Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Accurate information about epilepsy is essential to avoid the perception that it is something to be ashamed of or feared . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | A good usable pen or biro should be available in or attached to a stand . |
| 9 | 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 . |