Example sentences of "be either [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're either shouting or but I mean they 're getting millions now you get this |
| 2 | They 're either occupied or full of shit . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're either lying or having your first hot flush , ’ said Donna . |
| 4 | You 're either lying or you 're very naïve . |
| 5 | ‘ All the same , ’ said Araminta thoughtfully , ‘ Papa says I 'm not to see you again till it 's over , and you 're either arrested or cleared . |
| 6 | I mean , as you say , there 's very few companies that offer any form of benefit to housewives , they 're either working or they 're not , they have a Health Master , or not . |
| 7 | ‘ Orders can be either phoned or faxed in to us and delivered within 24 hours , ’ Trevor Thompson emphasised . |
| 8 | Coaching involves knowledge which can be either taught or practically applied and Thornton looks helpfully at the role of the director as spiritual coach : |
| 9 | Labour is typically characterised as simply waiting to be either exploited or abandoned by capital . |
| 10 | Now in the eyes of the law , they have committed a crime , but if you put that situation before a jury , and even though the judge may instruct the jury , a crime has been committed , you must find them guilty , the jury 's inclination will probably be to say , natural justice , you , that you you done what was required of you , that you do n't deserve to be either convicted or sent to prison for it . |
| 11 | I sha n't be here to be either questioned or blamed . |
| 12 | These should be either printed or duplicated and state how many issues are produced during the year . |
| 13 | If you block paragraphs at the left-hand margin , then headings may be either blocked or centred . |
| 14 | Forward contracts can be either fixed or optional . |
| 15 | The number of changes is too great to catalogue here , but one , in particular , is worthy of mention — liquid assets , which in some cases may be either fixed or current . |
| 16 | The presence in the diet of carcinogens or pro-carcinogens is probably one important environmental factor and these carcinogens and pro-carcinogens can be either activated or deactivated by xenobiotic metabolising enzymes present in the colon . |
| 17 | Walker ( 1981 ) , for example , has shown how psychology regards the male as ‘ norm ’ ; any results which show that women behave differently tend to be either ignored or dismissed as an anomaly . |
| 18 | Those that advocated social or political change in a reasoned and intelligent manner seemed to be either ignored or ended up defeated and disillusioned by the whole sorry mess . |
| 19 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 20 | Laos , Thailand and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on June 29 agreed to a plan under which all 60,000 Lao refugees living in Thai camps would be either repatriated or resettled in third countries by the end of 1994 . |
| 21 | Rear-Admiral von Reuter , anticipating renewed conflict , commanded his fleet of seventy-two ships to be either scuttled or beached . |
| 22 | We planned to go full belt , we planned for 1989 to be either win or retire . |
| 23 | If now , with changes in costs , it is possible that surplus may be either increased or decreased , then it becomes of crucial importance to have some means of measurement . |
| 24 | Yet as far as discourse structure is concerned , a more fundamental distinction seems to be between formal , planned discourse , which may be either written or spoken , and less formal , unplanned discourse which — though it may also be either written or spoken — is usually associated with speech . |
| 25 | Yet as far as discourse structure is concerned , a more fundamental distinction seems to be between formal , planned discourse , which may be either written or spoken , and less formal , unplanned discourse which — though it may also be either written or spoken — is usually associated with speech . |
| 26 | Fifthly , it is a requirement that Extended responses and Reports ( i.e. any piece of writing of more than 100 words in length ) can be either written or presented orally or on tape . |
| 27 | The broad lines of advice had in fact already been established : the deflection of arterial traffic from built-up areas as far as practicable ; failing this , traffic should be either elevated or sunken when passing through urban areas ; vehicles , cyclists and pedestrians should be segregated on important traffic routes ; frontage access should be restricted ; fly-over crossings should be provided . |
| 28 | It is however impossible to eradicate the possibility of having a mentally handicapped child , and unlikely that parents will be either prepared or able to create such a perfect policy of prevention . |
| 29 | These are fragile empathies , too important to be either romanticized or ignored . |
| 30 | However , the Board was unenthusiastic : there would be either limited or no consumer choice , and restricted access for the public would cause difficulties arising out of conflicts of interest between parties ; the Board was ‘ far from satisfied that there is generally a sufficient spread of the skills to make any form of competitive tendering a realistic or worthwhile exercise now or in the near future . ’ |