Example sentences of "[coord] are [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Does the profession — preparers and auditors — want the new regime to give them principles on which they can use their professional judgment or are they looking for a cookbook ? |
| 2 | Are these rationalisations taken up by local ‘ politicians ’ or are they neglected ? |
| 3 | Or are they fiddling down ? |
| 4 | Are they going to spend it suddenly in er two years time , or are they expecting not to be around in two years time ? |
| 5 | Do the Government have the ability to make that adjustment , or are they tied hand and foot by the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 6 | erm has the panel on doctrine really tackled the question per se what is the theological position of children from their birth onwards , and put that in a concrete , orderly statement , or are they intending to do so ? |
| 7 | Now what 's gon na be done about the way we feel is anything gon na be done about it , is the other person taking note of what way we feel and are they gon na do something about it or are they trying to dismiss it ? |
| 8 | Are they inborn , or are they created by the action of environmental influences ? ’ |
| 9 | Or are they grown up and still writing but to no avail ? |
| 10 | Are individuals psychologically disturbed because they are isolated or are they isolated because they are in some way disturbed ? |
| 11 | Since rhetoric involves argumentation , then a basic question should be asked of any political discourse which appears to be using a rhetoric traditionally associated with the critics , rather than supporters , of the discourse : is the speaker or writer actually arguing against their own ideological tradition , or are they using a complex rhetoric to conduct an argument within their own tradition ? |
| 12 | Or are they reflecting growing disaffection among scientists with recent changes in their profession ? |
| 13 | Now that comes back to the question is , are salesman born or are they made ? |
| 14 | Or are they biased , faulty and badly in need of revision ? |
| 15 | Are the walls at eaves level all sound , or are they pushing out , or damp ? |
| 16 | Are they flats or are they to do with car parks or what ? |
| 17 | Are they seen as disloyal and personal attacks on you and the school , or are they seen as growth points for development and marketing ? |
| 18 | So we need to know , on what , on what farms are products er , competing or erm , or , or are they produced jointly . |
| 19 | Is property and plant at net book value or are they included at current valuation or depreciated replacement cost ? |
| 20 | Is their responsibility to art cinema or are they mortgaged to the Hollywood estate ? |
| 21 | Are such cells and synapses localized to a particular brain region , or are they diffused across many sites within the brain ? |
| 22 | Are parents going to be invited to see talented children involved in a theatrical performance or are they coming just to see their child ‘ doing something ’ on the stage with all the other children in the school ? |
| 23 | ‘ Real , or are they saying that just to keep out of trouble ? ’ |
| 24 | Or are they gon na see it as negative and disruptive ? |
| 25 | or are they alive or are they gon na get them out . |
| 26 | Are they going to tell the people that they are studying them , and be ‘ overt ’ about their role as researcher , or are they going to act a part , conduct ‘ covert ’ research , and never let on what they are doing ? |
| 27 | I mean are the just destroyed or are they removed and reused again we do n't know . |
| 28 | If the Government disagree with the conclusions of the PIEDA analysis , will they tell us what reports they have carried out to suggest that British Rail and PIEDA are wrong , or are they preparing to spend £4.5 billion , not on the basis of sensible planning , but by hunch , guess and God ? |
| 29 | Or are they expected to be grateful that after the hamfisted handling of Sir David ( now Lord ) Wilson 's resignation , Hong Kong is to be the possible reward for a loser in the game of political musical chairs ? |
| 30 | Are the promoters giving their view after consulting the NRA , or are they giving the NRA 's view ? |