Example sentences of "be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The advantage of using a switch which is either completely off or completely on over any form of variable resistance as in linear supplies , is that no power is dissipated in this sort of control element , whatever the load requirements are or whatever the voltage developed across the switch happens to be . |
| 32 | Gandhi and Nehru , Mandela and Mugabe , or for that matter the late Zulfikhar Bhutto , who complained about the absence of a sense of Pakistani nationhood , are or were not nationalists in the sense of Landsbergis or Tudjman . |
| 33 | To pay all rates taxes assessments charges and outgoings which now are or may at any time hereafter be imposed assessed or charged upon the premises whether payable by the owner or occupier thereof |
| 34 | No counsellor can assume that ‘ good ’ relationships either are or have been the norm within the family , and idealistic pictures of family life as a reciprocally loving , mutually committed and concerned relationship should be abandoned . |
| 35 | People in some parts of the world assume that their basic human rights are inherent and seldom pause to question what they are or how to ensure that they will be available to future generations . |
| 36 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |
| 37 | OVEX TM must not be taken by women who are or think they may be pregnant . |
| 38 | You are or may be pregnant |
| 39 | It 's only as you begin to come out of the Ketamine state that you begin to appreciate where you are or where you 've been . |
| 40 | Most people of middle age are or have been married ; divorce affects all age groups . |
| 41 | who are or might be parties to the negotiation ; |
| 42 | which agencies are or might be involved ; |
| 43 | This is particularly so when you take into account that most people feel they are in the right when they are angry , whether they are or not . |
| 44 | Together , these two chapters constitute an attempt to address the question I consider to be of overriding importance , which is not whether male/female differences exist ( they do ) , what they are or what causes them , but what they mean : what significant social uses are made of them , or more accurately of discourse about them . |
| 45 | But whether they are or not , let us handle them carefully . ’ |
| 46 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 47 | Whether or not the readers of these books are or will be experiencing a training course , or whether their training consists only of the reading of one or more of the books in this series , it may be useful to conclude by highlighting a number of challenges facing teachers and teacher trainers in the coming decades . |
| 48 | Then there was the element of fascination — I know practically nothing about him , nor what his business activities are or why he spends so much time in foreign countries . |
| 49 | People with members of their family who are or have been alcoholic may , very understandably , be too scared of ‘ hitting the bottle ’ themselves to allow even a temporary licence in that area . |
| 50 | Which aspects of black or female cultures are or could be incorporated into high status knowledge ? |
| 51 | The army list has provision for a number of characters without specifying who they are or where they come from within Ulthuan — it is assumed that players will like to create their own names and background histories for their characters . |
| 52 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |
| 53 | Features and functions enabling commercial data processing across distributed systems are or have been added , whilst holes and voids in the system have been plugged and patched . |
| 54 | Toshiba Corp has been showing off the robotics work it is engaged on at its research centre , where it has a number of projects that are or have grown out of government-sponsored projects : it is developing eyes 2mm to 3mm in diameter for a micromachine for use in inspecting pipes in nuclear power stations , and also a software-controlled self-mobile robot for use in space where not all astronauts can be expected to be robot experts . |
| 55 | Features and functions enabling commercial data processing across distributed systems are or have been added , while holes and voids in the system have been plugged and patched . |
| 56 | About 90% of rural adults in Mexico have friends or relatives who are or have been working in the United States . |
| 57 | The argument seems to be that the world of reality and the concept of self are or should be structured by white parents and society . |
| 58 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 59 | How can we know whether we are or not ? |
| 60 | In the last resort achievement will be dependent on the community 's willingness to accept an increased responsibility for those of its members who are or have been mentally ill … time is needed to prepare the way and to accustom the community to these added responsibilities . |