Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to speculate whether the boys ' attitudes are a result of their own experiences or are simply a reflection of the attitudes of the adults in their household . |
| 2 | Realistically the scope for change in 1992 – 93 was low but it will be interesting to see whether the present flurries of consultation bear fruit in future or are simply a public relations exercise . |
| 3 | Apart from making a fortune out of hits like Be Quick or Be Dead the heavy metal band is cashing in on merchandising , which is a fancy marketing term for flogging T-shirts , posters , belts , and anything else the fans will buy . |
| 4 | On lesser occasions the reply will appear as an answer to a ‘ planted ’ parliamentary question or be simply a letter to the chairman of a committee . |
| 5 | I am bound to keep him or be much the worse off . ’ |
| 6 | 13 1775 & that Body is vastly improv 'd the longer it is kept & the little remains of fat shine a little more thro' & it is now very much the colour of Indian Copper , i.e. it is very near the colour of finished work 'd mahogany & is really a beautiful mass , the Legs are now perfectly dry and from the Beginning to the end there is nothing of putrefaction . |
| 7 | It is a measure of success , not in the commercial sense of the word but an exploration into just why The Smiths connect with so many and whether that connection invokes a solid and lasting influence or is simply a mere fad . |
| 8 | Its job is to decide whether some change in activity in a cell reflects the presence of such an event or is simply a spontaneous change unrelated to function . |
| 9 | In the WFS surveys questions about marriage of the women interviewed referred to " marital unions , " i.e. , " More or less stable cohabitation with a man whether based on a marriage which is sanctified by religion , law , or custom , or is simply a " marriage " of convenience . " |
| 10 | Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell . |
| 11 | Frequently , however , the imposition of standards reflects a judgement that important externalities exist or is simply a pure value judgement based on distributional considerations . |
| 12 | Inside , the triforium is often omitted or is just a decorative band , while the nave arcade is of great importance . |
| 13 | Is that the same as the Addams Family or is just a take off . |
| 14 | Or is just a |
| 15 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
| 16 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
| 17 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 18 | With respect to BACKUP , the safest way to handle the use of pseudo-devices , especially if you may be mixing saves and restores on physical devices and pseudo-devices , is to always place yourself in the [ 000000 ] directory ( whether it physically exists , or is only a notional location , as is the case with a pseudo-device ) and use the syntax [ * … ] |
| 19 | It is a convention in Elizabethan drama that slander is always believed , which can be explained perhaps from the necessities of the limited time available , or is perhaps a truth about life ( how many of us instantly disbelieve bad report ? ) . |
| 20 | The place of coal in the NEP appears to be to generate electricity instead of oil , although whether it has a long-term future in this rôle or is merely a useful stopgap is unclear . |
| 21 | Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand , or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building . |
| 22 | While it is important to know that your sample size is big enough for safe conclusions to be drawn ( that effects are ‘ statistically significant ’ ) , this is secondary in comparison with the issue of whether a relationship can be given a causal interpretation or is merely the spurious result of the operation of third factors ; the relationship between the number of fire engines and the amount of damage caused could be derived from a sample size of ten thousand and still utterly mislead if taken at face value . |
| 23 | The image may have softened somewhat " or is less the subject of common gossip , but the old picture remains in the public mind and some of the derelictions continue but with more discretion . |
| 24 | Either Mr. Woodford had a twinkle in his eye or was just a good salesman , but the upshot was that he supplied my grandmother over many years , in his turn his son carried on and continued serving my mother , right up to 1949 when the Salisbury round had only two customers left . |
| 25 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 26 | It was as if he had mounted the wrong protest in the wrong place , or was simply the wrong person to do it . |
| 27 | ‘ There is certainly little to suggest ’ , he adds , ‘ that personal cleanliness was thought a necessity , or was even a rare virtue . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't believe that this city of ours was preordained , or was entirely a function of the recent past . |
| 29 | Did the guild members look after their own coats or was there a central wardrobe at the church , or guild-hall in the case of the trade guilds ? |
| 30 | Was change incremental or was there a sudden , sharp turning point ? |