Example sentences of "or [subord] [prep] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | While story grammars seem ideal for working with simple English written stories they have problems where the surface structure ( particularly verb tenses ) do not correspond to the ideal structure as set out in Mandler and Johnson 's ( 1977 ) approach , or where in fact there is no verbal structure ( as in the silent film , to be discussed ) . |
| 2 | Why he was chosen as leader I do not know , or if in fact a leader is chosen or simply assumes command . |
| 3 | Doubtless the reader will ponder over whether some sort of settlement was reached with Dixon , or if in fact he was indeed trounced . |
| 4 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |
| 5 | Although I had considerable doubts as to whether Lord Goodman would on the whole be a happier and more contented human being than Mr Goodman , or whether in fact it would not be a prefix that would be more of an incubus than a blessing , vanity as always prevailed . |
| 6 | Right erm I would just like to mention that it does n't say here that the A P C have set up er a separate er lobby group erm on which I have the honour to be a member with Patrick er to try and influence the MPs because one of the things which er is coming out and it 's it 's actually shown in paragraph three point three A at the bottom , the questioning whether the demand should be necessarily met or whether in fact , and this links to the government 's present erm reluctance to direct airlines to work from current unused capacity for example at , at erm at Luton and I think that there may well be some pressure put that er we should try and change that . |
| 7 | but the interesting is I was talking to one of the training people at one of the big finance houses recently about whether or not one could piggy back on some of their courses or whether in fact some of the in-house stuff they do they would like to deliver to external B A I E people |
| 8 | One of the issues is we 're not quite sure whether we 've got a change in our planned spend , which is what makes the , the comparison against budget look as bad as it currently does , or whether in fact we genuinely are gon na over-run significantly . |