Example sentences of "[is] [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know that the rich did very nicely during the Thatcher years and believe it is they not the poor who should make any sacrifices necessary to get the country out of recession . |
| 2 | Or , ‘ Och aye ; that 's him away the Crow Road . ’ |
| 3 | That 's him out The Bill |
| 4 | Nor is it yet the whole truth ; presenting the experiments in the way I have chosen , as I said at the beginning of this chapter , has been a logical way to tell a story , even if a story not yet adequately grounded in theory . |
| 5 | Nor , it transpires , is it clearly the case that any controls are needed . |
| 6 | Nor is it invariably the case that there must be a legal right . |
| 7 | The interest which this kind of discovery sparks off can often lead to some finer comparison : ‘ Is it exactly the same ? |
| 8 | This sort of discussion might be prompted by a child 's chance remark , ‘ Look , I 've got one like that ’ — a judgement which might be explored — ‘ Yes , it does look like that one , but is it exactly the same ? ’ |
| 9 | Is it also the most effective use of increasingly scarce resources to realize this goal ? |
| 10 | Are you , are you definitely away Catherine or are you , is it just the day that you 're going out ? |
| 11 | Th th the point that erm we were then discussing was that in practice of course males may , m ma may contribute a lot more an and , and the question was is this er something to do with the adaptions of our species or is it just the this was the question you , you asked me was n't it ? |
| 12 | Is it just the contents ? |
| 13 | Is this the full P A though or is it just the speaking P A ? |
| 14 | But is it just the centenary of the parish council , that 's why I thought of the Southwell bit but what do y , what about that |
| 15 | Is it just the hall they 're using ? |
| 16 | I mean or is it just the author 's view of how |
| 17 | So is it badly smashed this car or is it just the bumper ? |
| 18 | no hang on that , no , no , yeah , what is it just the thing of the moment about cloud , what does it , what does a cloud represent , Ben suggested power , any thing else |
| 19 | is , is it , is it just the second year that has erm , perhaps it not |
| 20 | Now is it just the Managers , what about the rank and file of the workforce ? |
| 21 | Is it up the top B , that one |
| 22 | At length , Bunting recalled , ‘ the largest workman rose frowning and came to our table ; but what he said was : ‘ Is it no the great poet , Hugh MacDiarmid ? ’ |
| 23 | Is it not the case that George Herbert and Christina Rossetti and even Lionel Johnson are devoutly Christian poets , whereas Pound is militantly non-Christian ? |
| 24 | ‘ The Awlad Amira are arming the Tibbu against us. ’ — But is it not the government which is responsible ? |
| 25 | Is it not the case that there is one absolute being whose power is shared among the gods , much as in Christian tradition one divine power is shared out among Father , Son and Holy Spirit ? |
| 26 | Is it not the case that the various systems of PAYE , tax codes , MIRAS , tax credits from dividends and so on are simply methods of collecting and giving relief for income tax at source and that they are not designed , nor do they have the authority , to be methods of assessment ? |
| 27 | First , is it not the case that the whole idea of a right is inextricably linked with the liberal ( or , as Dignan calls it , gesellschaft ) model of society ? |
| 28 | Is it not the very catholicity of the Church which is in question ? |
| 29 | Is it not the pride of the industry that although sales in Britain account for only 8% of the world total , British recordings account for 22% ? |
| 30 | That is to say , is it not the case that a religion in which the Godhead is represented as male , or central to which is a male human being , necessarily acts as an ideology which is biased against half of humanity ? |