Example sentences of "is [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , misinforming a patient , whether or not innocently , and the withholding of information which is expressly or impliedly sought by the patient may well vitiate either a consent or a refusal . |
| 2 | But crucially , although oppressive confessions may be ruled out , the Act goes on to provide that the fact ‘ that a confession is wholly or partly excluded … shall not affect the admissibility in evidence of any facts discovered as a result of the confession ’ . |
| 3 | An allowance in the nature of an attendance allowance ( or a financial loss allowance ) MAY be paid to a councillor in respect of his attendance at ANY conference or meeting which the council itself considers relates to the interests of the area ( other than one called in respect of a trade or business , or which is wholly or partly political ) . |
| 4 | Mozambique has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world , approximately 200 per 1,000 live births.4 Those who depend on emergency support because of war and drought number about 1,690,000 and about half the population is wholly or partially dependent on food aid . |
| 5 | Thus it is one thing to adopt a radically subjectivist posture towards law reform and another thing entirely to purport merely to be describing the law as it is and then to conclude that it is wholly or even primarily subjectivist . |
| 6 | The Public Order Act defines a public assembly as an assembly of 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air . |
| 7 | Liberal-democracy is found only in countries whose economic system is wholly or predominantly that of capitalist enterprise . |
| 8 | Sometimes this knowledge is supplemented by some familiarity with theoretical linguistics illustrated by examples from the language in question , or more rarely the knowledge of literature is wholly or partly replaced and supplemented by knowledge of the contemporary history , sociology and economics of a country where the language is spoken . |
| 9 | A public assembly is defined as a gathering of twenty or more people in a place which is wholly or partially open to the air ( e.g. a mass meeting , picket , demonstration or pop festival ) . |
| 10 | An assembly is defined as being a gathering of ‘ 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air . ’ |
| 11 | For Mercury to have an iron core which is wholly or substantially molten today it must either possess significant quantities of U , Th and K in the core and deep mantle , or tidal heating by the Sun must be particularly powerful , or the solar wind must be efficient at inducing electric currents in the core . |
| 12 | If the guarantee or deposit is wholly or partly forfeited , or taken for the payment of fines or costs , you must repay the corresponding amount to us without delay . |
| 13 | The project is complementary to work going forward in Wales and Northern Ireland and to a European programme , which is wholly or partly funded through JAEP . |
| 14 | The alternative regime in ss219 to 229 applies if : ( a ) Target is an unquoted trading company or the holding company of a trading group ( an unquoted company will include one whose shares are traded on the Unlisted Securities Market ) ; ( b ) the purchase of own shares is wholly or mainly for the benefit of Target 's trade or any of its 75% subsidiaries ; ( c ) the purchase does not form part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which is to avoid tax or enable shareholders to participate in the company 's profits without being taxed on dividends ( there is a clearance procedure under s225 ) ; ( d ) the vendor shareholders are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK in the tax year in which the buy-in occurs ; any nominee shareholder must also be so resident , so if the distribution treatment is desirable it can be achieved by interposing non-UK-resident nominees ; ( e ) the shareholder has held his shares for at least five years ; ( f ) the shareholder 's shareholding immediately after the buy-in has been substantially reduced ( ie , by 25% or more , and his entitlement to profits must be similarly reduced ) ; for these purposes the shareholder must include the shareholdings of his " associates " as determined in accordance with s227 ; ( g ) the shareholder must not be connected with the company following the buy-in , and for these purposes he will be connected if he is entitled to acquire more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights in the company or assets on a winding up . |
| 15 | In UF9 cells CREB is predominantly or exclusively heterodimerised with ATF1 and large amounts of ATF1 exist as a homodimer while in DF9 cells CREB homodimers are most abundant and ATF1 homodimers least abundant or absent . |
| 16 | whether the task is highly or poorly structured , |
| 17 | If your weekly income is below or near the figure shown in the green box then apply immediately for your Poll Tax Benefit . |
| 18 | But seven hierarchical layers is enough or more than enough for all but the largest corporations . |
| 19 | Whether that is so or not , the English village is , I believe , among the pleasantest and most places that men have ever built to live in , and certainly it has a physical character and appearance that is strongly its own . |
| 20 | Whether it is so or not is a question of construction of the particular statute concerned . |
| 21 | Stein 's book may have influenced the initial formulation of Marx 's conception of the proletariat in capitalist society ( Avineri , 1972 , pp. 53–5 ) , but whether that is so or not it did undoubtedly express in a very clear and forceful way ideas which were widely held about the dominant political issues in nineteenth-century European societies ; to such an extent that the social movement came to be largely identified , especially in Germany , with the labour movement . |
| 22 | Whether it is so or not depends on all the circumstances of the case including the context and wording of the provisions , the degree of emphasis , the purpose and effect of the default clause and any other relevant consideration . |
| 23 | The case is , I think , within the Fifth Case and whether this is so or not , it is , I think , within Sch D … the income is annual profits arising to a person residing in the United Kingdom from property situate elsewhere than in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | ‘ We will have to wait until next month before we can confirm or deny whether this is so or make a more informed assessment , ’ he said . |
| 25 | This sub-committee had nothing else to do and the members carried out their task well : the delegates were all comfortable ! ( 6 ) Noting how the committee is proceeding is made more or less difficult according as the Chairman is less or more efficient . |
| 26 | The inexorable logic does not , however , establish that the result is morally or socially desirable . |
| 27 | Once more , the question of what is morally or ideologically correct is not at issue here : political rectitude is not a consideration since the politics of ‘ race relations ’ are not articulated and can not therefore be interrogated . |
| 28 | In his description of melody , Otto Károlyi states that analysis of large numbers of melodies shows that an ascending melodic line is sooner or later balanced by a descending one , and vice versa . |
| 29 | Yeah , I mean , what you , what you 'd have to be careful of is , is sooner or later people 'll catch on |
| 30 | ( 2 ) The consumption or reception of a text may or may not be auratic , depending on whether it is individually or collectively consumed , or whether the audience views the cultural object in a state of immersion or distraction . |