Example sentences of "or [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not wrong or odd to be different , in fact it 's far wiser to think things out for yourself than just to blindly and unthinkingly follow the crowd . |
| 2 | Have you ever secretly flirted with the idea that it might be rather glamorous or exciting to be widowed young , to go blind , to have cancer or AIDS , to go bankrupt , to be burgled , to be a social outcast , to go crazy , to become homeless , to be a drug addict , even to commit suicide … ? |
| 3 | With many aspects of flying , we need to have reached a certain stage or standard to be able to appreciate the problems , or to understand and take in the facts . |
| 4 | ‘ The court may , on the application of the office-holder , summon to appear before it — ( a ) any officer of the company , ( b ) any person known or suspected to have in his possession any property of the company or supposed to be indebted to the company , or ( c ) any person whom the court thinks capable of giving information concerning the promotion , formation , business , dealings , affairs or property of the company . |
| 5 | If such criticisms are valid , is a sterner , more restrictive approach either desirable or likely to be effective ? |
| 6 | Even if that child 's life is not ‘ normal ’ or likely to be comparable with the lives of other people , there can be no arbitrary rule which condemns certain babies to death because they do not conform to some spurious notion of that which constitutes a satisfying or fulfilling life . |
| 7 | So , are we saying that it is somehow abnormal or freakish to be able to stick to a healthy regime and remain slim ? |
| 8 | In addition , the analysts we interviewed do not regard the annual report as sufficiently timely or relevant to be critical to investment decisions in an industry in which the potential successes of individual products and the market direction of research and development are more important . |
| 9 | Comedy , in any case , is not necessarily optimistic , and it can tellingly present a tragic world — a point readily overlooked by those who confuse literary forms like tragedy with states of mind like a tragic view of life , as if over-obsequious to a terminology or eager to be confused by one . |