Example sentences of "[coord] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One young woman , Lucy , told how sad she felt that her mother had very low self-esteem , believed she was unattractive and overweight — even said once that there was nothing she could do or be that Lucy and her sisters ‘ could n't do or be better ’ , which made Lucy feel envied and forced into competition with her mother , when she did n't want to be . |
| 2 | Admittedly there is a use of the word ‘ order ’ , as in ‘ the order in which the things are arranged ’ , but an order in the sense of something to be obeyed is not the expression of a belief that things are — or were or will be — in a certain sort of arrangement . |
| 3 | Bill would say what fathers and sons , sisters and brothers , boys and girls did or were and would scream quite other definitions or labels . |
| 4 | That it does not , requires a different interpretation , and one has been offered by other Eastern European workers , notably by Sokolov ( e.g. 1963 ) , who suggested that the functional significance of the OR is that it facilitates the uptake and processing of environmental information . |
| 5 | ( Has anyone recently considered funding higher education properly , or is that one of those outmoded delusions from the seventies , like flares , peace or mushrooms ? ) |
| 6 | Rod , is that national curriculum levels or is that staff comment after course outline just there ? |
| 7 | ‘ Hey , did you say something about buying me some lunch , or is that just an approach to win a girl 's confidence ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is that a good idea , or is that not how they do things , either ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Leave my things alone , or is that how you get your thrills , pawing women 's underclothes ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Or is that another question you think Heather might not want you to answer ? ’ |
| 11 | With the Omni SQL Gateway that er you 'll be be able to access D B two data is that still going through the Open SQL Server or is that actually going D R D A or are there plans to go D R D A compliant ? |
| 12 | ‘ Or is that fear ? ’ |
| 13 | Is it when the purchaser puts his money in or is that merely an offer which the machine accepts ? |
| 14 | Next I ask myself , does one congratulate oneself on getting married or not ? — or is that left for everyone else to do ? |
| 15 | ‘ D' you think I might have a cup of coffee or is that reserved for the police force ? ’ |
| 16 | Then , a bit more politely : ‘ Or is that a subtle hint that you really believe it was an accident ? ’ |
| 17 | We have heard of waterless embalming , well , who in the name of goodness has ever done it ? — or is that a ploy for producers to sell more fluid or that in , for example , 16 oz they will use 3 or 4 types of fluid which interact and work as one . |
| 18 | Mr Davis , can you , would you like to sum up , and pick up these points , and before , I 'm going to bowl you a googly here , erm you have talked about fourteen hundred , as the size for the new settlement , erm , is that the top figure , or is that a figure to which you might aim by the year two thousand and six , but may have potential for growth beyond it . |
| 19 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 20 | No amount of money would have stopped them , or is that if there was Laura Ashley on the walls they would n't bother spraying it ? |
| 21 | advertisement , and do they actually sit down in an interview or is that simply the way that the advertisement is projected |
| 22 | ‘ Can we all talk about the future of the family business , or is that some taboo subject never to be discussed at mealtimes ? ’ |
| 23 | However or is that a damn crying shame however or is that a damn crying shame terrible you know what you need to do for now then , now I 've won all |
| 24 | However or is that a damn crying shame however or is that a damn crying shame terrible you know what you need to do for now then , now I 've won all |
| 25 | did you think you knew someone or is that the one that you saw ? |
| 26 | Is it , is it or is that the one you said that |
| 27 | Is that the problem , or is that the success , that the Monkees just appeal to everyone ? |
| 28 | or is because |
| 29 | Spend two days in tour fatigues with this new , arena-compatible Nirvana production machine — ‘ I do n't know the names of most of the crew , ’ admits Dave — and it dawns on you that the overriding issue here is not that Kurt Cobain is on heroin ( or is n't , or was , or is and is trying to get off ) but that his wife is a Grade A pain in the arse . |
| 30 | Notice of a petition for an administration order must be served on any person who has appointed , or is or may be entitled to appoint , an administrative receiver of the company : section 9(2) ( a ) . |