Example sentences of "[coord] [is] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 2 | Like the term ‘ deindustrialization ’ , the term ‘ services ’ is open to a number of interpretations and it is important to be aware of some of the different uses of the term before turning to the question of whether Britain is or is not a service economy . |
| 3 | The difficulty in the case of shares is to fit them into any normal legal category ; but one is unlikely to be left in doubt whether something is or is not a share . |
| 4 | Thus a fifth-century Thessalian inscription uses the phrase ‘ whether under a tagia or in an atagia ’ , that is , whether there is or is not a tagos ( Syll. 55 and ZPE , 1980 , p. 272 ) . |
| 5 | Since there seems to be some doubt about the matter , it should be made clear that the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction in relation to children — the parens patriae jurisdiction — is equally exercisable whether the child is or is not a ward of court : see In re M. and N. ( Minors ) ( Wardship : Publication of Information ) [ 1990 ] Fam. 211 , 223G . |
| 6 | The term ‘ professional ’ will thus be used in a looser way than would be indicated by the conceptual analysis of what is or is not a profession . |
| 7 | A fourth and very important influence on the rate of recorded crime is the effect of changes in the law , which may lead to an alteration in the definition of what is or is not a crime . |
| 8 | Since marriage is essentially a relationship between man and woman , the validity of the marriage depends … on whether the respondent [ Miss Ashley ] is or is not a woman … |
| 9 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
| 10 | ‘ You know , Charles , do n't you , that the Government 's trying to steamroller a law through to say that everything either is the case or is n't the case ? ’ |
| 11 | Or is n't the assistant permitted to ask her boss personal questions ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? ) . |
| 15 | Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand , or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The ‘ Versicolor ’ form of the species type R. damascena has flowers sometimes white , sometimes rose-pink , sometimes a mixture of both , and is reputedly the origin of the emblems of the feuding York and Lancaster families . |
| 18 | But theft of clients is the norm in the industry , and is rarely the reason for anyone being sacked . |
| 19 | He has come under the microscope of German giants Bayern Munich and is clearly a man the Crues will have to watch carefully as well . |
| 20 | The band line-up includes Gerard and Wojtek and is clearly the Aeroplanes in prototype form . |
| 21 | The mouse cDNA encodes a protein of 367 amino acids which is 96.5% identical to the CL100 polypeptide and is clearly the mouse homologue of our human gene . |
| 22 | Micky Stewart has since kept him involved in international get togethers and is clearly an admirer . |
| 23 | It plays a key role in keeping city streets on the move and is even the object of the best modern designers ' desire . |
| 24 | Since its introduction , the structure of VAT has gone through some significant changes and is again the focus of debate following pressures for tax harmonisation within the EEC . |
| 25 | It is important for the organ to be properly covered by insurance , but making it available to students costs little and is again an investment for the future . |
| 26 | The percentage frequency is the number of 10-minute samples in which a species was recorded , expressed as a percentage of the total number of samples , and is thus a measure of distribution . |
| 27 | In A Song to David , which must have been written in the asylum , as it was publicised soon after his release , David , who represents the poet and is thus a symbol for Smart himself , leads the hymn of Adoration in which all Creation joins , every creature making his individual and characteristic contribution . |
| 28 | The second term on the right-hand side is a negative term involving the viscosity and is thus the energy dissipation . |
| 29 | The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary . |
| 30 | This is much slower than any of the existing domestic systems , which use 12.5 mm tape , and is why the recorders need the high-quality metal-coated tape . |