Example sentences of "this be [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sense that this is now or never time , he wrote . |
| 2 | If this is more or less true , then the strength of any solid should lie between E /10 and E /5 . |
| 3 | This is more or less the same as saying that theme normally precedes rheme . |
| 4 | Another result of the ease and availability of the Pill is an assumption that this is more or less the only method of birth control . |
| 5 | In areas of rocks of varied resistance incised meanders may be preserved in resistant rocks such as limestones and destroyed in areas of weak rocks such as clay : this is more or less as expected since the downstream sweep of the meander belt would destroy the spurs in clay regions . |
| 6 | Erm but this is more or less , indigenous within the engineering industry , there is even inherent within an engineering mind , and I 'm not with the planners or the technical experts , but even in the ordinary lay engineer , he looks to be able to do the job more efficiently , with the materials that he has in hand er and possibly introduce a new type of tool if he can get the proper material , and likewise the employer was doing the same thing . |
| 7 | By " doing " things I mean it alters the state of the world ; this is more or less what Engels had in mind with his references to production and reproduction . |
| 8 | The case is , I think , within the Fifth Case and whether this is so or not , it is , I think , within Sch D … the income is annual profits arising to a person residing in the United Kingdom from property situate elsewhere than in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | ‘ We will have to wait until next month before we can confirm or deny whether this is so or make a more informed assessment , ’ he said . |
| 10 | This was more or less the case throughout the West Indies , although attitudes in Barbados were undoubtedly narrower than elsewhere . |
| 11 | But to the bulk of the party , Law s presence in government was a guarantee of the party 's independence ; with Law in charge the party would extract from coalition whatever there was to be gained , but at no risk , and when stripped of all complications this was more or less what Bonar Law intended all along . |
| 12 | I feel badly let down by Penguin because this was more or less what I had been trying to persuade them all along would happen . |
| 13 | This was more or less the view of the headmaster . |