Example sentences of "of [Wh det] be and be not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central to patient-centred counselling , he says , is the idea that individuals are the best arbiters of what is and is not right for them . |
| 2 | Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm . |
| 3 | Inevitably , the boundaries of what was and was not considered permissible in village life were much clearer in the nineteenth century , as they were in Victorian society generally . |
| 4 | Inevitably the boundaries of what was and was not considered permissible in village life were much clearer in the nineteenth century , as they were in Victorian society generally . |
| 5 | He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world . |