This conjunction can give focus or emphasis to a variety of parts of speech, phrases and clauses either side of “nor”
The frequency between the adverb “neither” and conjunction “nor” as tagged in the iWeb corpus:
NEITHER HE NOR,2742
NEITHER HERE NOR,2522
NEITHER YOU NOR,2454
NEITHER GOOD NOR,1425
NEITHER I NOR,1202
NEITHER WE NOR,1121
NEITHER SHE NOR,1011
NEITHER CONFIRM NOR,872
NEITHER THEY NOR,791
neither he nor his wife is the most common set of collocates
call? ” I expected him to say yes, but he said no, neither he nor his wife ever doubted what God wanted them to do. That confidence |
inevitably to the death of this idiot’s wife. Without those chain of events neither he nor his wife would have ever been born and lived in the first place |
image as a crusader who would cut government spending. The returns even showed that neither he nor his wife supported diverting a single dollar from their taxes for public financing |
” how his relations develop with his growing son. ” He also said that neither he nor his wife had any inclination to be saddled with a dacha, although |
these men for them to dig out, after which he used them himself. Neither he nor his wife ever originated a single doctrine held by the Seventh-day Adventists. |
– one because he and his new wife were arguing, and the other because neither he nor his wife were feeling well enough to drive him to school one morning |
between parent and child. When Moiyeds daughter, Ruqaiyya, suffered an attack, neither he nor his wife knew if she had recently taken her medicine, and so |
from the States coffers. Before Moores election as State Representative in District 91, neither he nor his wife had ever done business with the State. # Moore was |
in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration |
. ” She got up from the table, and strolled outside to play. Neither he nor his wife, Robin Bates, worried. # Much as they loved |
. He had carefully planned how his wife would manage when he died first. Neither he nor his wife was prepared for her diagnosis of acute leukemia, which did |
stake if she tells anyone how his own past mistakes are entwined with hers. Neither he nor his wife is about to let that happen. |
the residence are Daniel and Julane Wells. Reached by phone, Daniel Wells said neither he nor his wife have a financial interest in the plane. The airport was |
stake if she tells anyone how his own past mistakes are entwined with hers. Neither he nor his wife is about to let that happen. About Tiffani Quarles |
explicitly equated the Deity of Judaists, Muslims, and Christians without qualification. Yet neither he nor his wife expressed any objection to O’Reilly’s statement. # So, |
what appeared to be the victim and his wife’s signatures. The victim said neither he nor his wife ever signed the title. # In January, a Paducah |
for good behaviour, he will serve just half that time behind bars. # Neither he nor his wife, Rita, was prosecuted for social security fraud (which |
paths with his son, he wants to bro-out and watch sport with him. Neither he nor his wife wants to be the bad guy, meaning that it’s |
. Mind you I get he was seperated from his wife at the time but neither he nor his wife had filed for divorce at the time he started sleeping with |
and let it know if anything needed correcting. One of the answers confirmed that neither he nor his wife had any motoring convictions in the past five years. # |
home and having an online business. # 5 years later by God’s grace neither he nor his wife Melane have had to get a ” real job “. |
Williams, a High Point resident and longtime visitor to the Outer Banks. # Neither he nor his wife, Jeannie, had ever been caught in a rip current |
this tale, namely who is going to foot the bill for the treatment that neither he nor his wife consented to (not to mention the bills for the lawyer |
but they do run wild and whine quite a bit, and I notice that neither he nor his wife ever TELL them to do or to stop anything. Everything |
time. Well, from looking at all history tells us about this man, neither he nor his wife ever came to that more convenient season. Two years after |
he will turn over his company interests to a pair of new trusts in which neither he nor his wife will have a beneficial interest, according the ethics agreement he |
agreement, Perdue pledged that within 90 days of his appointment as agriculture secretary, neither he nor his wife will be a trustee or a beneficiary of either new trust |
first marriage had broken down she said she didn’t know, but knew that neither he nor his wife had been involved with anyone else and eventually conceded that it |
delivered to Complainant’s home address on December 21, 2010, Complainant stated that neither he nor his wife received the Notice on that date. The signature on the |
. ” This is all criminal foolishness, ” said Glushko, the botanist. Neither he nor his wife had voted. ” Madness. Kosmograd is finished, we |
a gun shop and wielded a handgun, in consideration of purchasing one. But neither he nor his wife could get comfortable with the idea: ” It was too |
cut and his brother hadn’t been, his father apologized and told him that neither he nor his wife had wanted or expected this to happen – being Greek they |
Pascoe. – A previously mild mannered husband developed aggressive behaviour and bouts of rage that neither he nor his wife could explain. – This article reports that in this case, |
, she visits his home to find and impoverished half brother cares for him and neither he nor his wife care much for the boy. Ruth takes extra care of |
in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration |
