Example sentences of "nor do [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 … As to the matter of there being no appeal from an arbitrary sentence ; it is true , the case is the harder , because the party is concluded by one judgment , but it doth not lessen the validity of the sentence , nor doth it in any way prove that you shall find out some way to examine this matter at law in a judicial proceeding .
2 Nor do they describe the sort of thing we are supposed to like very much .
3 Nor do they need their daily practice to be exposed to the analytic eye of anthropological ‘ thick description ’ , for in their task-driven world there is little to be gained by reflecting on what they already live and understand .
4 Whether there is any social morality or justice in such a system is not a matter which the detectives are given to question ; nor do they spend much time in reflecting on why some dubious property acquisition is outside their terms of reference , or what the relationship is of such practices to the maintenance of position and power .
5 MODERN trams , as most continental Europeans know , neither shake nor rattle , nor do they roll .
6 Nor do they see how such music can , after all , be a deconstruction of machismo .
7 The results are both impressive and disquieting , for unlike natural forms his do not seem to invite our participation , nor do they depend on us for their formidable originality and sense of completion .
8 Nor do they take proper account of the risks banks run on their foreign-exchange and interest-rate positions .
9 All the main banks stress that they do not want to boss firms around in the German style , nor do they want to send in managers or directors .
10 Nor do they intend to underwrite other banks ' loans if the firm goes under ; they say they will take part in rescues , but not as guarantors .
11 Nor do they do a lot for me as erogenous zones .
12 Crucially , they have not produced , nor do they appear likely to do so , a damaging crisis of legitimacy for the State .
13 This is reinforced by Handy 's view that schools have a multiplicity of purposes and these are not discriminated between or prioritised , nor do they include any reference to the management of adults .
14 The pay is very low , as cheap labour is part of the incentive for entrepreneurial farmers , nor do they receive even the minimum security benefits of full-time work .
15 The garbage pickers are not employed by Cartón de Colombia or the warehouses , nor do they have any sort of contract with them .
16 But naturally not even legitimate authorities always succeed , nor do they always try to live up to the ideal .
17 But these private fictions are rarely of much significance , nor do they affect most people — despite much American talk of ‘ roots ’ .
18 Nor do they survive the passing of many generations .
19 But the cells in a pack of wolves do not have the same genes , nor do they have the same chance of being in the cells of sub-packs that are budded off .
20 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 .
21 Not all advisers feel comfortable asking clients for these personal details nor do they necessarily have the time to do it .
22 Nor do they follow any specific pattern on the bottom , such is circles or straight lines .
23 Nor do they wish to condone the use of fighting or bullying by default , which means inaction .
24 The examinations , tailored to be selective , make no concession to this , nor do they make allowance for the wide range of academic ability and preparedness among the candidates .
25 Many of the most successful intelligence companies have not built — nor do they intend to build — data bases to track the competition .
26 But for some time teachers have been aware that many pupils do not appear to benefit from private-study time nor do they acquire the associated study skills , and there is uncertainty as to what kind of study skills training should be given .
27 ‘ Women ’ , announced one phrenologist , according to the Phrenological Journal of 1835 , ‘ do not extend their reasoning beyond the range of the visible world , nor do they make any great or daring excursions into the realm of fancy . ’
28 Lizards that have lost their tails by autotomy do not live as long as those that manage to retain them , nor do they breed as efficiently .
29 Young people pay little heed to them , nor do they remember them .
30 These lesser varieties are not widely planted , nor do they contribute significantly to the quality and reputation of Champagne as we know it today , but they exist and do possess a certain curiosity value and are therefore dealt with in this chapter . .
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