Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or am I way off-base thinking that 's Cawthorne 's little war-gaming place down in Kent ? |
| 2 | Are priorities absolute or are they things that are important and that we would like to have ? |
| 3 | Are information and decision making separate activities or are they part of a continuum and , therefore , inter-related ? |
| 4 | or are they part of the |
| 5 | Or are they properties of certain objects ; and if so , what sort of properties , and of what objects ? |
| 6 | And th the stories that you read are all , all for children are they ones that you 're reading from a book , or are they ones that you 're inventing at the time , or what ? |
| 7 | And , in whichever case , are these questions and answers ( to the whistler or the mate ) or are they confirmations of something that is always the same thing ( the bird 's own presence , his belonging to this species , this sex , this territory ) ? |
| 8 | is it me or are they sort of going round in a circle of Elsa , Sarah and erm some other people , some of the other common lot cos erm they seem to be cuddling and hugging like a different one every day , have you noticed that ? |
| 9 | Or are they levels which have , over a period of time and under stringent test conditions , been achieved by large number of 14-year-olds ? |
| 10 | Is the purpose of a single European currency and the central bank to assist us in improving living standards by providing a level playing field or are they steps towards some kind of federal Europe ? |
| 11 | Or are they people that are in work but even their salaries are not enough to cope ? |
| 12 | Point four the sums included with the paying increase , the one point five and negotiated seven staff and er on that or are we sort of governed by the financial cr criteria government and also are there other departments or staff within the Town Hall will receive a higher increase . |
| 13 | Does the proportion of black people taking part in canoeing in Britain suggest the situation is different here or are we racist , too ? |
| 14 | Should I say anything to him about the way I feel , or are my friends right and should I try to forget about him ? |
| 15 | I do n't think you have money , or are my instincts completely wrong ? ’ |
| 16 | Do we have examples smoothly ranged across the whole scale of X and Y , or are there gaps and discontinuities ? |
| 17 | Must there always be a two-way element , or are there circumstances in which a one-way flow of support is regarded as acceptable and even appropriate ? |
| 18 | Should the independent person be an accountant , or are there circumstances in which another professional might be preferable ? |
| 19 | Work back in your mind to the possible source of any abrasion — could it be something with a rough edge in the pond , or are there ectoparasites ( ie Argulus ) breaking the skin ? |
| 20 | Or are there facts that the court did n't know ? |
| 21 | Must this remain speculation , or are there ways we can find out more about this mysterious earth energy ? |
| 22 | Or are there degrees of ghosthood just as there are degrees of warmth and sanity and beauty and livingness and dyingness ? |
| 23 | Do you actually act in the films or are you Dudley Moore ? |
| 24 | Are you Robert or are you Yusuf or are you Omar ? |
| 25 | Are you Robert or are you Yusuf or are you Omar ? |
| 26 | Or are you Lucy de Sills ’ son ? ’ |
| 27 | Are your legs relaxed or are your knees tight together ? |
| 28 | Is it the same , or are your bodies saying different things ? |
| 29 | ‘ Or are our women unattractive to your eyes ? ’ |
| 30 | Was it only his fancy , or were her eyes older ? |