Example sentences of "or [vb mod] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In cases where , after considering all alternatives , serious and disinterested ecologists and the like say that culling the herbivores seems to be the only practical cure , is that legitimate or ought we to ban all killing ? |
| 2 | Perhaps the strangest talisman — and one ( or should one say many … ? ) which made those initiates feel themselves intimately a part of the Fists — was kept in a long crypt below the Reclusiam , reached by a dropshaft which would incinerate anyone who did not sport a Black Carapace beneath their skin . |
| 3 | Is this correct or should we allow different styles for different boats ? |
| 4 | In the view of many discerning pop fans , The Farm are , of course , shite , the most recent and worst atrocity being their ‘ reading ’ ( or should we say brief flick through , glancing at the pictures ) of ‘ Do n't You Want Me ’ , which , contrary to popular belief , is not entirely a third-rate copy of the Human League original . |
| 5 | Should we take account of only the material standards of village life or should we include such an apparently ephemeral notion as what is colloquially referred to as ‘ community spirit ’ , the sense of identity and belonging , which the inhabitants feel ? |
| 6 | Should we conceptualize local politics as merely denoting local voting behaviour , or should we include geographical variations in a range of political activity and experience ? |
| 7 | Or should they remain marginal figures , seen as threatening by nobody , but at the same time , therefore , not really getting to know anyone in depth ? |
| 8 | Or should they abandon all illusions in the capacity of military preparations to prevent , rather than precipitate , war and opt for a policy of peace at any price , of absolute pacifism ? |
| 9 | Match anglers often complain about bad , or should I say thoughtless , pegging . |
| 10 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
| 11 | I felt very sorry that someone who was a partly trained civil engineer should have to waste his time sweeping floors and doing other such menial tasks , but that 's how it was — he was one of the unlucky ones — or should I say lucky ? |
| 12 | Biggles — we named him that because of his flying , or should I say crashing , antics — had the misfortune to be one of Barny 's babies . |
| 13 | But My Lords the next question is should the membership of the Authority be as it traditionally has been or should it contain some members recruited from a wider constituency . |
| 14 | Or should it seek weaker competitors or new entrants who are often more accommodating to local policy , but may lack the resources to keep up with the pace of change ? |
| 15 | Should the ENP carry out the nursing care/treatment of all her patients , or should she delegate some of this work ( such as dressings or plastering ) to other nurses ? |
| 16 | Should she join the group of young vets who had qualified with her two years ago or should she go straight back to her godmother 's house , where she was staying for the duration of this annual veterinary congress ? |
| 17 | Or might he have other motives ? |
| 18 | And did he know the reason or could he offer any explanation for her unusual demeanour at the meet ? |
| 19 | I 'll put you down for 5,000 of this new one at 50p each , or could you manage 10,000 ? " |
| 20 | Do you have to go quite far away to see all these things or could you see most of them on Shapinsay ? |
| 21 | ‘ Or could you have some reason for wanting to avoid me ? ’ |
| 22 | We shall have that , or shall we have that . |
| 23 | Or shall we see black faces among a row of white swans ? |
| 24 | Well that 's like saying you want to lower your counters or shall we employ tall , tall girls |
| 25 | or shall we employ tall girls , you follow me ? |
| 26 | Or shall I cross that out and |
| 27 | If we shared it out between six people would we get more or would we get less ? |
| 28 | Or would she marry some young idiot like this Sebastian and forget all her aspirations in the possession of two children and a semi ? |
| 29 | Yeah if I said do three add five would you actually do that would you do three add five or would you do five add three ? |
| 30 | Or would you dispute that ? ’ |