Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a supplier decides to increase his market share by attracting higher usage by occasional users , he must first attempt to find out whether they buy competitors ' goods or not , or where there is something about the present marketing mix which dissuades them from buying more frequently . |
| 2 | People seem to think either that a burglary wo n't happen to them , or that there 's nothing they can do to stop a really determined thief . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's quite true he 's my boyfriend and our relationship is very special , ’ while he countered : ‘ It 's just not true that we 're going out together , or that she 's my girlfriend . ’ |
| 4 | She did n't care what she said , or that he was who he was . |
| 5 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 6 | One can then choose to say either that it constitutes the difference by virtue of having a particular internal ‘ feel ’ associated with it , or that it is itself the difference , simpliciter . |
| 7 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 8 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 9 | And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned . |
| 10 | ‘ Or if I am I do n't feel it . |
| 11 | I , I 'm looking to see if Dr 's there because if he were me , or if I was him , I would say what the commissioner alleges is neither known nor admitted . |
| 12 | Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example . |
| 13 | You can find out a lot by seeing if there is bedlam in the playground or if there are lots of crisp packets and chocolate papers scattered about — this will give you clues to how the school is managed . |
| 14 | Erm I said if there 's any money left over I 'll give you the money , I said and give you the rest the week after or if there 's none left I 'll give you the tenner week Oh that 's alright do n't worry about that , he said , that 's fine . |
| 15 | We only call dolphins when we need help in a rough sea , or we are in difficulty or if there is something we would like to know about relatives at a distance over the ocean . |
| 16 | Again , this can only be an agreement to sell and the contract will fail if the contingency fails to occur within the stipulated time , or if there is none within a reasonable time ( compare the sale of a chance or spes ) . |
| 17 | First , they wanted to see if he could pass himself off as Swedish , or if there was anybody working for the enemy who might have an inkling of his presence or identity . |
| 18 | Most of the time her mother was not there ; or if she was she did n't appear . |
| 19 | This means that the old people would be left with the abusers unless they wanted to go into care or unless they were themselves mentally impaired . |
| 20 | The trainer then has to decide whether the horse is being rather stubborn and refuses to work because he does not want to or because there is something preventing him from relaxing and settling down . |
| 21 | Are you behaving like that to make people laugh or because it is what you honestly believe to be right . " |
| 22 | Either because its causal impact is outweighed by structural considerations ( a possibility that will be discussed in Chapter vi ) , or because it is itself to be explained as the effect of social wholes and their properties . |
| 23 | I was wondering : are they surprised because of the piece , or because it was me who stood up and read it ? |
| 24 | Chairman I 'll try and be brief er I think the problem with the car boot sales is that they have been er hi-jacked commercially er it seems a good idea it 's , it 's another line another way of disposing of goods whether they 're straight goods or whether they 're they 're er misappropriated goods or whatever . |
| 25 | She felt much less used and abused when she could distinguish whether his hugs were genuine offers of warmth and love towards her or whether they were his means of asking for something just for himself . |
| 26 | But it really does n't matter how we who does the job description erm whether it 's you , or whether it 's me or your manager , but it has to be agreed erm by both parties . |
| 27 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
| 28 | He said I do n't know whether it 's mine or whether it 's your bugger . |
| 29 | It is absolutely clear that the Leader of the House has either no authority or insufficient courage to say whether that promise was categorical or whether it was what the country believes it to have been — evidence of a Prime Minister panicked into making a promise that he has no intention of keeping . |
| 30 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |