Example sentences of "[is] [det] [adv] [art] [noun sg] of " 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 | Is that just the name of the vaccine ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Is that not an example of private wealth at the expense of public underfunding ? |
| 6 | ‘ Is that not the job of our local police ? ’ |
| 7 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 8 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 9 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 10 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 11 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 12 | Have the political and creative aspirations of the sector been abandoned in the climate of new realism ’ , or is this simply the beginning of a new phase ? |
| 13 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 14 | Is this now the age of ‘ lies , damn lies and journalism ’ ? |
| 15 | Is this how the head of the security police was passing his time ? |
| 16 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Is this really the intention of the UN sanctions and , if so , what is the reasoning of it ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence . |