Example sentences of "[conj] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If Mrs Marr knew a bit of human anatomy , for example , if she 'd had a medical training or been a PE teacher something like that , she 'd have a better chance of being competent , by which I mean lethal . |
2 | If you have been bullied , witnessed bullying or been a bully yourself , write about it . |
3 | We have by definition , but and by tensor transformation , where are the components of F , S in the new coordinate system . |
4 | ‘ any dust or effluvia caused by a trade , business or manufacture or process which are prejudicial to health or are a nuisance [ to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood ] ’ . |
5 | And the the question before them , and therefore before me in r considering the objections , is whether or not these sites are part of the general extent of greenbelt around the village , or are a part of this village er which does not as a whole perform a greenbelt function , and that 's what I 'm looking at when I make my site visit . |
6 | couple of decades there has been an unparalleled interest in the occult and astrology and Satanism , and witchcraft and society at large , on the one hand it worships at the shrine of science and technology and then it turns and pays its cash , and it does pay its cash , and its homage at the signs of the zodiac , and at the other various things dealing wi or are a part of the occult . |
7 | The section enables a licensing board to suspend a licence on the ground that the licence-holder is no longer a fit and proper person , or that the premises cause undue public nuisance or are a threat to public order or safety ( subs . |
8 | In Europe , the main opponents of ratifying Maastricht are all on the hard or extreme right or are a handful of Stalinist leftovers . |
9 | Have they taken a step back in time , or are the programs they have available up-to-the-minute ? |
10 | Is there a constant bias , or are the errors random ? |
11 | Are the trains getting lighter , or are the leaves getting more slippery ? |
12 | As the 50th anniversary of the ending of World War II approaches , an increasing percentage of pensioners will have seen service in the Forces , or are the widows of ex-servicemen . |
13 | Will the Minister give a commitment that the present adult education programme will be built upon and secured , or are the Government pulling the ladder away from thousands of our fellow citizens who have prospered from adult education in the past ? |
14 | Should not every employee have that right and should not the Government therefore scrap the two-year rule , or are the Government determined to keep up their sweat-shop policies , contrary to what is happening in the rest of Europe ? |
15 | In other words , does English criminal law pick out the most heinous forms of killing as murders and manslaughters , or are the boundaries frozen by tradition ? |
16 | So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ? |
17 | Furthermore , even if there are net gains to shareholders it is not clear to what extent these result from increased efficiency , and hence represent net social gains , or are the product of what may be socially detrimental increases in market power . |
18 | Do they run down , joining together or are the blobs separate ? |
19 | Or are the authors referring to antenatal surgery ? |
20 | It matters little whether the " facts " have been produced by questionnaires , found by searching through records , or are the result of a period of participant observation . |
21 | you get either Income Support or Family Credit or are the partner of someone who gets either Income Support or Family Credit or |
22 | Family Credit or are the partner of someone who gets either Income Support or Family Credit or |
23 | Family Credit or are the partner of someone who gets either Income Support or Family Credit . |
24 | Family Credit or are the partner or dependent child of someone who gets either Income Support or Family credit or |
25 | Family Credit or are the partner of someone who gets either Income Support or Family Credit or |
26 | Or are the stereotypes of rape portrayed by the press so narrow and unusual that they hinder the process of effective intervention by the state and others . |
27 | Their qualifications are validated either by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BACIFHE ) or by one of the independent professional bodies such as the National Council for Drama Training or the Council for Dance Education , or are the college 's own non-validated certificates or diplomas . |
28 | Such a theory is also required if we are to answer the question : Does time really have a beginning and , possibly , an end , as is predicted by classical general relativity , or are the singularities in the big bang and the big crunch smeared out in some way by quantum effects ? |
29 | You might do anything , breed dogs or be a naturalist — or you might write books . ’ |
30 | Be there , or be a Blues player . |