Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile if anyone can send me a set of rules for fantasy games they are involved in or know about , I will take them into consideration . |
| 2 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 3 | It does not matter how silly you may think they are , if it 's something you are unsure about or have wondered why , please let us help . |
| 4 | For the question whether a property is present here can never be different from or lie beyond the question whether we have the best possible evidence that it is present . |
| 5 | Again , mathematicians are notoriously not all competent accountants ; physicists may not be interested in or fitted for involvement in industrial processes — they may not even be able to change a light bulb . |
| 6 | Underlying the suffrage struggle was a set of attitudes which dictated that women 's natural sphere was the home , that their full development came only with motherhood and that a ‘ womanly woman ’ would not be interested in or want the vote . |
| 7 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 8 | Er again on the national level , if you think there 's a , a campaign you wan na be involved in or wan na get started I 'll put that on to the area N U S who will , if it 's a credible case , will put it forward to the National Executive . |
| 9 | Accurate information about epilepsy is essential to avoid the perception that it is something to be ashamed of or feared . |
| 10 | I still intend to train as a doctor , because I feel there is no more interesting and worthwhile way to spend my life , but how many other people will be able to or want to in the future ? |
| 11 | A good usable pen or biro should be available in or attached to a stand . |
| 12 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 13 | We tended towards a view that when there is a possibility that one part of a district might meet the criteria , but another part of the same district would either be contrary to or prejudice the objectives of the criteria , we might need to specify which part of the district we meant . |
| 14 | Surprisingly , few researchers have considered the potential influences on memory of the traumatic nature of being involved in or witness to a road accident . |
| 15 | 19.1 In the event of the Publisher being involved in or threatened with legal proceedings arising from the publication of the Work the Proprietor agrees to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Publisher . |
| 16 | 6 IN THE EVENT of the Publisher being involved in or threatened with legal proceedings arising from the publication of the Work , the Authors agree to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Publisher PROVIDED THAT the Publisher shall provide the Authors with a satisfactory indemnity as to costs whenever assistance is required for proceedings brought or threatened in circumstances where the Publisher is unable to recover under the warranty and indemnity in clause 5 . |
| 17 | 18.1 In the event of the Publisher being involved in or threatened with legal proceedings arising from the publication of the Work in circumstances where the Publisher is unable to recover from the Company under the warranty and indemnity in clause 15 the Company agrees to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Publisher . |
| 18 | It is important to realize that the scope of a scheme which apparently focuses on a relatively narrow area may be quite wide by the time all fringe topics ( which are relevant to or have some impact upon the core area ) have been noted . |
| 19 | The woman who is fearful of or has an aversion to sex at 30 , unless some remedial circumstance intervenes , will be still more so at 70 . |
| 20 | A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) . |
| 21 | The view of to taken here also accounts for the impression of what Riddle ( 1975 : 467 ) calls " control " which one often feels with the to infinitive , i.e. the implication that the matrix event is responsible for or affects the complement event ( cf. the difference between Jane forgot to be cautious and Jane forgot that she was cautious ) . |
| 22 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 23 | These are first-person descriptions of social events , written by an individual who was involved in or witnessed those happenings . |