Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The M2 , or Alligator as it is known in West German service , is a vehicle the size of an average forty-five-seater passenger coach , and is essentially a self-propelled bridging pontoon . |
| 2 | And because it makes use of the speed of light for complicated parallel interconnections , it can still handle the large volume of calculations — or weighting as it is called — involved in the learning process quickly . |
| 3 | And be cause it makes use of the speed of light for complicated parallel interconnections , it can still handle the large volume of calculations — or weighting as it is called — involved in the learning process quickly . |
| 4 | Although age and sex did not influence the results , enhanced synthesis of lipoxygenase products has been reported in the synovial fluid and tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis and it is possible that this was a confounding variable . |
| 5 | Material realities may be profound sources of satisfaction or discontent but it is more often symbols which signal to people their own position , their own worth , and their own precariousness . |
| 6 | When planning your excursions in Madeira , let the morning sun be your guide in deciding whether you go east or west because it is quite common for one part of the island to bask in sunshine while another is cloudy . |
| 7 | One characteristic of depression is to feel utterly alone and bereft of help or hope and it is therefore almost impossible to feel God 's love and nearness at such a time . |
| 8 | In the UK uplands there appears to be much less hunting or shooting and it is less organised , except of grouse and red deer in the Scottish hills and also in parts of Northern England and Wales . |
| 9 | This is often misunderstood as cleaning oneself of contamination , but is obviously not the case as is proven by the fact that they had to clean themselves carefully before going into the bath , or mikva as it is called , so it becomes clear that it was to purify themselves spiritually , not physically . |
| 10 | With the very poor Artificial Horizon presentation in average aircraft , the pitch attitude will be expressed in terms of the Horizon Bar thickness , or width as it is sometimes called , each attitude being the relationship of the top of the aircraft symbols wings on top of the Horizon Bar . |
| 11 | These movements are directly converted to movements of the screen cursor , or pointer as it is ten called . |
| 12 | Echo-location , or sonar as it is called , is only used by small insect-eating bats . |
| 13 | Conversely , projects which encourage a caring attitude in boys and acceptance of ‘ non-macho ’ traits would presumably act to deflect the automatic expression of male toughness or aggression although it is always possible that hostility to the course itself could provoke even more of a ‘ male backlash ’ . |
| 14 | Most people think dementia ( or senility as it is wrongly called ) is inevitable . |
| 15 | It covers every aspect of the entire time that participants are present in the city or town where it 's being held . |
| 16 | It will be the concern of the court of the state to which the child is to be returned to minimise or eliminate this harm and , in the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary or evidence that it is beyond the powers of those courts in the circumstances of the case , the courts of this country should assume that this will be done . |
| 17 | Tobacco is not a food or drink but it is something which is taken into the body through the mouth ( and nose ) . |
| 18 | Black lead , or wad as it is sometimes called , is found in a number of places in the Lake District and has been mined for centuries at Seathwaite in Borrowdale . |
| 19 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |
| 20 | As far as the exemption in s103(3) is concerned , " arrangement " is again widely defined as any agreement , scheme or arrangement and it is thought that it must be the case that at least part , if not the whole , of the consideration for the shares allotted is the transfer of the shares in the other company ( ie the target ) . |
| 21 | Papers are not necessarily priced according to their surfaces , Rough , Not or HP and it is worth looking carefully at the various makes and their qualities , as two papers may have similar characteristics but be quite different in price . |
| 22 | You do n't have to pay for parking or petrol and it 's much quicker than walking . |
| 23 | During the flight you are advised to sleep or nap if it is night time . |
| 24 | The possibility of conflict is reduced because of the expectation of the continued availability of the increment to avoid the questioning of the existing budget ( or baseline as it is often referred to ) . |
| 25 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
| 26 | With a natural pool it is impossible to select its position or shape and it is foolish to attempt to convert such a natural asset into an artificial formal pool . |
| 27 | In that case he might offer his decision as a surprising interpretation " of the statute or precedent when it is really nothing of the kind . |
| 28 | The town also boasts , in its main street , a remarkable seventeenth-century mansion , the Freuler Mansion or Palace as it is locally known , built for a local man who acquired riches in the service of the French crown as a colonel of mercenaries ( a not uncommon employment for the Swiss in those days ) . |
| 29 | It 's a very difficult name at times to live up to I 'm sure because the word Hugh literally means mind or soul and it is important that we seek indeed to live up to what our names mean . |