Example sentences of "[is] the [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Is the tide in down there ? |
2 | since the first sum represents the flow of goods into i and the second is the flow out of i , so that the difference is the net flow into i , which must equal the net requirements . |
3 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
4 | ‘ Is the Queen down there ? ’ |
5 | Less grandiose is the scaling up of the solar furnace idea . |
6 | Burning pains better ( > ) for heat is very characteristic of this remedy as is the weakness out of proportion to the illness . |
7 | One of the first things he said on reaching here in the early morning was : ‘ Is the boss up ? |
8 | Perhaps the most remarkable example of self-mutilation that inflicts pain on the attacker is the breaking off of poisonous papillae by various kinds of sea slugs . |
9 | There is the laying by of all the necessary materials . |
10 | Is the romance over ? |
11 | What is the Government up to ? |
12 | What is the Government up to ? |
13 | There are changes in relations of production , too , most importantly , the first significant encroachment on music production resources by the working-class young , and accompanying this is the opening up of a new youth market , which is structurally less tied to established class roles than older generations . |
14 | Collector 's corner is the feature round about three thirty so if you want to go on collector 's corner if you collect anything for a hobby that 's the spot for you . |
15 | One of his favourite instances is the scene in On the Waterfront when Brando , thinking he was between takes , idly tried on the glove that Eva Marie Saint had dropped . |
16 | Traditionally the seven awards have always been deemed to have been of equal value , but the interesting possibilities suggested by all of these short listed designs is the building in of individuality to awards which will closely resemble each other without being formally identical . |
17 | The only questions that seem to have excited the commentators are : is the recession over ? |
18 | I find it very difficult to ignore these differences — let alone the teeth , although perhaps the species has different dentition in juveniles and adults as is the case in , for example Chilotilapia rhoadesi . |
19 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
20 | And it 's also heavy anti-clockwise at junction seventeen , which is the turn off for Mablecross . |
21 | ‘ Is the council over yet ? ’ |
22 | How much is the mark up per packet ? |
23 | How much is the mark up on the whole box ? |
24 | If the retailer sells the pickle at 70p per jar , how much is the mark up per jar ? |
25 | So ninety pounds is the mark up , ninety pounds is what you add to it , okay , and that was good that you worked that out , cos a lot of people just think ooh , you just add forty five pounds on |
26 | In fact it is the passage out of the gens stage which is the subject matter of the book . |
27 | Is the iron off ? |
28 | But it does n't end there : one task that continues throughout the day is the washing up : the vast quantities of dirty dishes occupy the energies of at least 10 people ! |
29 | The movement of Conrad 's Marlow back to Brussels and London is the movement back from the realization that death and life are one to the simple considerations of drinking , having a tune , and paying the rent , however much these may be ‘ nothing to me and nothing to you ’ . |
30 | Second , there is the overlay on to this map of the 1981 Census ward boundaries and summation of pixels falling into each of the recognized land-cover types . |