Example sentences of "[coord] [be] they [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are atoms solid things , or are they all space or what ? |
| 2 | Are they faceless heartless bureaucrats , or are they overworked caring administrators ? |
| 3 | Or are they mere voices of the bureaucracy ( which , in this third debate , is the ‘ system ’ ) ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ? |
| 6 | Or were they mind-slaved prisoners captured during the suppression of some planetary revolt , and sentenced to serve the Imperium usefully by their deaths ? |
| 7 | I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ? |
| 8 | Nor are they some kind of Dalek . |
| 9 | They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study . |
| 10 | Nor were they suffering faces . |
| 11 | ‘ Ray and Diana were n't revolutionaries , nor were they political dissidents . |
| 12 | And are they nice people ? |
| 13 | And were they old arms or young arms ? |