Example sentences of "nor be [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ?
2 Nor are they some kind of Dalek .
3 They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study .
4 There is no independently characterisable subclass of dogs for which being a pet is a necessary or canonical trait ( lap-dogs do not count , because they can not be distinguished without invoking the characteristic of pet-hood ) ; nor are there distinguishable sub-types of pet which are canonically or necessarily dogs ( except , of course , lap-dogs , which do not count here , either , and for parallel reasons ) .
5 Nor are there many documentary examples : the words do lego darique volo are found in an inscription from Spain which dates from the end of the second century .
6 Nor are there many rodassiers , ample benches or daybeds which many French people regard as the most typical item of Provençal furniture .
7 Nor are there many opportunities in Darlington for open-air dining or drinking .
8 On curriculum management , the inspectorate report stated : ’ There is no co-ordination of the various aspects and strands that support the curriculum , nor are there effective links with the social education programme or with careers education and guidance . ’
9 Nor are there rigourous analyses of the impact upon urban land values of speculative land development by private agents , and the effects of contemporary public policies such as legalisation of individual plot titles ; the provision of urban services and utilities ; cadastral registration , and betterment taxation .
10 Nor are there reliable figures on the total work-force ( which is always a problem in a country with a large peasant population ) .
11 For Hobbes there is no immaterial God , nor are there immaterial souls or minds .
12 Such research of course suffers from the problem that there is no suitable control in terms of memory for more mundane events , nor are there adequate methods for actually determining the accuracy of the memories reported .
13 There are , in fact , no applications ; nor are there Welsh GPs queuing up to run their own budgets .
14 ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’
15 Nor are there any signs of a slowdown , with investment commitments in manufacturing in 1992 expected to exceed the 1991 record of S$2.9bn .
16 Nor are there any awards to industries seen as critical in environmental terms , such as bulk chemicals , oil and gas , paper and pulp , mining and quarrying , batteries and energy storage and packaging .
17 Nor were they suffering faces .
18 ‘ Ray and Diana were n't revolutionaries , nor were they political dissidents .
19 Nor were his first words to her encouraging .
20 The then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , Lord Young , decided that there were no grounds for referring the bid to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ; nor were there any grounds for referring the Suchard holding in Rowntree , which had , by that time , been increased to 29.9 per cent .
21 Nor were there any rushes on the floor with their usual fleas and dirt but thick woollen carpets of the purest white .
22 But it is also apparent that that totality is not completely known , nor is its future shape even presumed .
23 The sale and use of unapproved pesticide is not being legalised , nor is their on-farm storage .
24 Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage .
25 Nor is it foul temper which vents itself indiscriminately on anyone who happens to be within range .
26 Nor is it flippant liberalism to point this out — though there may be significance in the fact that anyone who does so has immediately to excuse himself , as I find myself doing .
27 Nor is it any use to insist that you can conceive of what it is like for a knee which is not yours to be hurting .
28 Nor is it any use going with non-riding friends or family , unless riding is just one part of a sporting package which also includes walking and fishing for example , or even wind surfing or canoeing .
29 Always bear in mind that self-defence is not a martial art , nor is it unarmed combat .
30 It is not fiction , nor is it conventional autobiography , which tends to say what the author wishes us to know .
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