Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [coord] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I 'd like to propose that Mr J C , a director retiring in accordance with article eighty of the company 's Articles of Association be and is hereby re-elected a director of the company . |
| 2 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 3 | The prestige of the armed archangel was and is still very great . |
| 4 | I therefore propose that the report of the directors and the audited accounts for the year ended thirty first December nineteen eighty nine now submitted to this meeting be and are hereby er , received and that the final dividend of twelve point five pence , er , net per share , recommended by the directors be and is hereby declared payable on first June nineteen ninety , to holders of ordinary shares of the company on the register , three P M on fourth of May nineteen ninety . |
| 5 | The other main dichotomy has to do with whether the dialogue is or is not attributed — that is , whether the text is explicit or implicit about who is speaking . |
| 6 | Since there seems to be some doubt about the matter , it should be made clear that the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction in relation to children — the parens patriae jurisdiction — is equally exercisable whether the child is or is not a ward of court : see In re M. and N. ( Minors ) ( Wardship : Publication of Information ) [ 1990 ] Fam. 211 , 223G . |
| 7 | I would only add that in a situation in which it is necessary to consider operating the machinery of the Convention , some psychological harm to the child is inherent , whether the child is or is not returned . |
| 8 | An author is and is not his book . |
| 9 | Compulsory drug tests also take place at random and competitors are supplied with copious literature about what medication is and is not acceptable . |
| 10 | The discovery that someone knows a great deal about the effects of drugs and has strong opinions or whether or not a particular drug or process is or is not addictive is a strong positive indicator of addictive disease . |
| 11 | For instance , Festival is and is not . |
| 12 | Touting for criminal business was and is well recognised within the profession , and those in close contact with it . |
| 13 | It would be pointless to go over well-worn ground in discussing what pornography is or is not , and why , how and when . |
| 14 | So I think it is a matter of erm importance for the structure plan its inclusion er and I think to put the an answer to one of the questions that was put earlier , if it is not to be left to the district to decide on where development is or is not appropriate in open countryside as defined in the structure plan policy , who it is intended could be making the decision on where development would be appropriate . |
| 15 | The second child has already developed some idea of what rust is and is not . |
| 16 | Sociologists of religion are not in a position to say whether or not a particular movement is or is not ‘ really ’ a religion . |
| 17 | Whatever the citizens charter is or is not meant to do , will the Minister assure us that it is certainly not meant to replace his Department 's statutory obligations in relation to the tragic accidents with which the Health and Safety Executive should deal ? |
| 18 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 19 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 20 | They have little to do with whether a given sequence is or is not grammatical . |
| 21 | James Shelley Hamilton thought Black Legion was an exceptional film precisely because it was ‘ one of the best expositions of what genuine Americanism is and is not what the screen has produced ’ . |
| 22 | Like the term ‘ deindustrialization ’ , the term ‘ services ’ is open to a number of interpretations and it is important to be aware of some of the different uses of the term before turning to the question of whether Britain is or is not a service economy . |
| 23 | Since such a review stands rather apart from the rest of the material , it is presented separately , in Appendix A , where we consider what syntax is and is not , and the difficulties that have beset previous attempts to explain it , of which the principal result has been an implicit acceptance of what may be called the " perspicuity of grammar " . |
| 24 | Often , it will be obvious if the information is or is not confidential . |
| 25 | But remember the words of Glidwell LJ in Rex Stewart Jeffries Parker Ginsberg Ltd v Parker [ 1988 ] IRLR 483 : " in the end , whether a particular provision is or is not reasonable to protect the employer 's legitimate interest is a matter of impression " . |
| 26 | It is unnecessary for the purpose of this case to determine whether that decision is or is not correct : I will assume ( without expressing any view on the point ) that it is . |
| 27 | What makes the issue of the legitimacy of our constitutional arrangements so problematic is the general open ended-ness of those arrangements ; that is , the difficulty of knowing whether a practice or non-practice is or is not constitutional . |
| 28 | ‘ That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 to make market purchases ( within the meaning of Section 163 of the said Act ) of Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company ( ‘ shares ’ ) provided that : |
| 29 | In order to ascertain whether or not a particular trust is or is not charitable you must look at the preamble to the statute of Elizabeth I , the Charitable Uses Act 1601 and the classification by Lord Macnaghten in Commissioners for the Special Purposes of Income Tax v. Pemsel and the reported cases generally . |
| 30 | A general conceptual boundary-fixing approach would seem to be indicated for charity , because the concept is organic , reflecting contemporary public views of public interest , and because the principal if not the sole issue is usually whether the trust is or is not charitable . |