Example sentences of "[is] or [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are directly discriminated against if treated less favourably than a person of the opposite sex is or would be treated , or if you are treated less favourably on racial grounds . |
| 2 | From this perspective , ethics in the broad sense ( the question of relations with and responsibilities towards other people or a community ) is not just a branch of philosophy but informs the conception of what philosophy is or might be . |
| 3 | Even though he does not intend to insult , or is not seeking to insult , he can be guilty of the offence if he is aware that his conduct is or might be insulting . |
| 4 | In addition there is specific provision in section 6(3) , which provides that the defendant must as a minimum be aware that his conduct is or might be threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
| 6 | If you have bad luck in the chase , if your wife is persistently flighty and difficult , if a chief favours your rival and ignores your requests for attention , then the cause is or may be witchcraft . |
| 7 | No one , for example , supposes that the knowledge that belongs to a good cook is confined to what is or may be written down in the cookery book . |
| 8 | Failure to clear up a problem which is or may be legal will usually be fatal , unless the facts admit of only one answer , because it will mean that the jury may not have understood their legal duty . |
| 9 | Notice of a petition for an administration order must be served on any person who has appointed , or is or may be entitled to appoint , an administrative receiver of the company : section 9(2) ( a ) . |
| 10 | In the third place , it still is or may be a condition of the validity of a voluntary dealing by the wife for the advantage of her husband that she really obtained an adequate understanding of the actual nature and consequences of the transaction . |
| 11 | Under section 245A , where copies of the annual accounts have been sent out , laid , or delivered to the Registrar and it appears to the Secretary of State that there is or may be a question whether they comply with the Act he may give notice to the directors indicating the respects in which it appears to him that the question may arise and specifying a period of not less than one month for the directors to give him explanations or prepare revised accounts . |
| 12 | Additionally , these marks must be " distinctive " ; that is , they are : adapted to distinguish goods with which the proprietor … is or may be connected in the course of trade from goods in the case of which no such connection subsists . |
| 13 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 14 | Obviously , what is or may be of importance to an employer 's business is a question of fact ; and it was no doubt significant in Swain that S was the general manager , the wrongful employee was the managing director , his conduct was dishonest and it could have had a material effect on the defendant 's business ( labelling meat as " Empire Products " when it was not ) . |
| 15 | The House of Commons ( Clergy Disqualification ) Act 1801 provides that ‘ no person having been ordained to the office of priest or deacon , or being a minister of the Church of Scotland , is or shall be capable of being elected to serve in Parliament as a Member of the House of Commons ’ whilst s.9 of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 states that ‘ No person in holy orders in the Church of Rome shall be capable of being elected to serve in Parliament as a Member of the House of Commons ’ . |
| 16 | That levying of money for or to the use of the Crowne by pretence of Prerogative without Grant of Parliament for longer time or in other manner , than the same is or shall be granted is illegall . |
| 17 | It does not seem to us to be particularly fruitful to discuss highly generalised theories of whether international law is or could be ‘ law ’ as such : if viewed from the perspective of ‘ effectiveness ’ , international law may have to be judged differently , depending on whether , for example , the focus is on regional economic relations regulated by treaties , or on customary law applicable to the laws of war on a universal scale . |
| 18 | But in fact no such argument is or could be made , for it is indisputable and undisputed that this is just what Parliament set out to do , and has effectively done . |
| 19 | In clinical practice the sufferer is helped to see that there are other choices , other " pictures " that can be put into the mental library of how life is or could be , and that there is no need to attempt to control one 's life by clinging to a fixed perception of reality that may have some validity for the sufferer but little validity for others . |
| 20 | Erm and that is or could be the only approach to the client once the job starts , so we thought it was fairly important . |
| 21 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 22 | The Spanish reforms will introduce English at primary level , and the same is or will be true in Italy , France or Greece . |
| 23 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 24 | Go easy on him ; one way or another he is or will be very distressed . ’ |
| 25 | In practice the employer must show two things : ( a ) the existence of trade connections which are to an extent " special " to him ; and ( b ) that the employee is or will be in a position to take advantage of those special trade connections . |
| 26 | We did admire your survival of the Weymouth weekend , and hope the Caribbean trip is or will be a tremendous success . |
| 27 | According to the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , in his Mais Lecture in june 1984 : ‘ It is the conquest of inflation , not the pursuit of growth and employment , which is or should be the objective of macro-economic policy . ’ |
| 28 | There never has en one simple view of what a comprehensive school is or should be , nor was there any single ideological thrust behind even the rapid development of the 1960s . |
| 29 | Especially in the civic and voluntary field , the need to spread the responsibility and ensure others have their turn is or should be an essential feature of citizenship . |
| 30 | News judgements contain within them an implicit understanding of the nature of our society , where power lies and how it is or should be exercised . |