Example sentences of "or [vb -s] [pron] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or does one hammer the nails into one 's own coffin ? |
| 2 | What comment has the minister to make on this example of corporate ethics or does she like the Prime Minister believe it 's no matter for her ? |
| 3 | Or does it generate a file ? |
| 4 | Is it music for his imagined funeral , or does it remind the singer that although unhappy , he is in love ? |
| 5 | Does that mean no more without development in the deposited greenbelt , as in the greenbelt as defined in the deposited greenbelt local plan , or does it mean no more unless it is hard up against that greenbelt ? |
| 6 | Does ‘ the constitution ’ mean the make-up of the committee or does it mean the constitutionality of the committee ? |
| 7 | Does the phrase ‘ I Do Hereby exoner , acquit and simpliciter Discharge ’ mean any more than ‘ I Do Hereby Discharge ’ or even ‘ I Discharge ’ , or does it leave the layman wondering if the words contain some qualification to or extension of an absolute discharge , slipped in by a crafty lawyer to defeat the ends of justice ? |
| 8 | Or does it re-create a folk tale such as the Fokine-Stravinsky The Firebird or a national epic such as Bintley 's The Swan of Tuoneia ? |
| 9 | Or does it represent a model , a paradigm which , when the peculiarities of Russia 's development are stripped away , reveals the direction towards which capitalism inevitably leads ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is your question one of personal curiosity , or does it represent an official line of enquiry ? ’ countered Toby , crossing his skeletal ankles . |
| 11 | Does this mean that McDonald 's does n't achieve higher margins , or does it reflect an even larger degree of undervaluation of these currencies , or other factors ? |
| 12 | Ask the manufacturer which company is supplying the maintenance — is it provided by the manufacturer itself , or does it have a third party maintenance contract ? |
| 13 | Does dismissal of God 's existence make for greater openness and enquiry , or does it have the effect of closing the door on trying to understand what is strange or threatening to itself which might be , for example , the claims of other religions ? |
| 14 | Does it lead to — even require — greater openness , or does it close the mind up ? |
| 15 | Is Jamie being collected , or does he want a ride home ? ’ |
| 16 | Does he think that we should employ 5,000 HMIs to carry out inspections , or does he prefer the Labour party 's solution — that only local councils should be allowed to inspect schools ? |
| 17 | Is the Minister satisfied that not a single case was substantiated by the independent Police Complaints Commission , or does he share the scepticism of Lord Colville and others , who feel that nought out of 726 does not reflect the world that we in Northern Ireland inhabit ? |
| 18 | Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ? |