Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] or a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when you 're choosing your bag you 'll need to take account of what your metabolism is like — whether or not you 're a cold or a warm sleeper . |
| 2 | According to a pamphlet of 1704 , the present war was about whether England should be a popish or a Protestant country , since Louis XIV was advancing the cause of a popish prince to the throne of Great Britain , whilst at home the strength of the papists was increased " by the Non-Jurors and Disaffected Persons of all sorts " , who were zealous for a popish prince . |
| 3 | Oh , well , I say I 'm on early but I will be , I could be an early or a late . |
| 4 | Examples of peasant or pastoralist protest where official conservation policies were a catalytic or a leading grievance are Kenya ( Heyer et al. |
| 5 | Far from being a luxury or a peripheral activity , music often meets basic needs : ‘ There exist a good many people for whom music is so important that it is difficult for them to conceive of life without it . |
| 6 | You draw a line and you know at once whether it 's a good or a bad line . |
| 7 | Do you have any thoughts as to whether it 's a good or a bad thing that food is produced artificially , as it were ? |
| 8 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
| 9 | For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures . |
| 10 | Do you think this sort of advertising is a good or a bad idea ? |
| 11 | I 'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing , but the game 's got practically nothing to do with the Bullseye TV show . |
| 12 | You can tell whether a text you have is a critical or a popular edition by looking at the following features : — Does it have a note on the text , explaining spelling conventions used , etc. ? — Does it have an introduction by an editor ? — Does it have footnotes or endnotes ? — Is it a numbered part of a multi-volume edition ? |
| 13 | First , there are factors related to the size of the country and its internal organisation : whether it is a federal or a unitary state for example . |
| 14 | That the dish is tasty and that another helping will upset the stomach are relevant facts because they do modify inclination ; that it is a rainy or a sunny day and that the wallpaper is yellow or white are irrelevant because they do not move the child in either direction . |
| 15 | How will it , without a list or register , determine whether a household is a single or a two-person household ? |
| 16 | The second dimension used three variables : whether the state is unitary and centralized or federal and dispersed ; whether the legislature has one or two ( strong ) chambers ; and whether there is an unwritten or a written , rigid constitution . |
| 17 | Language work can also be covered through drama or role-play ( a speech by a Roman general encouraging the troops , an argument between a Celt and a Roman over whether the conquest of Britain was a good or a bad thing ) . |