Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [noun pl] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Hence women 's domestic role continued to be stressed both ideologically and in state policies , so that where women did engage in waged labour , they did so primarily in low-paid , unskilled jobs . |
2 | The second fact issued before us and it 's one that I referred to er when we did it , debated this last time is that if members do take seriously the whole question of |
3 | and I think its true that if women did have the money particularly of their own they would spend it on their body 's or their faces . |
4 | Logically , therefore , we must conclude that since accidents do happen then either the system is faulty or someone along the line is not doing his job properly . |
5 | The superintendent 's report asserted that though prostitutes did ply their calling on the common they conducted themselves in an orderly manner , as did large numbers of respectable , well-dressed courting couples who ‘ roamed about the place after dark caressing each other ’ . |
6 | ( Although it should not be forgotten that when systems do collapse or explode — like the communist system in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s and early 1990s , or the system of order within Strangeways in 1990 — it tends to happen with great suddenness . ) |
7 | The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers , they were often still substandard . |
8 | The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers , they were often still substandard . |
9 | It could be that the available studies have concentrated specifically upon women , and that men do give assistance which is less visible . |
10 | If one were to take Smirlock and Marshall 's view ( 1983 ) that any one constraint is sufficient for efficient company performance , and if managers do perceive that career paths can involve movement between various company types , then an efficient managerial labour market constraint would suffice to promote efficiency in any structural type . |
11 | Although the procedure is quite slow and expensive , many more appeals are being taken to the courts on a variety of ingenious arguments , probably because the amount of money at stake can be very large , and because applicants do achieve a measure of success . |
12 | But the unity of each bloc was largely based on enmity with the other and when talks did occur they tended to accentuate differences within the two blocs , which in turn made further dialogue difficult . |
13 | But if women do want change , they may have to give up what they have invested in men — the idealisation which ( temporarily ) allows them to avoid uncomfortable things in themselves . |