Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | A section of text which is either cut or copied is moved to a different section of the computer 's memory . |
| 2 | The prime purpose of an office is to collect and process relevant information , which is subsequently stored or despatched to appropriate persons . |
| 3 | Hostile staff or fellow prisoners are known to use the technique of ‘ winding you up ’ to force a display of feeling , which is then punished or ridiculed . |
| 4 | The inner edge of a curtain or blind which is often bound or bordered . |
| 5 | A goods vehicle is a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or a trailer which is so constructed or adapted . |
| 6 | This is the proportion of the potential labour force which is actually working or actively seeking work . |
| 7 | It 's easy to drift into a system of parental involvement by accident , a system that just seems to grow and be a part of the school which is never reviewed or challenged . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) If the target is involved in an industry or commercial sector which is specially regulated or controlled ( eg newspapers , water and sewerage undertakings , coal and steel , banking , insurance , financial services and broadcasting ) then it will be necessary to consider what restrictions apply to any proposed takeover and what notifications should be given and approvals sought . |
| 9 | For a work which is specially commissioned or purchased , you may agree to transfer the copyright . |
| 10 | It 's better to make a new will then they do n't know what you had in before and nobody 's there to argue or question it . |
| 11 | She is either lying or crazy , he reasons , believing that Martin was incapable of such alien behaviour . |
| 12 | For the Spectrum owner who is either using or considering the purchase of a Microdrive system an interface unit may be unnecessary as the Microdrive interface itself is supplied with a serial interface which can be used to drive a printer . |
| 13 | The man who is validly baptised or rightly instituted into office in the Church is assured that he has the Holy Spirit . |
| 14 | Are there significant changes of style according to who is supposedly speaking or thinking the words on the page ? |
| 15 | There would not have been much music , one is suddenly reminded or much singing and dancing where Anna came from . |
| 16 | Traditionally , people tend to equate technology with expense — the idea that if something is electronically controlled or operated using a computer system , then it will inevitably be more costly . |
| 17 | If you want to stay in the village on a low income there is nowhere to rent or buy . |
| 18 | There is nowhere better or , frankly , easier than this to see some of the high Pyrenean lakes , of which there are at least four that you can get to here by car , as well as a fifth reachable fairly simply on foot . |
| 19 | So it 's either setting or not setting the weights and in the N tuple rule all we do is in fact set the weights . |
| 20 | Whether it 's rightly deserved or not ai n't the point . |
| 21 | It 's never proved or said that 's why you lose a job , but it 's a constant threat . |
| 22 | If you have n't done this , if you have n't found out exactly what people need to know , the danger is that when you actually start to put together some material it 's very hit or miss is n't it ? |
| 23 | a capital sum may be paid directly to the settlor ; 2. a capital sum may be paid indirectly to the settlor ; 3. a capital sum may be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if a sum is paid to any third party at the settlor 's direction ; 4. a capital sum shall be deemed to be paid to the settlor if the sum is paid to any third party by virtue of an assignment by the settlor of his right to receive it ; and 5. a capital sum shall be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if it is otherwise paid or applied by them for the benefit of the settlor . |
| 24 | I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage . |
| 25 | Slower-acting than most artificials , it is best hoed or dug in during winter , some months ahead of renewed springtime growth and activity . |
| 26 | So far we have focused on the time-depth of vernacular variants in English , using ( h ) as an example and treating it as a binary variable ( we have assumed that in such words as hall , hit it is either pronounced or dropped ) . |
| 27 | It is either pride or obstinacy , but she is determined to pay her way and I 'm not allowed to help her out . |
| 28 | Sadly , this remains a tentative part of Payne 's argument , it is neither elaborated or supported by example . |
| 29 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 30 | There is of course a continuing controversy over whether the bureaucratic bourgeoisie of senior military , civil , party , co-operative and industrial administrators constitute a distinct class ; or whether they merely form part of a larger and more differentiated social stratum ; whether such a class is dominant or subservient to metropolitan capital ; where the boundary around such a class should be drawn ; whether it is fully formed or not , and whether the power of the state is equivalent to the power of the bureaucracy as a social entity ( Murray 1967 ; Leys 1976 ; Zieman and Lanzendorfer 1977 ) . |