Example sentences of "or [adv] they [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obair has also had reservations about private sector developments in West Belfast — or perhaps they should be called public sector developments with a private face . |
| 2 | A delegation of the residents complained that they were not getting the priority in rehousing which had been promised them and demanded to know whether or not they would be moved before the winter . |
| 3 | To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . |
| 4 | There is disagreement , however , whether or not they can be interpreted as lateral time equivalents of one another . |
| 5 | Some problems in the Marxist theory of history , and various new interpretations of it which allow a greater autonomy to political changes for example , the emergence of the absolutist state — were discussed earlier ; and in the present context I would like to focus attention upon two more recent phenomena , and to ask whether or not they can be considered as major changes of political regime . |
| 6 | There is some dispute as to whether dinghy sailing and windsurfing are classified as immersion sports and whether or not they will be permitted . |
| 7 | This means that any examination of the details of its terms must be tempered by a consideration of whether or how they might be brought into operation . |
| 8 | But the policy review nowhere considers the overall effect of the individual changes proposed , or how they might be co-ordinated . |
| 9 | They can not tell us in any detail what kinds of investigations might be prompted by such conceptions , or how they may be carried out , what concepts and theories are relevant , and so on . |
| 10 | First-time parents may not know how to tell stories or share pictures ; they may not know what books are available or how they should be used ; and they may not realize how important and how enjoyable books and pictures ( and talking about them ) can be . |
| 11 | The extra money balances are therefore available as a direct form of wealth holding , or else they can be used to purchase those financial assets which are a close substitute . |
| 12 | This will be done in partnership at all times with the in country non-gav non-governmental organisations , where such exist or where they can be developed , with governments and where appropriate with European and international agencies . |
| 13 | take up residence in caves , deserted houses or barns ; nor are they seen in enclosed places such as box canyons and gullies , or anywhere they could be trapped ; |