Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The promontory itself dissolves on the seaward side into rocks and inlets , including the delightful cove of the Plage du Port-Vieux , a sheltered bathing place recommended ‘ for persons who are weakly or unaccustomed to the sea ’ as my old Baedeker considerately puts it . |
| 2 | Children also have to acquire forms of written language which are rarely or never used in spoken English , since written language is not just spoken language written down . |
| 3 | It also relates to the way in which subjects are not presented — to processes and procedures and methods which are rarely or never employed . |
| 4 | The following establishments have indicated that they are wholly or partially suitable for disabled visitors . |
| 5 | Some radiometer readings became corrupted after writing them down and are wholly or partly lost . |
| 6 | There is , in fact , a complex network of gene interactions , the product of one gene controlling the activity of others which involves an intimate relationship between nucleus and cytoplasm , because cytoplasmic signals play a crucial role in controlling transcription and thus determining whether genes are on or off . |
| 7 | You have to put them up because the notes are on or below the middle line . |
| 8 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 9 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 10 | But a corporation created by or in pursuance of an Act of Parliament is subject to the rule that it has only such powers as are expressly conferred , or are necessarily or reasonably incident to the fulfilment of the purposes for which it is established . |
| 11 | For example , this definition of federalism seems reasonable enough : ‘ a federalised state is one in which the several units and their respective powers are constitutionally or otherwise legally united under the ultimate power of a central state or government ’ . |
| 12 | Oh yes it 's er no I think there If we just bothered there are enough or almost enough herbs to cure any Most of the common troubles . |
| 13 | If the feminist folklinguistic belief that women are less or differently logical than men is a matter of content , it could be that this is the sort of thing feminists have in mind . |
| 14 | But the question of what pictures are entirely or for practical purposes Bellini 's own is answered largely by personal taste ; there is therefore a considerable divergence of view . |
| 15 | So even if they are inadvertently or wilfully slipping down a couple of hundred more calories than they intend in the course of a day , they might still find themselves clocking up a decent weight loss on the scales each week . |
| 16 | If you are below or above these measurements , your build tends towards one end or other of the average frame size . |
| 17 | This is not to say that all theories of legitimacy are only or merely ‘ rationalizations ’ ; rather , it is to say that they have an element of rationalization in them . |
| 18 | No matter how many times you are in or out of your home , the unit can cope . |
| 19 | Where cathedrals are in or near large centres of population , perhaps with a significant student presence , their ability to pay realistic salaries is an obvious advantage . |
| 20 | The other thing we talked about is er whether people are in or out . |
| 21 | He claims that those decent basic provisions for individual employees , whether they are in or out of trade unions , would inhibit competitiveness . |
| 22 | 7 all Pipes that are in or on and that exclusively serve the Premises and |
| 23 | ‘ It depends entirely where you live whether it 's down to the school you are in or the local education authority . |
| 24 | The modelling of the subjects is very natural , and the lighting-spread is such that performers can move about in reasonable freedom without running into areas which are over or underlit . |
| 25 | The spread or distribution of the test scores ( and therefore the significance of scores which are above or below the mean ) is indicated by the standard deviation , or SD . |
| 26 | Even the poor little mites who are physically or sexually abused do not , while still young , place the blame for such behaviour on the adult who perpetrates it . |
| 27 | As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours . |
| 28 | So many of Hardy 's girls are people who 've had a little bit of education , and who are somehow or other caught between traditional ways and modern ways , and I think one has the feeling that Hardy is more interested in the sociologically transitional status of the people he 's writing about than he is interested in them as people . |
| 29 | These may of course in practice be confused or entangled with each other , as they are in Northern Ireland , or as they are in any state where the elections are largely or wholly a political ritual or a way of mobilizing mass support or approval for a regime in which party and state are indistinguishable , and electoral choice between contestants for office non-existent . |
| 30 | Transitions between orbitals that are largely or completely localized on a metal center are usually described as d-d ( or , for elements with partly filled f sub-shells , f-f ) transitions . |