Example sentences of "[coord] is [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it the original owner or is it the innocent purchaser ? |
| 2 | Nice names , shame about the faces — or is it the other way around ? ! ’ |
| 3 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 4 | Is it the fact that the mother is blundering towards the unknown , with her children that causes unease , or is it the de-feminised figure of the woman herself ? |
| 5 | Or is it the coordinated interaction of several matrix components ( EHS contains laminin , type IV collagen , heparan-sulphate-proteoglycan , entactin , and other proteins ) with the cell that effects the maintenance of a normal phenotype ? |
| 6 | The late appearance of Lonrho 's Tony Rowland in the guide of Fairy Godmother — or is it the Wicked Witch ? — offering to wave the magic wand and change the bulk of the debt into convertible preference shares could have offered a reprieve . |
| 7 | Is it the criminal who tortures the cop , who 's looking out for his own , or is it the undercover copy , who 's selling them all out ? |
| 8 | Nor is it the Forbidden City or the Kremlin . |
| 9 | Kalkadoon is not the work of an individual nor is it the conscious product of any group . |
| 10 | Is the message coming over and is it the right message ? |
| 11 | But is it the round window , the square window , or the arched window ? |
| 12 | Few biologists doubt that this is part of the truth , but is it the whole truth ? |
| 13 | No , no , but is it the proper nickname on the |