Example sentences of "or [vb base] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income .
2 Braque 's interest in space gives his work an ‘ overall ’ quality , which has ever since remained one of the main features of his style , whereas in Picasso 's painting the attention is usually riveted on the subject while the background or surround is often treated in a simpler or more cursory fashion .
3 But if our picture of God is wrong , then our whole presupposition of what it is possible for God to be or do is correspondingly altered .
4 At least half are documented in the Beazley Archive of black- and red- figure vases in Oxford 's Ashmolean Museum , or have been previously published , including examples by the Affecter painter , the Acheloos Painter , the Theseus Painter , Epiktetos , the Berlin Painter , the Brygos Painter , the Pan Painter and the Niobid Painter .
5 erm most of the sites , and there are quite a large number of sites in Oxfordshire , are privately owned or have been privately subscribed .
6 ( 2 ) On a taxation on the indemnity basis all costs shall be allowed except in so far as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and any doubts which the taxing officer may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or were reasonable in amount shall be resolved in favour of the receiving party ; and in these rules the term ‘ the indemnity basis ' in relation to the taxation of costs shall be construed accordingly .
7 We do not think the criterion can be put any better or more clearly than it is put in R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) and would hold that , on the true construction of the 18 February 1985 mortgage , the defendants are entitled to be paid or to retain out of the mortgaged property all their actual costs , charges and expenses ( including the receivers ' remuneration ) except in so far they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and with any doubts as to whether the costs have been reasonably incurred or are reasonable in amount being resolved in favour of the defendants .
8 Indemnity basis , where ‘ all costs … except insofar as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred ’ will be allowed .
9 Most roofs exceed these minimum requirements , but if they are inadequate or have been seriously affected by bad workmanship , poor quality timber , woodworm , dry rot , wet rot , and so on , the eventual result is seen in sagging roofs , displaced or split timbers , twisted and open joints — and visible movement of walls at eaves level .
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