Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [pers pn] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or am I meant to believe you did n't realize that ? " |
| 2 | Are we truly prepared to offer no model of co-operating nations sinking their differences to achieve greater security , or are we prepared to live with a Europe that is increasingly fragmented , where nations ' first demand on sovereignty is to equip themselves with weapons to tackle or to defend themselves from new nations on their own borders that have the same heightened state of frenzy and determination to do the same ? |
| 3 | If not have we a long term alternative or are we doomed to continue dealing in unrealities ? |
| 4 | ‘ Are you going to save us an awful lot of time and trouble , sir , or are you determined to burden the taxpayer further ? ’ |
| 5 | Was that for their own information or is it intended to suggest something to us ? ’ |
| 6 | First , is the procedure that the buyer has to go through to claim the remedy a proper one from an administrative point of view , or is it designed to make it difficult or impossible in practice for the buyer to invoke the clause ? |
| 7 | Or was he entitled to act solely on his own expert opinion ? |
| 8 | Auditors are not responsible for reporting on irregulated entities overall compliance with rules with which it is required to comply , that 's unlike local government , nor are they required to conduct there work in such a way that there is reasonable certainty that they will discover breaches . |
| 9 | When young people play central parts in adventure stones , their motives and actions are as a rule suitably moderated nor are they expected to concern themselves with elaborate points of honour . |
| 10 | As indicated by the work commissioned by the Department of Health , few practitioners currently make that distinction , nor are they encouraged to do so by the assessment procedures they are required to operate ( DoH , 1991d , p. 47 ) . |
| 11 | He was brilliant at invective , and making general statements about the need to communicate a politically responsible set of values , but neither he nor any of his friends were screenwriters , nor were they motivated to work with writers on ideas that were their own . |
| 12 | Nor were they allowed to contact their family doctor or anyone else for support or advice . |
| 13 | Nor is he bound to gamble on the market changing in his favour . |
| 14 | Mr X will argue that he has not received and nor is he entitled to receive any capital sum , namely a loan or a repayment of a loan . |
| 15 | Nor is he entitled to examine proceedings in Parliament in order to show that the appellants by fraudulently misleading Parliament caused him loss . |
| 16 | Nor is it intended to overlook the existence in the councils of state and elsewhere of men to whom any loosening of the reins was wholly repugnant . |
| 17 | Nor was I prepared to risk Britain 's competitive position as the European magnet for inward investment . |
| 18 | It is conceded that in the notice given by the plaintiffs the defendant was not required to remedy the breach , nor was she required to make compensation in money in respect thereof . |
| 19 | Do both girls and boys have a variety of choices and are they encouraged to aspire to various goals including non traditional ones if they show such inclination ? |
| 20 | ‘ And are you prepared to go on living the rest of your life in tune to your sister 's wishes ? ’ |
| 21 | But are we meant to sympathise with what he says ? |
| 22 | There ought to be some news , but were you allowed to put ordinary news in love letters , or only love , all on its own ? |
| 23 | ‘ But is he prepared to trust you now ? ’ |