Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [adv] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is that an Orkney way of doing it or is that just a sort of male thing ? |
| 2 | The implication of this though is that where a member of staff makes a suggestion about the way the department should be run , where the divisional quality manager thinks that suggestion should not be taken aboard er , feedback has to be given and , and some reason why . |
| 3 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 4 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
| 5 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 6 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 7 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is this just a game for you ? |
| 9 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 10 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 11 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 12 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 13 | Is this merely a definition of the limits of a gratuitous promise ( as in Thomas v Thomas , infra ) or is it an offer to contract , the consideration being P's forbearance from marriage ? |
| 14 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
| 15 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
| 16 | Or is this perhaps a product of the over-excited brain of a middle-aged and somewhat disparaged poet , when he finds that his ignored , his arcane , his deviously perspicuous meanings , which he thought not meanings , since no one appeared able to understand them , had after all one clear-eyed and amused reader and judge ? |
| 17 | Is this perhaps a comment on the inadequacy of the law and the difficulty of policing and getting convictions ? |
| 18 | I said well it 's funny how a friend of mine gets it , she says well she must be on Income Support with an underlying something like an , a different pension on top of her Income Support , which she is is n't she ? |
| 19 | It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best . |
| 20 | If it is all just a matter of philosophy , then anyone can voice an opinion on it , and there may be differing views of what ‘ humanity ’ consists of behind it all . |
| 21 | It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence . |
| 22 | Top 40 Hits , for instance , only lists records that entered the US Top 40 up to July 27 , 1991 and thus is well over a year in arrears . |
| 23 | IS FAT JUST A MEANS OF STORING CALORIES ? |
| 24 | Like it really , that film really pisses me off right , when he 's beating her up and he rips her knickers off and fucks her up the arse and Nick 's going that 's how to treat a wo it 's disgusting fucking a woman up her arse , and ripping off the woman 's knickers and rip putting it up sitting watching it thinking |