Example sentences of "[det] be [noun] or [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are annuals or biennials , many are compact perennials or subshrubs ; even the sweet bay , a tree , can be grown satisfactorily in a tub . |
| 2 | Some are summer or winter visitors , while others are just passing through on their journey north or south . |
| 3 | Some are instigators or formulators of such programmes . |
| 4 | In the second case the discussion should focus on the cost to the business , should this be £4,000 or £5,000 . |
| 5 | I resolved to cling to my Soviet Friends , as if this were Moscow or Leningrad ; my rusty Russian soon became relatively fluent again , helped by alcohol . |
| 6 | this is express or custom . |
| 7 | Sufferers show greater signs of anxiety and stress , though whether this is cause or effect is disputed . |
| 8 | Several studies have shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide was as little as half the present concentration at the peak of the latest Ice Age , but it has not been clear if this is cause or effect . |
| 9 | Erm it 's erm this is people or stories but a based again I 'm sure when y as you read through you 'll probably find quite a lot of the erm little things that they 're giving you here you could relate to in your own life , either for yourself or for other people that you know . |
| 10 | People of all types with unusual objects upon their person are also considered suspicious , whether this be holdalls or pocketfuls of 2p pieces ( suspected of being used to entice children ) . |
| 11 | He turned to stare at Cadfael , braced and quivering , unsure whether this was friend or enemy facing him . |
| 12 | This was make or break . |
| 13 | A similar , pro-State position is implied in the way several anthropologists have stressed the potential of state organization for bringing about large-scale public works , such are irrigation or communications networks . |
| 14 | These are reasons or issues which have increasingly come to dominate our discussions within Obair in the past year . |
| 15 | These are costs or benefits which are not reflected in market prices , such as pollution costs . |
| 16 | These are arrangements or practices which can be construed as helping firms in at least one of the four steps to stable , successful tacit collusion : defining the possible agreements ; focusing upon one ; preserving it ; and providing for credible effective punishment . |
| 17 | To attempt to encapsulate ‘ pain' or ‘ red ’ , in the sense in which these are sensations or experiences , within a form of words , is no more illuminating than trying verbally to capture the stink of durian ( a tropical fruit with a foul odour yet hypnotic taste ) . |
| 18 | There is reputation , one 's good name and so on , but these are extensions or corollaries of Izzat rather than the thing itself . |
| 19 | Only about one quarter of those asked said that they would , and many of these were Catholics or Nonconformists . |
| 20 | These were jelly or peach halves filched from the party table , but knowing that did not help you , and you hid . |
| 21 | Intermarriage between the noble families means that all the counts are related at least distantly , and many are cousins or half-cousins . |
| 22 | Many are stones or springs , others bridges or gullies . |
| 23 | The sponge skeleton is highly variable in shape : many are cup or flask shaped , others spherical or cauliflower-like , while some form flat plates folded together , or are encrusting . |
| 24 | These assumptions may be summarized as follows : ( a ) that the account of how Molla Husrev came to the Muftilik is at least broadly correct ; ( b ) that the Muftilik passed in an uncomplicated manner from Fahreddin Acemi to the Mufti of Istanbul ( though , as has been seen , there is a division of opinion over whether the latter was Abdulkerim or Molla Husrev ) ; ( c ) that Abdulkerim did hold the office of Mufti , that is , the Muftilik of Istanbul ( though again there is disagreement about when he held it ) . |
| 25 | Cutaways are a means of bridging jump-cuts , that is interruptions or discontinuities in the action , by briefly cutting to some related subject before returning to the main subject . |
| 26 | In the not too distant future every PC sold will come with a graphical user interface as standard , whether that be OS/2 or Windows . |
| 27 | That 's class or Black 's Art Gallery |
| 28 | And that was October or November I think , if I remember rightly . |