Example sentences of "[conj] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or are all men like this ? ’ |
| 2 | Are those the candy-floss , Mickey Mouse jobs that the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) goes on about so much , or are those people just sponging off the backs of the poll tax payers ? |
| 3 | Has society modified it 's conception of family and of black sheep , or are these changes the outcome of a climate of openness I think we 've touched on this , to some extent , already , by saying things have changed . |
| 4 | Are these dreams really triggered by outside stimuli , or are these reports only the outcome of rather memorable coincidence ? |
| 5 | Whether they are already leaders or aspire to more senior positions or are any part of those steadily developing collegial teams which are necessary to manage the diversity of educational change , then breadth of knowledge , a political awareness of the wider field of debate , the capacity to stand back , criticize and to argue to an acceptable and workable end , all these are essential parts of the professional 's equipment . |
| 6 | ( Or were some people very quiet ? ) 4 Did people listen to what other people were saying ? 5 Did everyone understand clearly what they had to do ? 6 How did the group agree on its answer ? 7 How did everyone feel about the answer that was agreed ? 8 Was it an equal group , or did someone act as a boss ? |
| 7 | Or were those men simply other lonely hunters of other men ? |
| 8 | If the business buys goods for resale , or components for assembly , the terms on which it buys should be considered : to what extent is it possible to pass back liability for defects in those goods ; can the business recover an indemnity from its supplier against any liability it incurs to third parties , or is such liability excluded ? ( 3 ) Who are the business 's customers ? |
| 9 | Or is that tree in the way ? |
| 10 | Or is that Clayton blackmore ? |
| 11 | On on a briefing for an operation do you have to give further recommendation to advise on instructions about the use of guns or is that part and parcel of training ? |
| 12 | Is the part behind Reindeer Cottage , do people go on that now , or is that part of their garden ? |
| 13 | and I constantly wonder now is that Robin Harris speaking or is that Mrs Thatcher ? |
| 14 | Is that John O'Sullivan with one of his ripe little one-liners or is that Mrs Thatcher ? |
| 15 | Or is that cup of water enough for you ? |
| 16 | Or is that remark in itself ageist ? |
| 17 | that 's been there all day , come on Deana , if you 're gon na have the lamp on you 're gon na have to put something away , some books or is that packet any good now ? |
| 18 | Is that the telephone 's fault d' ya think or is that fault I mean salesman coming in as well . |
| 19 | WHETHER HEROIN is at the root of this unreliability I do n't know for sure , nor am I about to proscribe the freedom — or is that stupidity — of anyone to take whatever substance they choose to take , be it alcohol , tobacco , heroin or carpet cleaner . |
| 20 | Or is that guy from |
| 21 | ‘ Or is that information classified ? ’ |
| 22 | Or is that nights at the pub |
| 23 | Do we forget all kinds of knowledge at the same rate or is some knowledge more enduring ? |
| 24 | Or is this coloration indicative of a further shift away from humanity , a progression to the extremes of ursinity ? |
| 25 | Or is this reunion more than mere coincidence ? ’ |
| 26 | And is and is a continuation of business or is this referrals ? |
| 27 | Am I going to sit down comfortably in a studio and be interviewed , or is this guy going to come to my office with a piece of equipment like that , which we will be using later , a ewer , or a Nigra whatever piece of portable equipment they have . |
| 28 | Or is this line of thought simply a rationalization of the truth , which is that these days she and Charles disagree about almost everything ? |
| 29 | Erm can I just clarify that the thirty million of erm savings , was that actual redundancy costs which took place in ninety two or was that redundancy costs plus the sav commensurate savings which will then benefit ninety three er or was it just the savings ? |
| 30 | Do d do you think your father was unusual in Hirael at that time or or was that kind of behaviour by men accepted ? |