Example sentences of "or it [vb mod] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the movement had to discuss the ultimate and logical outcome of political action or it would be adding to confusion . |
| 2 | It may be seen as the effective adaptation of policy to the needs of the public , or it may be seen as the manipulation of positions of power to distort policy towards stigmatization , discrimination and petty tyranny . |
| 3 | Or it may be seen as a process — the act of ‘ authoritatively allocating values ’ . |
| 4 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 5 | The information from the assessment may be presented orally at a case conference or it may be presented in the form of a written report . |
| 6 | It may be seen as expressing the personality of the author , in accordance with the famous formula of the French scholar Buffon ( 1978 : xvii ) , that the style is the man ( ‘ le style est l'homme même ’ ) ; or it may be related to a literary movement or period ( e.g. futurist style , baroque style ) . |
| 7 | The basic conditional jump instructions are ( b ) and ( c ) ; the condition may be encoded in the operation code field , or it may be specified in a subsidiary information field . |
| 8 | The capacitance may be just stray or it may be associated with further circuitry or equipment connected to the potential divider . |
| 9 | Such agreement may be express , and contained in a separate instrument of variation or in a written minute of the decision taken , or it may be implied from the conduct of the partners . |
| 10 | It frequently unites with neighbouring sclerites , or it may be divided into a pair of plates . |
| 11 | It may be a direct or an indirect restraint or it may be contained in an agreement outside the primary contract between the parties . |
| 12 | The yardstick by which each proposal is judged is its potential for success within C&P ; , or it may be passed on elsewhere in the group . |
| 13 | This process can be supported by a computer with which the client may interact alone or it may be used by the counsellor as a database and prompter . |
| 14 | Such a phrase may feature as part of a quotation , or a paraphrase , as in indirect speech ; or it may be used in respect of an object which we know to be fictional , for example in the context of a story or a fairy tale . |
| 15 | And the FUW also advises against allowing one or two vehicles on to farm land for several days or it may be interpreted by travellers as ‘ acquiescence ’ to their trespass and may result in them being joined by many more travellers . |
| 16 | Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video . |
| 17 | That assessment might also be wrong ( clue to a later article : junk-bond default rates ) or it might be distorted by some other influence ( clue : federal deposit insurance ) . |
| 18 | He 's written you a poem in which you might well think he was describing a fox outside his window but just at the point when the fox seems most real , it might be coming through the window or it might be going into its hole , he says that the hole that this fox lives in is his head . |
| 19 | Anna , close your mouth or it will be filled with dust from the road ! ’ |
| 20 | When the council has considered all the factors involved , the case will either be decided by the chief planning officer under delegated powers ( if it is a minor or uncontroversial issue ) or it will be decided by the elected councillors at the planning committee meeting . |
| 21 | If the program has potential , it is likely that the publisher is going , bring it to the school 's notice or it will be mentioned in article computer applications in , for example , the Times Educatic Supplement . |
| 22 | You must also switch off the steriliser if you treat the pond , or it will be degraded by the UV . |
| 23 | Please claim it or it will be disposed of . |
| 24 | The account can either be a joint deposit account requiring the signature of both the vendor and the purchaser to release money or it can be placed in an account with an independent trustee . |
| 25 | The water-lily area of the design can be repeated to produce an attractive all-over Fair Isle pattern as illustrated , or it can be incorporated into the complete landscape . |
| 26 | The bench table is fitted with a very useful horizontal angleguide which can be locked into any position in front of the disc , or it can be locked at the desired angle while being free to slide in a slot parallel with the disc face . |
| 27 | It can be done out of role — with the information gathered through research , for example , then used to inform the subsequent drama — or it can be undertaken in role . |
| 28 | Or it can be done outside the classroom — in any place where people are talking and you can listen . |
| 29 | ( v ) Pupils should be taught about the different functions of written language : that writing can be for the writer alone ; it can be addressed to a known reader ; or it can be written for a large and unknown audience . |
| 30 | The traditional type is delivered mixed and ready to lay by a special truck , and it is simply poured directly where required , or it can be poured into wheelbarrows . |