Example sentences of "[pron] is or " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we ca n't give it back to 'im , can we , not knowing who 'e is or where 'e lives . ’ |
| 2 | According to the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , in his Mais Lecture in june 1984 : ‘ It is the conquest of inflation , not the pursuit of growth and employment , which is or should be the objective of macro-economic policy . ’ |
| 3 | investment ) , tourism and weaving underpin the fragile economy which is or has been augmented by local centres of enterprise such as the oil platform fabrication yard at Arnish near Stornoway ( now closed ) , the rocket-range support base at Ballavanich , the military developments at Stornoway airfield and scattered small scale initiatives such as fish processing and , notably , salmon farming in sheltered bays and sea lochs . |
| 4 | According to Gandhi , if it is at all possible for man to describe this power then it ought to be called Truth ( Satya ) , which is a derivative of Sat , which literally means that which is or exists . |
| 5 | Failure to clear up a problem which is or may be legal will usually be fatal , unless the facts admit of only one answer , because it will mean that the jury may not have understood their legal duty . |
| 6 | ‘ A person who is or has been … a member of the security and intelligence services … is guilty of an offence if without lawful authority he discloses any information … which is or has been in his possession by virtue of his position as a member of any of those services … |
| 7 | He had been significantly preceded , however , by the actor-manager : a familiar kind of solution , in which a leading member of one of the professional groups — that group which is or seems dominant in the specific process not only co-ordinates but controls . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) The consent of the Secretary of State is not required for the disposal of land which is or forms part of property mentioned in sub-paragraph ( 1 ) above where the disposal is in consequence of the compulsory acquisition of such land by any authority in pursuance of any power of compulsory acquisition under any enactment ; but the Funding Council shall inform the Secretary of State of any such compulsory acquisition . |
| 9 | FSA applies to a transaction which is or is to be entered into by a person as principal only if he is , effectively , a market maker |
| 10 | A.3.1 The Vendor will forthwith notify in writing to the Purchaser any matter or thing which may arise or become known to any of them after the date of this Agreement ( whether or not prior to Completion ) which is inconsistent with any of the Warranties or which is or may reasonably be anticipated to be material to be known by a Purchaser for value of the Business . |
| 11 | for use by a recognised body ( or body seeking recognition ) which is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 12 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 13 | There is a full discussion of this case at p76. 1.5 The employee 's duty to disclose to his employer information which may be of use to that employer ( and not personally to profit from it ) If , during the course of employment , an employee receives information which is or may reasonably be relevant to his employer 's business then he is under a duty : ( a ) to disclose all relevant information received to the employer ; and ( b ) not to use that information for his or another 's benefit unless the employer consents . |
| 14 | Section 222 of the TCGA 1992 , provides that gains accruing on the disposal of , or an interest in , a dwelling house which is or has been an individual 's only or main residence ( together with garden or grounds of up to half a hectare in extent or other extent appropriate for the reasonable enjoyment of the residence according to the size and character of the dwelling house ) throughout the period of ownership ( but disregarding the last 36 months of that period ( TCGA 1992 , s223 ) are exempt from capital gains tax . |
| 15 | Nothing better illustrates the impossibility of separating off the individual personality from the wider social groups of which he or she is or has been a member , than the analysis of the development of conscience , that is , in Freud 's terminology , the superego . |
| 16 | that he or she is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent ( whether while he or she was a director or subsequently ) ; and |
| 17 | She 's mentioned frequently but he never gives any clue as to who she is or the nature of their relationship . ’ |
| 18 | We all need know whether she is or |
| 19 | But er but er yeah , so but like , she 's been saying to me cos she 's been thinking about whether she is or not she er she 's been like like everywhere there 's babys and prams and everywhe , on the telly and everything , do you know what I mean ? |
| 20 | She used to send us erm like I think , she did n't send us one this year though , she 's erm like , wherever she is she 'd send us a Christmas card , an Easter card she did n't say where she is or anything . |
| 21 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 22 | If you are not a very competent mechanic then entrust to someone who is or keep LHD . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 24 | Who is or was he incidentally ? |
| 25 | But this image of autonomy and of the self can be threatening , too , to women who do have a strong allegiance to feminism ; and the threat intersects with assumptions that have been made in some feminist discourse about who is or is not ‘ really ’ a feminist . |
| 26 | The husband who is or becomes emotionally clumsy or inconsiderate , the wife who is over-demanding or nagging , the partner who is coldly disapproving or coolly unsupportive or the one who is noisily depreciatory all run the risk of becoming the " bad parent " ; the " bad parent " is not loved and the physical side of love will deteriorate . |
| 27 | ‘ A person who is or has been … a member of the security and intelligence services … is guilty of an offence if without lawful authority he discloses any information … which is or has been in his possession by virtue of his position as a member of any of those services … |
| 28 | Similarly in section 1(3) : ‘ A person who is or has been a Crown servant … ’ |
| 29 | It is best if this person can be someone who is or has been a teacher and who can therefore understand and evaluate production proposals that come up . |
| 30 | The Company Securities ( Insider Dealing Act 1985 ) provides that a person ( ‘ the buyer ’ ) who knowingly obtains information , directly or indirectly , from an individual ( ‘ the insider ’ ) who is or has been during the preceding six months ‘ knowingly connected ’ with the company commits a criminal offence if the buyer deals on a recognised Stock Exchange in securities of that company when the buyer : — |