Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sole exception to this seems to be in the case of co-ordination of whole clauses , where the co-ordination would be a matter of like treatment in respect of assertoric or imperative or interrogative force ( so that co-ordinations of , say , a command and a statement , if they ever occur , sound odd , or make one feel that the speaker has switched constructions in the middle of a sentence ) . |
| 2 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 3 | Or do they suggest that laws are followed because of the fear of being caught and punished — indicating the influence of formal control mechanisms ? |
| 4 | Or do they admit that the Rural Scheme is simply a rate-paid organisation to amuse well-educated people in their years of retirement . |
| 5 | One must ask whether the University is aware that such a thing is possible , or do they know that such contacts are sought in order that a class should appear without any justification . |
| 6 | One researcher asks the following question : ‘ When the hero guns down the villain , do children really learn that a crime does not pay ’ or do they learn that it is good to kill –bad people ’ ? ’ |
| 7 | Or do they say that , because the police behaved badly , the confession is , as a result , unreliable or unfair and it should not therefore be entered in evidence ? |
| 8 | Have you never seen a Welshman eating his dinner , or do you think that I am going bomb-happy ? ’ |
| 9 | DO YOU LIKE TO BUY EXPENSIVE HAIR AND COSMETIC ITEMS OR DO YOU THINK THAT CHEAPIES ARE JUST AS GOOD ? : |
| 10 | Or do you think that you may be the only ones ? |
| 11 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 12 | Do you think that your discovery is enhanced , if the new knowledge can be used for good of mankind , or do you think that acquiring new knowledge is just enough on it 's own . |
| 13 | Do you think , for example , in Germany , in the nineteen-thirties , there was just an evil genius , Hitler , who managed to carry all before him , or do you think that the , the people as a whole were ready to be persuaded along those particular lines ? |
| 14 | When you say the County Council is committed to the northern or the outer relief road route , do you mean committed or do you mean that that is their preferred option . |
| 15 | Or do you feel that there 's nothing really interesting about him ? ’ |
| 16 | So what do you , I mean do you get on alright with the management or do you feel that it 's mostly , is the management mostly male and do you feel that er there should maybe be a wee bit more representation for the women workers in management ? |
| 17 | and on that basis you believe that that would be , or do you believe that that would be adequate so that she could maintain and carry on and drive the family car and living in the house children |
| 18 | And when you 've er loose them in the fore end or the front of the lock or do anything like that that article as it 's in , when you lock it out it 's got ta fit just as tight when it 's locked out as when it 's in . |
| 19 | The other thing is with employer legislation update , did we decide to do some training on that or did we decide that we would produce a handout ? |
| 20 | Did he mean that he was on holiday because it was Sunday , or did he mean that he was on holiday in the area ? |
| 21 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 22 | ( Or did you feel that you wanted to say more ? ) 3 Did everyone else get a fair chance to express their opinion ? |
| 23 | Or does it mean that if total incomes rise by 4 per cent and total profits by 5 per cent , all profits are subject to a levy of one-fifth of their increase over the previous period ? |
| 24 | Or does it mean that you have somehow glimpsed the anguish in me , or even guessed at the cause ? |
| 25 | Or does it mean that the problems of environmental degradation are being magnified and transferred to hitherto uncompromised regions ? |
| 26 | Or does it mean that the longer B text is an entirely different Doctor Faustus ? |
| 27 | However , careful analysis shows that the meaning of this provision is still not clear : for instance , does " terminate … and recover … or retain " mean that the seller may either ( 1 ) terminate and recover or ( 2 ) retain , or does it mean that the seller may terminate and either ( 1 ) recover or ( 2 ) retain ? |
| 28 | Or does it accept that the only way to make things better is to lavish ever-greater sums of public money on the public services ? |
| 29 | Is he referring to the deportations , or does he mean that by making life so miserable in the refugee camps people will leave voluntarily ? |
| 30 | Is the Minister satisfied that the 1987 guidelines are still sufficiently detailed and effective , or does he think that they ought now to be updated ? |