Example sentences of "[conj] is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 13 1775 & that Body is vastly improv 'd the longer it is kept & the little remains of fat shine a little more thro' & it is now very much the colour of Indian Copper , i.e. it is very near the colour of finished work 'd mahogany & is really a beautiful mass , the Legs are now perfectly dry and from the Beginning to the end there is nothing of putrefaction .
2 No stage makes sense , or is particularly useful , in isolation from the others .
3 From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit .
4 It is the nature and function of imagination to envisage what is not yet , or is no longer , the case .
5 Section 1(5) prohibits an individual who has contemplated or who is contemplating making a take-over offer for a company in one capacity from dealing in the shares of the offeree in another capacity if he knows that the information relating to the fact that the offer is contemplated or is no longer contemplated is unpublished price sensitive information .
6 His work , a homogeneous mass , moves in front of our eyes , contracts , expands , seems motionless or flickers , and proves that painting is not — or is no longer — the art of imitating an object by means of lines and colours , but that of giving a pictorial expression to our intuitions . ’
7 The necessity to offline may arise when the storage disks are becoming full , or if a certain package/package structure does not need to be stored online because it has been superseded or is no longer part of a live project .
8 It is a measure of success , not in the commercial sense of the word but an exploration into just why The Smiths connect with so many and whether that connection invokes a solid and lasting influence or is simply a mere fad .
9 It 's no good blaming the chef if our own broth tastes disgusting , or is simply bland and boring — because we not only chose the recipe , but stirred in each ingredient with our own hands !
10 Its job is to decide whether some change in activity in a cell reflects the presence of such an event or is simply a spontaneous change unrelated to function .
11 Whether this difference represents an important additional effect of salmeterol or is simply due to a higher relative dose is uncertain .
12 In the WFS surveys questions about marriage of the women interviewed referred to " marital unions , " i.e. , " More or less stable cohabitation with a man whether based on a marriage which is sanctified by religion , law , or custom , or is simply a " marriage " of convenience . "
13 Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell .
14 Frequently , however , the imposition of standards reflects a judgement that important externalities exist or is simply a pure value judgement based on distributional considerations .
15 Thus an invention which represents a remarkable advance on the prior art in a particular field may nevertheless fail this requirement because the employer neglects ( or is simply unable ) to market it properly .
16 That there is this mutual entailment with respect to the two members of each pair is , or is intimately connected with , the proposition that the two conditionals state the same fact of connection between two things in the world .
17 A bald answer to a problem , even though correct , will not earn many ( perhaps not any ) marks , because the examiner can not tell whether the student has knowledge or is just guessing .
18 Slowly add the 1:1 nitric acid to the mercuric nitrate with constant stirring until the milky precipitate just dissolves or is just about to — approximately 8 drops of acid is usually sufficient .
19 Is that something that other folk on Stronsay know or is just something you
20 Inside , the triforium is often omitted or is just a decorative band , while the nave arcade is of great importance .
21 Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go
22 Is that the same as the Addams Family or is just a take off .
23 Or is just a
24 Dealers are confident that the market has stabilised or is even on the up-turn .
25 Further , an organisation may interpret its treaty in a broad manner that was not anticipated by some of its members , or is even contrary to their expectations .
26 Even in political systems where political neutrality is not regarded as necessary for public service , or is even thought undesirable , officials are subject to the formal authority of politically recruited executives , indicating that the responsiveness of bureaucracies to the political direction of other institutions is a universal problem .
27 A further difference in style between the firms is whether the culture of the organisation is centred around one or two key people or is broadly based and spread across all the consultants .
28 The thrust of the above arguments is the suggestion that there is , or is widely believed to be , a trade-off between efficiency and equity whose precise form is unknown .
29 They probably have three riders on call in case one goes sick or gets delayed or is already on a job but I 'll bet they never deal with more than two companies at a time .
30 v. We also need to increase the number of Medau classes being taught and if anyone thinks they might like an additional class or is already considering opening one and would like help to promote it , needs an introduction to pave the way with a new Institute , Leisure Centre or other official body or would just like to talk over the possibilities , please get in touch with me — I shall be delighted to hear from you .
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