Example sentences of "be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | It blames current top management and the board itself for not understanding how bad the problems are or knowing how to solve them . |
| 62 | Regardless of who we are or what we may do in life all of us have an upper limit to the stress that our bodies can take . |
| 63 | This viewpoint has been expressed as follows : ‘ the mere hint by anyone concerned that the law may come in is the surest sign that things are or will soon be going wrong . ’ |
| 64 | Many of the routine social situations we find ourselves in are clearly rule-governed , but it is often extremely difficult to specify exactly what the rules are or what are the potential breaches of the rules . |
| 65 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 66 | After the close of pleadings in an action begun by writ there must be discovery by the parties to the action of the documents which are or have been in their possession , custody or power relating to matters in question in the action . |
| 67 | Under section 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 , the High Court has power to grant interim relief where proceedings have been or are to be commenced in another Contracting State to the Brussels Convention or in another part of the United Kingdom , or where there are or will be any other proceedings within the scope of the 1968 Convention even if that Convention does not directly apply . |
| 68 | there are or will be proceedings whose subject-matter is within the scope of the 1968 Convention as determined by Article 1 ( whether or not the Convention has effect in relation to the proceedings ) . |
| 69 | The letter rogatory specifies those facts and circumstances causing the requesting party reasonably to believe that the requested documents are or were in the possession , control , or custody of , or are known to the person from whom the documents are requested . |
| 70 | There is a good reason : those of childhood are or have been those of every client ( and also of every social worker ) and may be considered as common to every adult group . |
| 71 | Now , in terms of functional group isomerism I 'm gon na take a slightly different example right let's take this one here first of all I 've now started to do what the examiners will do now I 'll make them identical structures there somewhere and you really do need to be able to name them in order to see where they are or if they are . |
| 72 | In similar vein others ( Descartes , perhaps ) have held that they are or could be ‘ indubitable ’ . |
| 73 | In this respect , the discourse analyst is not in the apparently secure position of the formal linguist who has ‘ rules ’ of the language which are or are not satisfied , but rather , is in the position of the hearer who has interpretations of the discourse which do , or do not , make sense . |
| 74 | When we meet , we seem to go in circles ; we 're great at telling the others how wrong they are or how to solve the problem , but we are not prepared to give in a bit and make the necessary compromises . |
| 75 | Objectives , for example in the area of educational policy , are often multi-purpose and disagreements constantly arise as to what these objectives are or should be . |
| 76 | But it clearly is much more difficult and heroic for any group of people who are on the front line of discrimination to adopt a nuanced reading of racism 's multiple forms than for those who are or want to be distanced from its processes and effects . |
| 77 | It is also a criminal offence to falsify , destroy or otherwise dispose of , or to cause or permit the falsification , concealment , destruction or disposal of documents which you know or suspect are or would be relevant to the investigation . |
| 78 | Area Health Authority , ( iii ) that the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , the … |
| 79 | Although the order is subject to the condition precedent that ‘ the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , ’ it makes no reference to the availability of staff and it has to be borne in mind that artificial ventilation of a young child in an intensive care unit is highly intensive of highly skilled staff . |
| 80 | Cos it does n't matter who you are or what you are , reverse the roles , everybody makes mistakes when you 're driving . |
| 81 | the chances are or or whether the pattern is that you get a dogsbody job in an ordinary firm of estate agents you know and you 're |
| 82 | Erm and then of course there would be a I do n't know what the rates of interest are or the payback period but the erm of course the longer the payback period the more it costs you in the end so . |
| 83 | But , unfortunately , there is by no means universal agreement on what the standards of appropriateness are or ought to be . ’ |
| 84 | Hence if doubts arise as to what the rules are or as to the precise scope of some given rule , there will be no procedure for settling this doubt , either by reference to an authoritative text or to an official whose declarations on this point are authoritative . |
| 85 | Over 85% of the male population are or were manual workers . |
| 86 | You either are or you are n't . |
| 87 | We simply do n't know how good they are or how well they will conform to the current Adobe PostScript standards . |
| 88 | ‘ I do n't care who these people are or why they want the letters , but when they phone tomorrow you 're going to agree to whatever they demand . |
| 89 | 23 Whether you are or not , assume you have gone vegetarian . |
| 90 | Whether they are or not , they can suffer severe medical , social and other consequences from their consistent heavy drinking . |