Example sentences of "which be [adv] or " in BNC.

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1 If not , then perhaps the models of racism which are implicitly or explicitly present in antiracist policies and practices may be inhibiting the development of more positive and effective strategies ?
2 There is no independently characterisable subclass of dogs for which being a pet is a necessary or canonical trait ( lap-dogs do not count , because they can not be distinguished without invoking the characteristic of pet-hood ) ; nor are there distinguishable sub-types of pet which are canonically or necessarily dogs ( except , of course , lap-dogs , which do not count here , either , and for parallel reasons ) .
3 The spread or distribution of the test scores ( and therefore the significance of scores which are above or below the mean ) is indicated by the standard deviation , or SD .
4 There are other sources of income which are partly or fully ignored .
5 Children also have to acquire forms of written language which are rarely or never used in spoken English , since written language is not just spoken language written down .
6 It also relates to the way in which subjects are not presented — to processes and procedures and methods which are rarely or never employed .
7 The scheme does not apply to claims for an amount greater than £1,500 per person or £7,500 per Booking Form or to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness .
8 Neither does it apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness .
9 It does not apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness .
10 Neither does it apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness .
11 Nor does it apply to claims which are solely or mainly the respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness .
12 The Social Security Pensions Act 1975 specifically allows employers to exclude workers from membership of occupational pension schemes by occupational category , thus facilitating the legal exclusion of women in vertically segregated occupational categories which are mainly or exclusively female .
13 This does not of course , apply to Yagi antennas , which are more or less unidirectional .
14 The ability to propagate cracks freely under a small stress was not wholly a disadvantage to primitive man who was thus able to shape flint and obsidian , which are more or less natural glasses , into various cutting tools .
15 As the answer to the first of these shows , the pair are closely linked ; for there appear to be two kinds of criteria for identifying the dominant instance of a society , which are more or less explicitly mentioned in Althusser 's work .
16 Spines — This expression has been used by various writers with considerable latitude but is here confined to outgrowths of the cuticle which are more or less thorn-like in form .
17 ‘ I 've had the results of nearly all the tests , ’ he said , ‘ which are more or less what we expected .
18 Opportunities range from those which are more or less obvious to everyone to those which are only spotted by someone who makes the conceptual breakthrough .
19 In other words , each offers different and characteristic communication features which are more or less valuable to information users , depending on the use to which those users want to put the information .
20 It 's for making products which are now or are potentially viable commercially .
21 5.2.1 all rates taxes assessments duties charges impositions and outgoings which are now or during the Term shall be charged assessed or imposed upon the Premises or upon the owner or occupier of them [ excluding any payable by the Landlord occasioned by receipt of the rents or by any disposition of dealing with or ownership of any interest reversionary to the interest created by this Lease ] [ and if the Landlord shall suffer any loss of rating relief which may be applicable to empty premises after the end of the Term by reason of such relief being allowed to the Tenant in respect of any period before the end of the Term to make good such loss to the Landlord ] and
22 Slowly , however , the Romans had to learn to govern Celts , and this became an even more pressing responsibility when Spain was organized in two provinces in 197 B.C. For three centuries the Romans were steadily engaged — among their multifarious commitments — in annexing territories which were partially or totally Celtic until they came to control the greater part of the Celtic-speaking world .
23 and Ph.D ) completed courses each year which were mainly or exclusively concerned with Language and Education .
24 Or that there are Gospels other than those in the New Testament , which were more or less arbitrarily excluded from the canon by councils composed of eminently mortal , eminently fallible men .
25 An allowance in the nature of an attendance allowance ( or a financial loss allowance ) MAY be paid to a councillor in respect of his attendance at ANY conference or meeting which the council itself considers relates to the interests of the area ( other than one called in respect of a trade or business , or which is wholly or partly political ) .
26 The Public Order Act defines a public assembly as an assembly of 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air .
27 A public assembly is defined as a gathering of twenty or more people in a place which is wholly or partially open to the air ( e.g. a mass meeting , picket , demonstration or pop festival ) .
28 An assembly is defined as being a gathering of ‘ 20 or more persons in a public place which is wholly or partly open to the air . ’
29 For Mercury to have an iron core which is wholly or substantially molten today it must either possess significant quantities of U , Th and K in the core and deep mantle , or tidal heating by the Sun must be particularly powerful , or the solar wind must be efficient at inducing electric currents in the core .
30 The project is complementary to work going forward in Wales and Northern Ireland and to a European programme , which is wholly or partly funded through JAEP .
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