Example sentences of "[coord] be [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Are they inborn , or are they created by the action of environmental influences ? ’ |
| 2 | Is their responsibility to art cinema or are they mortgaged to the Hollywood estate ? |
| 3 | Are we only born of the flesh or are we born of the spirit ? |
| 4 | Most choreographers either have other responsibilities ( as a company director , for instance ) or are themselves tied to the strict daily schedule of a performer . |
| 5 | Including the colours , or are you speaking of the drawing ? |
| 6 | Equally , once it has assented , may a third party withdraw its assent without notice , or is it bound by the restrictions on unilateral termination of treaties ? |
| 7 | So , is it lurking in the weeds or is it swimming behind the photographer ? |
| 8 | Do we have local management of this school or is it run by the Department ? |
| 9 | Advert for the letter box sticker. want stuff or is it contact through the office to . |
| 10 | Or is it falling into the old sin of hubris to say you can will your own death ? |
| 11 | Are we talking about just small businesses or is it happening across the board ? |
| 12 | or is it extending onto the pub ? |
| 13 | Or is he looking at the bus ? |
| 14 | ‘ I am therefore issuing my second challenge to Michael Fallon : will he now withdraw his remarks and accept that real cuts are taking place in Darlington 's training provision or is he scared of the truth about training ? ’ |
| 15 | So was Dr Carrington exerting a right — some would say a fundamental right — to self-determination , or was he capitulating under the weight of an intolerable burden ? |
| 16 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 17 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 18 | Or was she listening at the door ? |
| 19 | Or was she relying on the unlikelihood of Tom 's being able to defend his own corner effectively ? |
| 20 | Nor are they decentralised in the true meaning of the word : powers belonging to the centre are not devolved to peripheral firms . |
| 21 | My comments are not meant to seek to prescribe to others how they should go about things , nor are they written in the belief that the ways that I have so painfully worked upon are necessarily the best , or the only ways of doing things . |
| 22 | Nor are they worried about the rise in cigarette and cigar prices since neither smokes . |
| 23 | Nor am I troubled by the suggestion put forward by both Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that a conclusion in favour of the Bank of England on this point will introduce an element of doubt into an area where certainty is important , since authorised institutions will be familiar with the Act , and will have no difficulty in recognising a section 39 notice as an exception . |
| 24 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 25 | Nor were they isolated by the Index from European scholarship . |
| 26 | Nor were they informed of the outcome of any conference that might have been held . |
| 27 | The Young Conservatives were not attempting to create or preserve , a distinct ideological view , nor were they battling with the ideas of ordinary common sense . |
| 28 | When speaker A in extract ( 1 ) says ‘ Yes , it 's an enormous problem ’ , speaker B does not have trouble understanding the reference of it even though this is not spelt out ; nor is he perplexed by the use of yes followed by a totally different point . |
| 29 | Nor is it found in the more ‘ standardized ’ forms of Ulster English . |
| 30 | To my knowledge there was never the slightest justification for this discreditable course of conduct ; nor was it employed by the reputable members of the Opposition . |