Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] or [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In our society , there are conventions , usually quite clear cut , which determine whether messages are relayed orally or in writing and little choice is possible . ’
2 Naturally , there are numerous possible designs for these , such as the use of open or closed questions , whether interviews are done singly or in groups , in the respondent 's home or work environment , or in some other setting .
3 Most are seen singly or in twos and threes , but up to 10 have been recorded together and , in 1963 a party of 50 was seen at Burpham on 30 January , and another , which finally totalled 29 , was present at Weir Wood Reservoir in March .
4 The mutual recognition provisions apply where applications are made simultaneously or within a short interval of one another for admission of the same securities to official listing on stock exchanges in two or more member states .
5 Blake 's researches showed that there are some thirty or so basic messages which are used by the domestic horse , and there are another seventeen phrases that are used occasionally or in special situations , for example , those messages between a mare and her foal , or a stallion and a mare .
6 Certain kinds of circumstances which are produced within or between groups of people .
7 These images also interact with other texts , particularly newspaper accounts of similar conditions , and combine to confirm for many White spectators that the truth is that housing and employment problems and so on will not go away unless Blacks are sent away or at least have their entry to Britain severely restricted .
8 The ways in which the various tools are used are described here or in the various chapters throughout the book — cutting and bending pipe , for example , in Chapter 2 ; the correct way to use an immersion heater spanner in Chapter 4 .
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