Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [am/are] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Either I am pardoned , or I am not . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm thinking : I 'm not wearing this , or I 'm not wearing that , my leg shows in that ; but it 's funny , it 's only really at parties that I worry about things like that . |
| 3 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me now , or I 'm not going to be able to . ’ |
| 5 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 6 | The main doubts about level and standards in higher education probably relate to new or interdisciplinary courses for which the criteria are not well established , or courses which have atypical entrants ( e.g. ‘ unqualified ’ mature students ) or which are not assessed in conventional ways ( e.g. with a heavy reliance on course or project work rather than unseen examinations ) . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) A statement as to whether the firm will undertake transactions with or for the customer in investments which are not on-exchange or which are not readily realisable investments . |
| 8 | You are either strong-willed or you are not . |
| 9 | You are an optimistic type , or you are not . |
| 10 | Either you are in showbusiness or you are not . |
| 11 | Therefore if you have a limited budget , or you are not sure if you 'll take to machine knitting , this would be a good machine to start with . |
| 12 | Lawyer A checked in his books , but said that it was as he had feared ‘ You are either insured or you are not . |
| 13 | You either are or you 're not . |
| 14 | If that does n't attract you or you 're not interested in the solitary life of home exercise , you could instead try Step Reebok , the latest buzzword in exercise-to-music , which we used to call aerobics , did n't we ? |
| 15 | You 're either going to believe me or you 're not . |
| 16 | You 're either with the enemy or you 're not . |
| 17 | Or you 're not allowed |
| 18 | You know , I , I maintain if you 're gardening you 're thinking about work , or you 're not thinking about watering or whatever you should be doing in gardening . |
| 19 | Have you any questions you got at all , or you 're not sure ? |
| 20 | Or you 're not going to Lee Ann 's . |
| 21 | The weather 's a bit grotty or you know , or you 're not feeling too good , it 's easier to get a car , you know , to get a lift in with someone . |
| 22 | Those who do not pass or who are not worth bothering about in terms of academic success get very little reward out of the school system . |
| 23 | In the interest of readers who are not professional demographers , statisticians or physicians or who are not concerned with minutiae of the research , an effort was made in writing the report to avoid too detailed explanations , statistical tabulations , and the extensive use of the lingo of related fields or sciences . |
| 24 | It is perhaps a discouraging thing to say , but learners of English who are not able to talk regularly with native speakers of English , or who are not able at least to listen regularly to colloquial English , are not likely to learn English intonation , though they may learn very good pronunciation of the segments and use stress correctly . |
| 25 | I think the problems chiefly come with those who are not trained , or who are not familiar with the area of work you 're trying to promote . |
| 26 | If my girlfriend f—s somebody else , or if I f— somebody else , or we 're not getting along , it 's always my reaction to write about things . |
| 27 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |
| 28 | So , Sir , shall I tell you how , you know people when you talk , or we 're not supposed to talk . |
| 29 | There either are such people in sufficient quantities or there are not . |
| 30 | Thus , the individual is undertaking a gamble about what action is required to defend or advance an interest : what is the right way to describe the problem , what is to be done , and who are the most appropriate allies ; whether to say that the Ministry of Education has not provided enough school places ( and all ‘ parents ’ should unite to press the government for more ) or there are not enough places because the Ammanites have stolen them ( so all non-Ammanites must unite to resist the theft ) . |