Example sentences of "[noun sg] is or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 33(3) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to : ( a ) the length of , and the reasons for , the delay on the part of the plaintiff ; ( b ) the extent to which , having regard to the delay , the evidence adduced or likely to be adduced by the plaintiff or the defendant is or is likely to be less cogent than if the action had been brought within the time allowed by s11 or ( as the case may be ) by s12 ; ( c ) the conduct of the defendant after the cause of action arose , including the extent ( if any ) to which he responded to requests reasonably made by the plaintiff for information or inspection for the purpose of ascertaining facts which were or might be relevant to the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant ; ( d ) the duration of any disability of the plaintiff arising after the date of the accrual of the cause of action ; ( e ) the extent to which the plaintiff acted promptly and reasonably once he knew whether or not the act or omission of the defendant , to which the injury was attributable , might be capable at that time of giving rise to an action for damages ; ( f ) the steps , if any , taken by the plaintiff to obtain medical , legal or other expert advice and the nature of any such advice he may have received . |
| 2 | what consequential loss is or indirect loss ? |
| 3 | That 's like when you find out how good my department is or , when we 're not here |
| 4 | This view takes into account the general view that crime is or ought to be those actions which are considered so immoral or damaging that they should be subject to punishment . |
| 5 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 6 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 7 | Not what that figure is or or what period it would be . |
| 8 | Its Cartesian equation is or where m is an odd number . |
| 9 | The Indemnity Fund was established ( pursuant to s37 of the Solicitors Act ) to provide indemnity against loss arising from claims in respect of any description of civil liability incurred : ( 1 ) by a solicitor or former solicitor in connection with his practice or with any trust of which he is or formerly was a trustee ; and ( 2 ) by an employee or former employee of a solicitor or former solicitor in connection with that solicitor 's practice or with any trust of which that solicitor or the employee is or formerly was a trustee . |
| 10 | In practice the employer must show two things : ( a ) the existence of trade connections which are to an extent " special " to him ; and ( b ) that the employee is or will be in a position to take advantage of those special trade connections . |
| 11 | For example , the question of whether accounting is or should be the same for a public limited company as for a private company has never unduly concerned accounting theorists . |
| 12 | Its transfer function in the unloaded condition is or Hence its unloaded transmission is given by from which it can be seen that the transmission approaches 100% as the frequency tends to zero or infinity , but reaches a minimum value of ⅔ when . |
| 13 | ( c ) the powers conferred by Part II of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 have been exercised in respect of the body or in respect of a firm or recognised body of which a director or member of the body applying for recognition is or has been a principal or a director or member as the case may be ; or |
| 14 | They 'll just think it 's a pair of boots er have n't got a clue what , what unison is or what it 's gon they know they 're gon na try and amalgamate the unions to strengthen that 's what I never managed to get through . |
| 15 | Now comes the second step , the act of measurement itself , the ascertaining where the electron is or how it is moving . |
| 16 | It does not seem to us to be particularly fruitful to discuss highly generalised theories of whether international law is or could be ‘ law ’ as such : if viewed from the perspective of ‘ effectiveness ’ , international law may have to be judged differently , depending on whether , for example , the focus is on regional economic relations regulated by treaties , or on customary law applicable to the laws of war on a universal scale . |
| 17 | And divorce is or sorry , remarriage is not allowed for members of the Anglican Church . |
| 18 | The other main dichotomy has to do with whether the dialogue is or is not attributed — that is , whether the text is explicit or implicit about who is speaking . |
| 19 | It has n't asked me any questions about how weird my machine is or wh what are you doing with an Amstrad or anything . |
| 20 | In the case of the simple potential divider depicted in figure 8.2(c) , the requirement of unaltered loading on insertion between a source and load resistance R L demands that But the attenuation is or through condition ( 8.4 ) From equations ( 8.4 ) and ( 8.5 ) it follows that to implement attenuation A through a simple potential divider without altering the loading of the source , the values of resistances R 1 and R 2 must be Notice that to provide variable attenuation yet maintain unaltered loading , that is , input resistance equal to load resistance , both resistances R 1 and R 2 must be adjusted in such a way as to comply with equations ( 8.6 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't really know what an actuary is or does ’ is a fairly typical reaction by many young people , if asked whether they have considered the actuarial profession as a future career . |
| 22 | Do n't know who 's paying for it all whether council is or what ? |
| 23 | Can it market itself more effectively to its potential customers , many of whom are unclear about what factoring is or what it can do for their company ? |
| 24 | Since there seems to be some doubt about the matter , it should be made clear that the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction in relation to children — the parens patriae jurisdiction — is equally exercisable whether the child is or is not a ward of court : see In re M. and N. ( Minors ) ( Wardship : Publication of Information ) [ 1990 ] Fam. 211 , 223G . |
| 25 | I would only add that in a situation in which it is necessary to consider operating the machinery of the Convention , some psychological harm to the child is inherent , whether the child is or is not returned . |
| 26 | From this perspective , ethics in the broad sense ( the question of relations with and responsibilities towards other people or a community ) is not just a branch of philosophy but informs the conception of what philosophy is or might be . |
| 27 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default the covenantor is or was a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in the recognised body ; |
| 28 | When it comes to the second aspect — marketing the services offered by departments — it is possible to content that ‘ top management does not understand what marketing is or its importance to an organisation 's success . |
| 29 | It will frequently happen that information disclosed in confidence is or becomes known to a limited number of people or to a specific section of the public only . |
| 30 | That will comprise a potentially exempt transfer regardless of where the life tenant resides or where his ordinary place of residence is or where he is domiciled . |