Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] they [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or where they change half way down , so you have n't got to keep taking your glasses on and off |
| 2 | The research concentrates on 40 Protestant and Catholic , skilled and semi-skilled , married men in two age groups ( 25-35 and 40-50 ) who will be ‘ followed ’ from the start of their spell of unemployment for a period of up to 17 months ( or until they regain paid work ) , interviews being conducted at approximately 5 month intervals . |
| 3 | Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying . |
| 4 | Some of these were enshrined in local guidelines , such as whether a person was deemed ‘ vulnerable ’ , or if they lived alone or had repeated admissions to hospital . |
| 5 | It asked the troops whether they had ever been linked to a group who aimed to overthrow the authority of the State , or if they had any family members , friends or associates connected with such organisations . |
| 6 | Similar questions were asked about involvement in narcotics or whether they had any criminal record , or if they had any reason to suspect they could become vulnerable to coercion or blackmail . |
| 7 | It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices . |
| 8 | If the rug retains the creases , or if they prove difficult to dislodge , then the wool is too soft and inelastic for top quality pile material . |
| 9 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 10 | First , women do not derive their identity and self-esteem from paid work in the same way men do ( either because they do not have paid jobs or because they regard these as less important than their role in the family ) . |
| 11 | Or because they had specific reasons ? |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the possibility remains that , as Wallace argued , many of the sex differences in plumage and coloration ascribed by Darwin to the action of female choice may have evolved because they help the sexes to recognize or locate each other or because they improve male success in competitive interactions . |
| 13 | This Fel test is to determine whether the Ghosts accept the adventurers ' intentions , or whether they remain unhappy about them . |
| 14 | Similar questions were asked about involvement in narcotics or whether they had any criminal record , or if they had any reason to suspect they could become vulnerable to coercion or blackmail . |
| 15 | It is not altogether clear to what extent these figures reflect high non-completion rates , particularly in the first year , or whether they reflect continuing problems which some groups of students experience throughout their careers in higher education . |
| 16 | The issue as to whether lateral eye movements are an enduring characteristic of an individual , as thought to be the case by Day ( 1964 ) , or whether they reflect transient shifts in hemispheric activation , as conceived by Kinsbourne , was taken up by Gur , Gur and Harris ( 1975 ) . |
| 17 | When she had subsided , and we had recovered from our surprise at this outburst , we asked her whether the small and large hominids were strictly savannah species or whether they spent much of their time in forests . |
| 18 | First , there has been a harder look at the components of the nursing process to assess whether nursing skills were appropriately used and related to the needs of patients or whether they followed old-established but unvalidated local custom and practice . |
| 19 | The basic question is whether the reports , research results , anecdotal evidence and folklore refer to some form of known energy which can be easily integrated into the fund of established knowledge , or whether they indicate some other , more mysterious , perhaps more fundamental , energy , which operates in an altogether different way . |
| 20 | Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ? |
| 21 | Whether or not particular authors take industrialization to be the main engine of change , or whether they include other factors , such as urbanization and bureaucratization , three generally agreed themes seem to emerge from the writings of many sociologists of the family . |
| 22 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 23 | The client should be asked whether they are a member of a trade union which may have a legal assistance scheme or whether they have any form of legal fees insurance . |
| 24 | What is at issue is whether young children begin by addressing the problem in this way or whether they approach grammatical competence via a circuitous route which begins with pre-verbal social interaction . |
| 25 | These categories were grouped according to whether they furthered the task functions or whether they aided inter-personal relations , or socio-emotional functions , as Bales called them . |
| 26 | In brief , the rules are that departed colleagues or employees may compete against you from the day they go , directly or indirectly , locally or nationally , or as they see fit . |
| 27 | you 're first taught to write in small letters , these crosswords or as they print most crosswords in erm capital letters , and of course you do n't recognize them do you ? |
| 28 | This occurs when the similarities are subtle or intricate , or when they require prolonged discrimination in order to make them intelligible . |
| 29 | Pilots are most vulnerable to all of these problems when they are out of practice or when they become blasé and do not think about the procedures regularly . |
| 30 | One common feature is that the vowels in question are more like or when they precede another vowel , less so when they precede a consonant or pause . |