Example sentences of "or be it [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is it such a mess ? |
| 2 | Is the concept of sensation involved in these sentences such that it makes sense to say that the same sensation is excited by the presence to our organs of numerous objects , or is it such that numerous objects ( and , indeed , the same object at different times ) can not but excite different , though possibly exactly similar sensations ? |
| 3 | or is it all rust , ruin , death duties and mortgages |
| 4 | Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ? |
| 5 | Or is it all one word ? |
| 6 | Or is it all in that cotton-wool mind ? |
| 7 | No , but are you still interested in this Connon business or is it all neatly tied up ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'll also be talking to John MacGregor , about the privatization of British Rail , has he really given in to his rebels who want B R to be able to bid for the franchises , or is it all a clever conjuring trick ? |
| 9 | ‘ Or is it all talk ? |
| 10 | Is it thirty three percent thirty three percent thirty three percent or is it all weighted one way or the other ? |
| 11 | Or is it all broken up ? |
| 12 | Perhaps there are so many new routes being done West Cumbria that the writers can not keep up ; or is it that other areas are more important to the committee ? |
| 13 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 14 | And that 's the can you see it there , or is it that one . |
| 15 | ‘ Is this real ? ’ he asked himself , ‘ or is it some terrible joke ? ’ |
| 16 | Or is it some other name ? ’ |
| 17 | I mean do you sort of maximise the good of all , or do you use a criterion of everyone thinking that they themselves are happy , or is it some other means ? |
| 18 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 19 | Is it the sun or is it this heater ? |
| 20 | No , they really are , they 've got the dive bombers on us next week mom , or is it this week ? |
| 21 | And does it have to be young people resident in South Ronaldsay , or is it more of an open contest now ? |
| 22 | Is this approach justified on the available evidence , or is it another premature presupposition without a true basis ? |
| 23 | Are there sensible reasons for this , or is it another example of the way in which political expediency and manipulation , rather than evidence , are dictating the shape of welfare reform in the UK ? |
| 24 | Is that ending of the arm's-length principle Government policy or is it another example of a Minister , who knows that he has only another five weeks in the job , making a remark entirely of his own without consulting his civil servants , the Arts Council or any of the national companies ? |
| 25 | Did they really cope so well in a man 's world , or was it all just an act ? |
| 26 | Or was it all a pack of lies to make me give in ? |
| 27 | Was I really going to marry him , or was it all a dream ? |
| 28 | Which was it , or was it all of them combined ? |
| 29 | Were women expected to do things still , or was it all earth-motherhood and fulfilment-through-family these days ? |
| 30 | Did you actually see either er car or card ? or was it all done over the telephone with somebody else looking at the card ? |