfortable asking clients for these personal details nor do they necessarily have the time to do it .
21 People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past .
22 Nor do they necessarily all share the same interpretation of the events in which they participate ; rival themes are thrust forward , and the same lines are used to justify contradictory claims and interests .
23 And remember that the most characteristic meals are not necessarily found behind the most imposing facades , nor do they necessarily carry the highest price tags .
24 The tunes in English are not necessarily the same in form as those of other languages , nor do they necessarily produce the same effect .
25 If , for instance , Ms Intrepid acquires a small cafe and wishes to convert it to high-class tearooms and this necessitates minor internal building works and extensive redecoration , planning permission will not be required , since the alterations are purely internal and do not alter the use to which the buildings are put , nor do they materially affect the external appearance of the property .
26 Do the media meet their own criteria of objectivity and balance in such representations , and do they reasonably address the underlying grievances of participants ?
27 What did he do for these other people and do they actually miss him more than they do themselves ?
28 advertisement , and do they actually sit down in an interview or is that simply the way that the advertisement is projected
29 But do they also sound identifiably black ?
30 But do they actually want to get bigger ?
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