Example sentences of "nor is [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nor is he the kind to come north at all without a very sure chance of success . |
| 2 | Nor is it the case that the Federal Republic is using the issue of democratic accountability to drag its feet on EMU . |
| 3 | Nor is it the case that in saying ‘ I promise to meet you ’ I am merely giving expression to — or reporting or describing — an inward , mental act . |
| 4 | Nor is it the case that we in fact need a vehicle , a mythological story to carry our awareness of God , of the kind which has been fabricated in the west . |
| 5 | It perhaps ought to be pointed out here that an odd sentence is not necessarily meaningless , or incapable of conveying a message ; nor is it the case that such sentences never occur naturally . |
| 6 | Nor is it the case that large scale development will inevitably follow erm construction of those roads . |
| 7 | There is not space here to give a detailed account of all religions , nor is it the purpose of this text to do this . |
| 8 | ‘ Popular culture is neither , in a ‘ pure ’ sense , the popular traditions of resistance … nor is it the forms which are superimposed on and over them . |
| 9 | Nor is it the knowledge that Foxton , a haunt of foxes even in Saxon times , is a meeting place among others of one of the great Leicestershire Hunts , the Fernie , however important a cause that may be for assemblies of motorists in the county . |