Example sentences of "or [be] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are priorities absolute or are they things that are important and that we would like to have ? |
| 2 | Or are they properties of certain objects ; and if so , what sort of properties , and of what objects ? |
| 3 | And th the stories that you read are all , all for children are they ones that you 're reading from a book , or are they ones that you 're inventing at the time , or what ? |
| 4 | And , in whichever case , are these questions and answers ( to the whistler or the mate ) or are they confirmations of something that is always the same thing ( the bird 's own presence , his belonging to this species , this sex , this territory ) ? |
| 5 | Or are they levels which have , over a period of time and under stringent test conditions , been achieved by large number of 14-year-olds ? |
| 6 | Is the purpose of a single European currency and the central bank to assist us in improving living standards by providing a level playing field or are they steps towards some kind of federal Europe ? |
| 7 | Should I say anything to him about the way I feel , or are my friends right and should I try to forget about him ? |
| 8 | I do n't think you have money , or are my instincts completely wrong ? ’ |
| 9 | Do we have examples smoothly ranged across the whole scale of X and Y , or are there gaps and discontinuities ? |
| 10 | Must there always be a two-way element , or are there circumstances in which a one-way flow of support is regarded as acceptable and even appropriate ? |
| 11 | Should the independent person be an accountant , or are there circumstances in which another professional might be preferable ? |
| 12 | Work back in your mind to the possible source of any abrasion — could it be something with a rough edge in the pond , or are there ectoparasites ( ie Argulus ) breaking the skin ? |
| 13 | Or are there facts that the court did n't know ? |
| 14 | Must this remain speculation , or are there ways we can find out more about this mysterious earth energy ? |
| 15 | Or are there degrees of ghosthood just as there are degrees of warmth and sanity and beauty and livingness and dyingness ? |
| 16 | Are your legs relaxed or are your knees tight together ? |
| 17 | Is it the same , or are your bodies saying different things ? |
| 18 | ‘ Or are our women unattractive to your eyes ? ’ |
| 19 | Was it only his fancy , or were her eyes older ? |
| 20 | Was the wind making her eyes water or were they tears ? |
| 21 | Two enlarged bomb-shaped protuberances of pure dazzling chrome — or were they bombs after all ? |
| 22 | And they , they had had some experience or were they engineers or something |
| 23 | Was she the author of the Casket Letters , those letters which totally implicated her in the murder , or were they forgeries ? |
| 24 | Or were my ears playing me up ? ’ |
| 25 | Was there a sudden appearance of a new species , or were there cases of gradual succession ? |
| 26 | Well , you 're at New College , now who 's the ‘ we ’ , was that a group of women , or were there men who were |
| 27 | Was she imagining it , or were his eyes gazing back at Nicole 's like a lingering caress ? |
| 28 | Or is it women who are calling the shots — weary of living up to men 's fantasies , preferring instead to watch actresses they can identify with , both physically and emotionally ? |
| 29 | Ca n't you see it 's a load of … initialisms , or is it acronyms ? ’ |
| 30 | I 'm forgetting everything these days , or is it nights , you can never tell stuck in these corridors . ’ |