Example sentences of "it is [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , having said that , it is not or was not an issue at the forefront of British politics and in a sense you can say the whole nation was guilty in that way . |
| 2 | Thus it is one thing to adopt a radically subjectivist posture towards law reform and another thing entirely to purport merely to be describing the law as it is and then to conclude that it is wholly or even primarily subjectivist . |
| 3 | Nor does a term cease to be a leasehold because it is determinable by an event which may happen , or which is certain to happen , within the term — e.g. if A holds land for 99 years or for 999 years , ‘ if he shall so long live ’ , he is still a leaseholder , though it is nearly or quite certain that he will not outlive the term . |
| 4 | We then sequenced parasite DNA from nine Gambian isolates ( Fig. 2 , legend ) : in each , the ls6 epitope was identical to the published sequence , indicating that it is largely or completely conserved in this population . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) The consumption or reception of a text may or may not be auratic , depending on whether it is individually or collectively consumed , or whether the audience views the cultural object in a state of immersion or distraction . |
| 6 | They have had the benefit of such an education and now it is over or about to end , together with almost all paramedical help . |
| 7 | What the movies taught Welford Beaton was ‘ we are not interested in average things , whether animate or inanimate — we are interested in anything in the degree that it is above or below the average ’ . |
| 8 | Interestingly , in none of the eight occupations in the share of temporary workers is particularly high — it is around or only slightly above the average in each case . |
| 9 | Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining . |
| 10 | And depending whether it 's a rectangular plot or whether it is n't or not or if it 's slightly at an angle then some of the corner houses have a fairly long gardens . |
| 11 | However small it was ( and whether it is just or not ) , I have felt over the years that the Halton experience has enabled me ( despite my background ) to bridge the gap between those far off days , and reaching the rank of sergeant pilot , and the mid-war years when , in a few months , there was swift passage through the roles of flight commander , squadron commander , staff officer and station commander . |
| 12 | ( Kelly 's more sophisticated approach gives figures between about 5 per cent and 10 per cent E. ) In a way it does not matter very much if our figure is not very accurate because it is seldom or never reached when testing real materials in bulk . |
| 13 | To give power to arrest on reasonable suspicion does not mean that it is always or even ordinarily to be exercised . |
| 14 | When the ferret is re-entered he will either kill another rabbit if it is there or , if it is tucked up , he will scrap away at its hindquarters . |
| 15 | They imply that it is psychologically or biologically natural to recognize and perhaps to rank these differences . |
| 16 | It is more or less surrounded by Centaurus ; the only other common boundary is with Musca . |
| 17 | and in fact it is more or less the same but you check if some of them are missing . |
| 18 | That said , it is more or less generally accepted that TV is the most powerful medium available , being capable of building awareness and understanding of a product 's advertising more broadly and faster than other media . |
| 19 | Rex and Moore 's classification was based upon research in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham , and it is more or less time-specific to the mid-1960s and applicable to medium-to large-sized cities . |
| 20 | It is more or less impossible to consider formulae used for resource allocation without paying close attention to issues of stability , equity , transparency and public accountability . |
| 21 | It is beyond question that by Civizade 's time the learned hierarchy had become greatly elaborated relative to its state in Hocazade 's time , and a scholar 's progress through it is more or less predictable . |
| 22 | Er the er of course it is more or less Welsh district than they 're they 're very well attended is the Welsh churches . |
| 23 | I 'll give you the cast list but it is more or less the same as last time . |
| 24 | Such archived information is frequently used in research because it is more or less free ; but , to avoid fallacious conclusions arising from what is usually called secondary analysis , we must be prepared to think critically about the source , reliability and consistency of the data involved . |
| 25 | Well it is more or less . |
| 26 | Whether it is so or not is a question of construction of the particular statute concerned . |
| 27 | Whether it is so or not depends on all the circumstances of the case including the context and wording of the provisions , the degree of emphasis , the purpose and effect of the default clause and any other relevant consideration . |