Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hoped to provide a convincing explanation of why such surrenders of so-called national sovereignty were or were not to the advantage of nations . |
| 2 | On a number of other key issues in the Middle East Anglo-American interests and priorities coincided or were not in fundamental conflict . |
| 3 | Maybe they were n't antique , or were n't in fashion : anyway , as usual , she had no luck . |
| 4 | Didsbury , St Osyth 's , Worcester and others which had previously had discussions with the CNAA were either already back in discussion , or were soon to be so . |
| 5 | In fact , as it turned out , the great majority of the 300,000 German troops reported by Schmidt-Richberg as approaching Austria on 13 May were cut off from reaching the frontier by Tito 's forces , or were already in the process of surrendering inside Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | There is no suggestion that passengers are or were more at risk on buses in Lothian than elsewhere : the level of casualties was simply the result of more bus trips being made . |
| 7 | She can still tell the police you were in that shooting and once they get you , you can forget you ever had any friends or were ever in the Army . |
| 8 | He turned to his sons demanding to know whether there was or was not to be a baptism party that night , and whether or not I would be the only white present . |
| 9 | She considered most carefully whether life was or was not worth living before she killed herself . |
| 10 | I mean they there was a fact that they knew you were unemployed er or was n't in any s You were yours yourself a target . |
| 11 | When she visited the hostels and goodwill centres or was out on the soup run distributing food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London , the caring side of her nature came fully into play : " I think something of my mother came back into me . " |
| 12 | That throughout the material part of that period the computer was operating properly or , if not , that any respect in which it was not operating properly or was out of operation during that part of that period was not such as to affect the production of the document or the accuracy of its contents ; and , |
| 13 | She thought that the photograph neither flattered , nor was very like her , but suppose Rose , or , worse still , Dr Neil or Matey saw it ? |
| 14 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 15 | Cos I was in the army we had good food and were away from all the bombing . |
| 16 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , a former Solicitor-General for Scotland , said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket . |
| 17 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 18 | Rather sadly , the sites allotted to these clinics were often away from the main hospital departments and were either to be found in dungeon-like basements or else in prefabricated huts . |
| 19 | We showed the Germans our passports and Feed the Children/Red Cross documentation and were through in ten minutes . |
| 20 | " A small part , " 90 entire pennies and a few fragments , was recovered by the Scottish Exchequer and were mostly from the reign of Eadgar with others from Athelstan , Edmund , Eodred and Eadwig . |
| 21 | It meant that major strikes almost invariably began from the bottom up and were largely outside the control of the unions . |
| 22 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 23 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 24 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 25 | Most of the Balkan Jews were of Iberian origin and were thus of the Sephardic branch of Jewry . |
| 26 | He and his officer rode at the head of their squadron , and were thus at the very tip of the advancing French army . |
| 27 | This would be difficult to do if the chicks hatched at different times and were thus at different stages of development and strength . |
| 28 | What is not in doubt is that many members failed to follow the professional path of Section 2f in the dispute , and were thus in breach of the Code of Professional Conduct . |
| 29 | For three-quarters of a century from the 1650s successive holders of this post , John de Witt , Gaspar Fagel and Anthonie Heinsius , acted in effect as foreign ministers , and were thus among the most important figures on the European political stage . |
| 30 | The southerners had longer legs and were generally of a less heavy conformation ; their skin was thicker , their coat less silky and they were slower to mature . |