Example sentences of "or [be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to speculate whether the boys ' attitudes are a result of their own experiences or are simply a reflection of the attitudes of the adults in their household . |
| 2 | Realistically the scope for change in 1992 – 93 was low but it will be interesting to see whether the present flurries of consultation bear fruit in future or are simply a public relations exercise . |
| 3 | Although we 're working er all the time to keep security as tight as we can at the John Radcliffe , er the scheme is going to give us the ability to challenge members of staff , legitimate members of staff , as we currently do , er and they will then have to provide , produce the card , er so we can then assess whether they are or are not a member of staff . |
| 4 | On lesser occasions the reply will appear as an answer to a ‘ planted ’ parliamentary question or be simply a letter to the chairman of a committee . |
| 5 | For example : In the event that any person or persons who was or were not a member or members of the Company on the date of the adoption of these Articles ( " the Acquiring Member " ) either alone or in concert ( as such expression is defined in the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ) with any other person(s) , shall become beneficially entitled to more than [ 50 ] % of the issued Ordinary Share Capital of the Company after the date of adoption of these Articles he shall forthwith be required to serve notice on each of the holders of the Ordinary Share Capital of the Company that he is so beneficially entitled and shall thereupon be bound to offer to purchase the remaining shares in the Ordinary Share Capital of the Company at a price per share ( " the Acquisition Price " ) equal to the highest price per share paid by the Acquiring Member for such shares in the Company acquired by him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | Or is n't the assistant permitted to ask her boss personal questions ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? ) . |
| 19 | Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand , or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 22 | Following this , a single probe letter was presented to one or other visual half-field and the subject 's task was to respond , using the left hand , as fast as possible to indicate whether the visually presented letter was or was not a member of the auditorily presented memory set . |
| 23 | But , having said that , it is not or was not an issue at the forefront of British politics and in a sense you can say the whole nation was guilty in that way . |
| 24 | I do n't believe that this city of ours was preordained , or was entirely a function of the recent past . |
| 25 | Did you do it in the cabin or was there a bed made up in the back ? |
| 26 | Did Could everybody afford to have their own horse and gig or or was there a bus that came in or ? |