Example sentences of "or [adv] it [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the same proposal , associated with the Port Royal grammar and earlier versions of Chomskyan grammar , which has already been mentioned in this chapter in connexion with prenominal attributives ( 3.2 and 3.3 ) ; or rather it is part of the same proposal , since the full clause with adjective in post-copular position is claimed as the " origin " for both sorts of attributive . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it 's sort of some dressed up character . |
| 3 | Or perhaps it was kind of Alan . |
| 4 | Knowing the meaning of ‘ It is daytime on Mars ’ they have used an argument from analogy to settle a question of fact , the question whether or not it is daytime on Mars . |
| 5 | What I 'm trying to understand you 'll appreciate Mr , is the difference between the test that you are putting forward , er which is whether or not it is part of a built-up area , and the test that Mr is putting forward , whether or not the land is part of the village . |
| 6 | All elections in two-party parliamentary systems are essentially about whether or not it is time for a change . |