Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [pers pn] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or are they the products of society , constrained in their desires and goals , as well as in their ability to realise them ? |
| 2 | Do we define a system as one local authority or is it the system of local government as a whole ? |
| 3 | Is this peculiar to Leicestershire or is it the shape of things to come , because my members are concerned . |
| 4 | Is there an ideal mix ? ii Does the degree of dementia matter , or is it the presence of behaviour problems which makes a particular dementing person unacceptable to an integrated service ? iii What efforts can be made to overcome the problems of integration and avoid " segregation by stealth " ? |
| 5 | Everyone has the defects of their qualities , darling — or is it the qualities of their defects ? |
| 6 | Does it , for example , refer to the marks made on paper , or is it the whole of the thinking process involved in solving mathematical problems ? |
| 7 | Is it the teacher 's job or is it the responsibility of the parents to instruct children in good manners , acceptable standards of behaviour , dress and the difference between right and wrong ? |
| 8 | Can you advise me how to stop stem rot on Water Wisteria , or is it the nibbling of the Platies and Swords that cause this ? |
| 9 | The big day arrives , the sun shines , the interest of the agents in our new protection contracts is enough to ensure a full house — or is it the choice of our unusual venue ? |
| 10 | Is it the fault , is it the fault of the judicial system , though , or is it the fault of the lawyers . |
| 11 | That 's right , Bolton won five nil but what we did get clarified from the Football League today was if two English teams finish their four games on the same number of points , is it goal difference or is it the number of goals scored that is the crucial factor ? |
| 12 | Is it biological , cultural or material , or is it the result of some aspect of personal and social experiences ? |
| 13 | Is the imagery God-given , or is it the product of the human imagination and so subject to alteration in another age ? |
| 14 | Will he take steps to abolish standing charges or is he the Scrooge of the 1990s ? |
| 15 | Was this Sir Ronald 's own change , or is he the victim of some editor who could not resist what H G Wells called the greatest passion ? |
| 16 | Or was it the presence of Vic that he felt , his uneasy aura trapped in the shed like these once-breathing specimens ? |
| 17 | And the tumble dryer , was it still turning or was it the sound of the Meloch that was always with us ? |
| 18 | Matthew wondered whether it was simply a lucky draw from the gene pool that she had ended up with such spectacular looks , or was it the result of years of careful nurturing ? |
| 19 | Was it because she knew we 'd had an affair and was jealous or was it the heartbreak of coming face to face with Steve ? ’ |
| 20 | Or was it the heat of Julius 's body that was having such an odd effect on her ? |
| 21 | The commitments data that we 've been dealing with to date , for the Greater York area , that was supplied by the County Council , was that data that applied to the what we 're now calling the the the the greenbelt area , or was it the area of search as well ? |
| 22 | Or was it the pleasure of having men 's eyes on you that you could not do without ? ’ |
| 23 | There is not space here to give a detailed account of all religions , nor is it the purpose of this text to do this . |
| 24 | He was in a fix — he had bought two papers and merged them together , and I was n't around , I was in New York , and I did the logo for him in a hurry , but I did n't have time to design a newspaper , nor was it the kind of thing for which he could pay a big design fee , so he described it on the phone and then he faxed me some pages of the existing papers , and I said well what you have to do is look at the old London Times and do that . |
| 25 | The Holy Spirit was not to be confined to the narrow straits of Jewish respectability , nor was he the perquisite of the Church leadership . |
| 26 | Nor do I for a moment suppose that anyone there recognized him , nor was he the sort of author who basked in that kind of admiration . |
| 27 | And is it the sort of place you were looking for ? |
| 28 | Yeah , but were you the sort of people that walk into hospitals and start praying for the sick to be healed . |
| 29 | But is it the Department of Energy , the Ministry of Agriculture , or the pollution inspectorate that need to take the lead ? |
| 30 | It is not a historical statement ; but is it the declaration of a creed ? |