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 .
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