Example sentences of "[coord] be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rock is excellent , climbing quality equally so , and the grade and commitment are at a more amenable level than either the Old Man of Hoy or Am Buachaille . |
| 2 | Was I just unlucky or are Land Rover 's power steering pumps not up to much ? |
| 3 | The question which must be addressed is this : are they that good — or are England that bad ? |
| 4 | Look round any showground and you 'll see that a hell of a lot of showjumping men buy those striped Marks and Sparks underpants or are Donald Duck fans . |
| 5 | In some cases , authorities will have policies on the selection of microcomputers e.g. that all new microcomputers must be in the BBC range or be IBM compatible . |
| 6 | If you Liz , Elizabeth pretending to be Jessica or is Elizabeth really Elizabeth . |
| 7 | ‘ Is this your own idea , or is Geoffrey in on it ? ’ she demanded . |
| 8 | Or is Europe just west Europe ? |
| 9 | Or is Bailey merely articulating an ideology of Bohemianism for the arts and of undirected radicalism for social and political thought in general ? |
| 10 | Note that if this device accepts magnetic tapes or is DEC 's RV20 optical disk , you must specify Y . |
| 11 | AM I wrong , or is Liverpool trying to grow it 's own rain forest ? |
| 12 | It is often pondered as to who was or is Henley 's ‘ best ’ golfer , assuming it is not the record holder . |
| 13 | Or is Paul Parker a safer bet ? |
| 14 | If the decision maker exercises his powers outside the jurisdiction conferred , in a manner which is procedurally irregular or is Wednesbury unreasonable , he is acting ultra vires his powers and therefore unlawfully : see Wade , Administrative Law , 6th ed. ( 1988 ) , pp. 39 et seq . |
| 15 | Or is Jones your maiden name ? |
| 16 | At what point after this panel finishes sitting then will the issue be discussed in a public forum of this type , or is Mr Wincup saying the County Council can of itself determine that issue without further public examination . |
| 17 | Is Alfred doomed to survive only in the reflected glory of Michael 's reputation , or is Michael 's writing merely a pale reflection of Alfred 's extrovert figure ? |
| 18 | Much more common are the adjustment reactions to the knowledge that one has AIDS or is HIV antibody positive . |
| 19 | Or is Mary 's a chip shop ? |
| 20 | Or was Germany , rather than Italy , his real destination after whatever was due to happen in Paris ? |
| 21 | Or was Italy full of slender , available girls driving ten-ton trucks . |
| 22 | There has , however , been some debate in modern times about the motivation which lay behind this huge increase in Rome 's power : was it the constant aggression of neighbouring states which prompted Rome to take protective measures , and thereby incidentally achieve this new position , or was Rome an imperialist power whose expansion was internally motivated ( for example , by land hunger or aristocratic avarice for glory ) ? |
| 23 | Was her own brain kinking her around , or was Daine trying to tie her mental patterns in knots ? |
| 24 | Was it her imagination or was George laughing at them all ? |
| 25 | Or was Otto 's summary dismissal of his friend 's insults something to do with his feeling himself of greater social and intellectual consequence than Jean-Claude ? |
| 26 | Or was Mary Ann unaware of the secret shared by the others ? |
| 27 | Was he , Elijah , the cause of the problem or was Ahab ? |
| 28 | Nor are Wolfgang 's imaginative adventures as king of his dream world , Kingdom of Back , in any way pathological . |
| 29 | Baidoa , where in the middle of last year 500 people were dying each day , is no longer a charnel-house ; nor are Merca , Bardera or Kismayu . |
| 30 | They ran into strong opposition from the smaller states , especially the Netherlands ; nor were Italy and West Germany totally convinced . |