Example sentences of "or [be] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or am I way off-base thinking that 's Cawthorne 's little war-gaming place down in Kent ? |
| 2 | Are information and decision making separate activities or are they part of a continuum and , therefore , inter-related ? |
| 3 | or are they part of the |
| 4 | is it me or are they sort of going round in a circle of Elsa , Sarah and erm some other people , some of the other common lot cos erm they seem to be cuddling and hugging like a different one every day , have you noticed that ? |
| 5 | Point four the sums included with the paying increase , the one point five and negotiated seven staff and er on that or are we sort of governed by the financial cr criteria government and also are there other departments or staff within the Town Hall will receive a higher increase . |
| 6 | Does the proportion of black people taking part in canoeing in Britain suggest the situation is different here or are we racist , too ? |
| 7 | No rat droppings — or were they mouse droppings — under the sink . |
| 8 | Or were they zombie bodies , specially bred and conditioned , and thus essentially unhuman ? |
| 9 | Or were they spider 's web-threads ? |
| 10 | Or be your bookie in the City ? ’ |
| 11 | Or is its action based on a bodily skill whose exercise requires no computations ? |
| 12 | Do prisoners have a right to complain about bad conditions or is their predicament a symptom of a wider social problem ? |
| 13 | Is YOUR GOD dis brutal , or is YOUR GOD blind , |
| 14 | Sir , — Do you have problems seeing at night , or when the sun is bright and low , or is your field of vision limited , or do you know someone with these problems ? |
| 15 | Or is your cover-up act so complete you wo n't even let yourself see through those damned barriers ? ’ |
| 16 | Do you really have the ultimate overview — or is your confidence a cover-up for fundamental uncertainty ? |
| 17 | ‘ Or is your star on the wane , finally ? ’ |
| 18 | The traumas of the last week will reverberate through history , are you rejoicing or is your jubilation tempered with unease . |
| 19 | Of course , to wrap this up , I suppose there 's one other fact that perhaps the low votes in local government could be seen as w either two things depending on whether you 're an optimist or a pessimist I suppose it 's , it 's a bit of the argument like if you 've got a half gla and is your glass half empty or is your glass half full you know ? |
| 20 | Are we going to allow it to determine our policy or is our policy going to determine the car ? |
| 21 | Such lavas resemble raspberry jam that is half pips ( or is it wood shavings they use ? ) ; they are not so much liquids as pasty mushes of solid material . |
| 22 | TAKING as their jumping off point Steve Geliot 's previous installation/exhibition devoted to the theme of the ocean and the sea , a number of first-year students on the BA Interior Design course at Teesside Polytechnic have been encouraged to come up with the son or is it daughter ? of Seascape . |
| 23 | Is this conceived of as behaviour of a sort characteristic of cattle ( associative ) , or is it behaviour felt to have a cattle-like property ? |
| 24 | Whoopie sees a ghost — or is it Ghost 2 ? |
| 25 | Modern Rythmic Gymnastics is more about poise than power … its grace not gusto … is it a sport or is it art … theyre arguingthat one out but you ca n't deny its style and skill … |
| 26 | That the one with the tiger or is it Shell ? |
| 27 | Here was Kylie , the tomboyish Charlene , provocatively posing in brocade bodices , glitzy mini-skirts and shorts — revealing nigh — or is it thigh — on all to the world . |
| 28 | ‘ 'Nice ’ he may be but his taste for Brand 's A1 Sauce — or is it HP ? ’ — Mervyn examined the page more closely — ‘ does seem to be excessive . |
| 29 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 30 | One might ask the first question : Is it art or is it craft ? it is a tour de force combining both . |