Example sentences of "[conj] be [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or are their blunt heads dipping to the bottom and sucking food from the sand or gravel ? |
| 2 | Are atoms solid things , or are they all space or what ? |
| 3 | Are they faceless heartless bureaucrats , or are they overworked caring administrators ? |
| 4 | Or are they mere voices of the bureaucracy ( which , in this third debate , is the ‘ system ’ ) ? |
| 5 | So , basically , I want to know are they taken from erm a team which is already in the health service , or are they new posts funded , and funded by whom , bearing in mind the constant complaints we get from the health authority about lack of funds ? |
| 6 | Or are there certain slots , are there certain times , certain types of product . |
| 7 | Or are there other criteria that I have n't thought of ? |
| 8 | Do we want to live in a society in which making money is all that matters , or are there other objectives that we hold more dear . |
| 9 | Can this be removed simply , or are there other modifications to be made . |
| 10 | Is this asymmetric behaviour an intrinsic property of the stem cell , or are there environmental signals which control the different pathways of the daughter cells ? |
| 11 | Are you happy with the way it cleans , or are there some features you would like to see improved ? |
| 12 | Or are there special perils for reforming presidents in Latin America ? |
| 13 | Respondents to the Social Attitudes Survey in 1984 were asked : In general would you say that people should obey the law without exception , or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law ? |
| 14 | He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ? |
| 15 | Or were they mind-slaved prisoners captured during the suppression of some planetary revolt , and sentenced to serve the Imperium usefully by their deaths ? |
| 16 | Or were there many corners ? ’ |
| 17 | Or were there other possibilities for serious malfunction leading to a major release of the reactor 's ‘ inventory ’ of radioactive material ? |
| 18 | Or is its main role to give stability to society ? |
| 19 | Do they send to somebody else , or is their total production down ? |
| 20 | It looks like our ‘ friends ’ at the end of the East Lancs could be awaiting another 25 , or is it 26 years now ! |
| 21 | And he tells you when he wants to go , or is it regular times of the day ? . |
| 22 | Or is it good afternoon now , is n't it ? |
| 23 | Or is it straight-forward cheating because that is the only way they know to play the game ? ’ |
| 24 | Does anyone know if you can order more than one ticket with the new membership cards , or is it one ticket per member ? |
| 25 | or is it two hours in the morning ? |
| 26 | It 's a question of authenticity — is this theme deeply-held , is it central to an understanding of the author 's character , or is it superficial gloss ; perhaps even so slightly phoney ? |
| 27 | Erm , just picking little bits , I mean er , we when we say actually what it is erm , annual report do we say the annual report to parents , or is it annual report just I know that that 's minor but at the actual top what do we actually call the thing that we 're presenting ? |
| 28 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 29 | Attendance can I just erm ask is it er possible attendance less unexplained absence or is it actual attendance plus explained absences for attendance ? |
| 30 | Have you done it with your little'un yet or is it bigger ones you do it with ? |