Example sentences of "[conj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should Wasps ' Lozowski and Oti have made themselves only available for Poland ( or even Italy ) and Nigeria respectively and/or been barred from playing in League One ? |
| 2 | So far as the Gospels themselves are concerned , Jesus may indeed have been King of the Jews — and/or been so regarded . |
| 3 | The carnage endured in the last 20 years or so has mainly arisen not from what we from the mainland have done and/or been alleged to do , but from the conflict brought about by ineradicable sectarian fears and ambitions . |
| 4 | If you have practical experience of forming organisations and/or are able to offer concrete assistance in any form , I 'd be very pleased and grateful to hear from you , with a view to a group of us meeting . |
| 5 | iv Survey the legal and structural arrangements that have been introduced and/or are associated with US/UK high technology defence programmes . |
| 6 | People have been shown ( 1 ) to prefer proximity to kin ( presumably , the better to help them ) , ( 2 ) to actually help their kin ( presumably in ways likely to enhance their reproductive success ) , and ( 3 ) to produce more children and grandchildren when they live close to and/or are helped by kin . |
| 7 | The provisions that make this £150 " discrepancy " potentially chargeable are : ( i ) s 19 TA 1988 , the Schedule E income tax charging provision ; and ( ii ) s 162 TA 1988 , which can apply the " notional loan " provisions of s160 to a situation where Newco acquires shares in Target and persons " connected " with Newco , namely management , are or have been employed by Target and/or are about to be employed by Newco , and the Target shares are acquired at an under-value in pursuance of a right or opportunity available by reason of management 's employment . |
| 8 | Would that I were fit to woo you as what you seem & are , sweet heart ! |
| 9 | Glad to hear that & are getting on well with ‘ Whaley-bonce ’ . |
| 10 | In April AI called on the Mauritanian Government to investigate reports that up to 200 political prisoners had died or been killed in military or police custody — some executed without trial and many others as a result of torture . |
| 11 | The side of the car opposite the landing stage , rustily flimsy at best , had fallen or been pushed away , leaving a jagged edge all round . |
| 12 | She relaxed , as satisfied as if she had chaired a difficult meeting through to its triumphant conclusion or been acclaimed at Board level for the fresh approach of her latest report . |
| 13 | When we have given , or been given , a seemingly adequate theoretical account of our processes , then that account may itself need to be understood and analysed in a further , meta-theoretical discourse , and so on . |
| 14 | What I have deplored or been sceptical about they would find admirable . |
| 15 | THE JULIE WARD inquest ended yesterday with counsel for the Kenyan state still maintaining she might have committed suicide or been killed by animals . |
| 16 | The old channels through which the relevant resources flowed have dried up or been dug up . |
| 17 | The large number of Cabinet ministers who have resigned or been dismissed have not been a focus for dissent . |
| 18 | One of the weaknesses of most African economies is an absence of large-scale entrepreneurs running manufacturing businesses , whether they have emerged from the informal sector or been trained by the corporate sector . |
| 19 | At times he had been his conscience too — when the Prince had lost his temper or been rude to someone , Colborne would write him a note and tell him so . |
| 20 | If you have been bullied , witnessed bullying or been a bully yourself , write about it . |
| 21 | While their challenge was clearly the most serious to have been presented to President Ceausescu , and was made with the full knowledge of important facts , it was also made by people who have long since left the political scene , mainly having retired , or been retired — prematurely — by Mr Ceausescu . |
| 22 | The sharpness of the turn led to a bitter faction fight , at the end of which most of the recent recruits had either left or been ejected on the toe of Healy 's boot . |
| 23 | Anyone who 's ever treasured their pain , tried to prolong it , toyed with exacerbating it or been driven to dwell on inside it long after recovery was an option , preferring the company of ghosts to the dreamlessness of everyday sociability — that person understands poignancy . |
| 24 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 25 | But there had been unsuccessful sides in the past that had been packed with outstanding individuals who had not coalesced , or been moulded , into a good team . |
| 26 | Leaving such miscommunications aside , though , it is still true to say that we search for confirmation , and I have found myself reluctant to make the telephone call or write the letter of sympathy in case I have heard it wrongly or been given the wrong information . |
| 27 | During the same period , the North American mink has escaped or been released from fur farms and has spread almost nationwide . |
| 28 | The process happens a precise number of days after flowering , and , if this has not occurred or been finished when the fruit is harvested , it will not ripen a jot more , whatever a street vendor swears . |
| 29 | Yet in a former Durham pit village , although all had either been made redundant or been forced out of work by ill-health , a group of miners were so sustained by the community network of neighbours and relatives that giving up work seemed a positive blessing . |
| 30 | Or had the impulse died or been rebuffed ? |