Example sentences of "[conj] [be] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is their responsibility to art cinema or are they mortgaged to the Hollywood estate ? |
| 2 | Or are they to be softly stretched and so angled that they curve upwards and over before descending silently as in Fokine 's Les Sylphides ? |
| 3 | Loved ones from whom they have become separated , relatives who have disappeared — have they managed to get out or are they in some jail ? |
| 4 | Or are they ? |
| 5 | The nurses flinch , or are they in on the joke too ? |
| 6 | Do they extend the definition of murder too far , or are they too narrow . |
| 7 | Or are they gleaming and pristine like a cabinet minister 's ? |
| 8 | Or are they expected to be grateful that after the hamfisted handling of Sir David ( now Lord ) Wilson 's resignation , Hong Kong is to be the possible reward for a loser in the game of political musical chairs ? |
| 9 | This begins to face education managers with a fundamental dilemma — are they inside the cage with the teaching profession or are they to be on the outside exercising a more explicit control function than ever before ? |
| 10 | Are information and decision making separate activities or are they part of a continuum and , therefore , inter-related ? |
| 11 | Are the criteria managerial or are they historic , incremental , random and ad-hoc ? |
| 12 | Or are they too girlish ? |
| 13 | Are they inborn , or are they created by the action of environmental influences ? ’ |
| 14 | Are parents going to be invited to see talented children involved in a theatrical performance or are they coming just to see their child ‘ doing something ’ on the stage with all the other children in the school ? |
| 15 | Are they seen as disloyal and personal attacks on you and the school , or are they seen as growth points for development and marketing ? |
| 16 | Or are they ? |
| 17 | Or are they ? |
| 18 | And , in whichever case , are these questions and answers ( to the whistler or the mate ) or are they confirmations of something that is always the same thing ( the bird 's own presence , his belonging to this species , this sex , this territory ) ? |
| 19 | Are the walls at eaves level all sound , or are they pushing out , or damp ? |
| 20 | Or are they all female ? |
| 21 | Or are they no more than generalized exhortations , the playthings of ethicists , who love to pontificate , because that is all they are good for ? |
| 22 | Or are they as incompetent as that across the whole waterfront ? |
| 23 | In other words , are observed platelet abnormalities related to the disturbed metabolic state of diabetes or are they secondary to the presence of vascular disease ? |
| 24 | Are the Physical Education and Music departments only concerned with intensive coaching of small elites or are they also encouraging all pupils to improve their performances ? |
| 25 | are the characters crisp and easy to read , or are they too small , or blurred ? |
| 26 | do the many cables from the computers and printers trail all over the place , or are they safely hidden inside trunking ? |
| 27 | Or are they all those who ‘ manage ’ resources , which must include all senior clinicians . |
| 28 | Are New Agers just simply home-grown nature-lovers , or are they one of the greatest dangers to confront Christendom ? |
| 29 | Of course , the pictures are for the young readers — or are they ? |
| 30 | Are these rationalisations taken up by local ‘ politicians ’ or are they neglected ? |