Example sentences of "[noun] or [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | an in-patient ( or awaiting admission or booked to be admitted ) in a hospital or nursing home ; or |
| 2 | Within this framework , Ryan makes two main proposals , both extremely interesting : first , that plot-advancing propositions can be defined as those that affect , directly or indirectly , the relationships between the worlds that make up the textual universe ( Chapter 7 ) ; second , that the aesthetic value or " tellability " of a story partly depends on the degree of diversification of such worlds , i.e. on the richness of the virtual situations and events that only exist in the minds of the characters ( whether they are explicitly mentioned in the narrative or need to be inferred by readers ) ( Chapter 8 ) . |
| 3 | Or , if you 're travelling by foot or want to be seen clubbing , Red or Dead has a range of shoes with luminous soles at £50 , from 61 Neal St , London WC2 ; Royal Exchange , Manchester ; 6 Slater St , Liverpool |
| 4 | These levels erm they 've got to be in the context of the levels of the national curriculum or fail to be valuable . |
| 5 | If you take the line of least resistance or fail to be consistent , you will actually make things worse . |
| 6 | We will either transform it into a new liberating future or continue to be subject to its tyranny whether we recognize its power or not . ’ |
| 7 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 8 | If he does not appear the proceedings may be struck out or the district judge may proceed with the review in his absence or may order the action or matter to be struck out ( Ord 17 , r 5 ; Ord 21 , r 1(2) ) . |
| 9 | The creation of a zonal level of administration directly under the Home Affairs Ministry was announced at the end of 1988 with the 18 existing districts or dzongkhags to be grouped under four zonal administrative headquarters . |
| 10 | The principle to be applied is that any departure from the target represents a loss or gain to be shared on an agreed basis between the two parties . |
| 11 | It is likely that chronic insulin treatment is necessary to allow endothelial cell loss or damage to be repaired ( Harrison et al , 1980 ) . |
| 12 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
| 13 | The level of premium paid to insure against an event depends obviously upon the likelihood or risk of the event occurring at all and the level of compensation or benefit to be paid when it does . |
| 14 | The test of incapacity should be either that contained in s94(2) ( where a judge has to be satisfied of the incapacity ) or that in the wider provision of s145(1) ( where the patient is " a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from mental disorder " ) . |
| 15 | Communication , in these terms , has to do with some general UNIVERSE OF REFERENCE or MODEL OF REALITY which we as human beings carry inside our heads , and which consists of all the things we know , believe , judge or understand to be the case in the world in which we live . |
| 16 | If you can accept this concept , you will then be able to understand in principle why some people are predisposed to some illnesses or tend to be sensitive to certain types of dietary changes , groups of food , or nutritional deficiencies . |
| 17 | There was no cleaning or tidying to be done . |
| 18 | Others who allegedley stated they were either paid in cash or wished to be paid in cash included the Berkeley Hunt , the Cotswold Hunt and the Worcestershire Hunt . |
| 19 | The writer has not thought or planned out the ideas or points to be made ; the clue of " was was " and doubt about " contend " and " content " point to the speed with which it was written . |
| 20 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 21 | Application for revocation of an order for committal of the debtor under s 23(7) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 must be made to the judge ex parte in writing explaining the reason for failure to attend court or refusing to be sworn or to give evidence , and undertaking to comply in future ( Ord 27 , r 8(2) ) . |
| 22 | An option also allows for topspin or slice to be added . |
| 23 | The controversy hinged around whether Convocation could be summoned only by the King or had to be convened as of right when Parliament sat , and thus raised questions concerning the autonomy of the Church and the extent of the Crown 's ecclesiastical prerogatives . |
| 24 | Enemy resistance was unexpectedly light , with many thousands of Iraqi troops either fleeing their defensive positions or waiting to be overrun in order to surrender en masse . |
| 25 | It can also print on A3 size paper , which is several inches wider than previous technologies allow , so enabling two cheques or slips to be printed side by side . |
| 26 | However , with stand magnifiers , the restricted space under the lens does not permit activities such as writing or sewing to be undertaken while the lens is being held . |
| 27 | There could be no question of pressure or intimidation by Gary or Aggi as persons actually in authority or believed to be so . |
| 28 | American investors were the big buyers , mainly sophisticated funds prepared to gamble that GPA would cling to life or prove to be worth a substantial sum broken up . |
| 29 | The processing of applications takes four to six months , or more , so that missing the deadline or failing to be appointed means wasting an entire year . |
| 30 | The result is an easy panel of lace with no cams to put on to the needlebed or dials to be moved ( see sample 2 ) . |