Example sentences of "be [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| 2 | As so often , one sees the survival of a social custom long after its original purpose has been wholly or partly superseded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It also relates to the way in which subjects are not presented — to processes and procedures and methods which are rarely or never employed . |
| 5 | When so large a part of modern politics , above all in America , is concerned with policies which an insight into the psychology of envy would reveal to be inherently futile , it is perhaps not surprising that the study of that psychology has been instinctively or deliberately neglected . |
| 6 | The following establishments have indicated that they are wholly or partially suitable for disabled visitors . |
| 7 | Some radiometer readings became corrupted after writing them down and are wholly or partly lost . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This ensures that the modules have not been inadvertently or maliciously tampered with or corrupted and gives you confidence in their integrity . |
| 14 | This ensures that the modules have not been inadvertently or maliciously tampered with or corrupted and gives confidence in their integrity . |
| 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 | See , her husband takes her shopping on a Saturday to Asda and and why do n't you go , I do n't know whether they all been together or what ? |
| 19 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Not all these are easily or indeed ever available to outsiders , but they should still be considered as potential sources of data , bearing in mind that they are produced as by-products of social , economic , and political processes . |
| 27 | Nor is it known how such circumstances arose or whether the balances are individually or cumulatively material in relation to the company 's accounts . |
| 28 | Included in this list are Great Yarmouth , Hyndburn , Slough , Harlow , Ipswich and Thamesdown ( Swindon ) , where the local authority and constituency boundaries are exactly or very nearly contiguous . |
| 29 | They 're more or less accusing us of some kind of fraud . ’ |
| 30 | Birds do not have large reserves of fat ; in the wild they 're more or less constantly at their perfect flying weight . |