s ” excited to see what the Lord is going to do. ” # Neither he nor his wife, Rebecca, and their three children ages 11, 13 |
Just last Friday i had an evening session with a Gulf War Vet, and neither he nor his wife have managed to be anywhere near ok since the early 90s |
came with a whole different approach, not as easy to get to know and neither he nor his wife embedded themselves in the community. It was as if they |
and it was the beginning of his gradual recovery. It is worth stating that neither he nor his wife had previously given much attention to vitamin therapy. |
. ” I asked him how he knew about V1. He told me that neither he nor his wife drive anywhere without their V1s. # I took his advice |
network uses unlikely people in overlooked places to do extraordinary things, Cambria says. Neither he nor his wife had pastoral experience. # ” I was an unlikely person |
but President Deby sacked him a few weeks ago. The former ambassador claims that neither he nor his wife have done anything wrong. They have not been charged with |
him. He was a regular and a part of the neighbourhood. ” # Neither he nor his wife were at home at the time of the incident as they |
children to be christened.) # But it was a difficult decision, as neither he nor his wife was ” fully ” part of the faith: he was |
the aid of a cushion and outlining his reasons for having the procedure. Since neither he nor his wife wanted more children, he said, he was ” taking |
female student. # At the Wayne home he was arrested at Wednesday morning, neither he nor his wife were talking. # Investigators said the history teacher met the |
his first house in Parma, a Ukrainian suburb of Cleveland. # (neither he nor his wife ever bothered to learn much English), he was regarded |
be looking at the big wall of the building, ” Rudy said. # Neither he nor his wife are opposed to having some kind of recreation facility on the |
and? 30,000. # When The Sunday Telegraph visited Dr’s home, neither he nor his wife, who also worked at the clinic, would answer the |
said the study was, in part, inspired by his own family. While neither he nor his wife are redheads, they have two children with red hair, |
and his holdings are believed to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Neither he nor his wife have declared their net worth, in defiance of Azerbaijani law |
the case. Those findings have not yet been released. # Kenneth Johnson says neither he nor his wife have returned to work since that January day. He is |
they would go get a warrant and forcibly remove the plants. The report states neither he nor his wife were ever threatened with arrest, but reluctantly agreed to let |
return to the coach’s box this season and followed undertakings earlier this year that neither he nor his wife Tania would depart from the club’s official company line. |
be the same thing “. Concerned about the spider being inside the banana, neither he nor his wife wanted to throw them out, so the father of two |
to obtain custody her next week. # Farook had no criminal record, and neither he nor his wife was under scrutiny by local or federal law enforcement before the |
down with chills while on vacation in North Carolina on September 29, 2001, neither he nor his wife figured it was a big deal. She went to spend |
service. This far-younger Chicago writer never wanted to live like his parents, but neither he nor his wife can afford, well, a wife. Their marriage “ |
to them and emulate them. Madoff himself was not a particularly social man. Neither he nor his wife, nor his sons, maintained any high social profile at |
they gave him natural remedies to boost his immune system but he admitted that neither he nor his wife have any medical training. # ” You’re working in |
with Joe Gorga and Chris and Jacqueline Laurita, according to the Daily Mail. Neither he nor his wife returned to the show after they filed suit against the network |
included photos of himself with Judi Tyabji. CBC reported that Wilson told them that neither he nor his wife would be commenting on the arrest. # Interestingly, |
‘s adult son is found dead of an overdose a coroner’s conclusion that neither he nor his wife can quite believe the seemingly meek civic worker, on |
senseless shooting, ” Mastrapa said. # Police said Diaz called 911, but neither he nor his wife tried to help Iglesias before authorities arrived. # Iglesias was |
and his wife are seen walking nearby, talking on a cellphone. # ” Neither he nor his wife showed any remorse for what they had just done, “ |
cabin. Mr. Leath made a hard landing in Illinois that damaged both wings. Neither he nor his wife was injured. # He said in his statement that there |
” out of place. ” # One victim, Steven Densmore, testified that neither he nor his wife initially noticed the door had been pried open because there was |
daughter should she make such a decision as an informed adult. # Indeed, neither he nor his wife thrust their beliefs down their children’s throats. # Take |
Robinson, a former director of communications with the DUP, told the Press Association neither he nor his wife had any direct involvement with the business or RHI. # |
never advised anyone to join the botched State-subsidised initiative. And he had stressed that neither he nor his wife had any direct involvement with the business or RHI. # |
exactly, ” he says. He has been teaching for over a decade. Neither he nor his wife received an official notice, a justification or a court order |
Would you be open to the idea of buying the rink? ” # While neither he nor his wife had been thinking about buying a business, they both had |
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