Example sentences of "[is] it the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That 's it the lever locks yes .
2 and that 's it the head , and I could feel the chill .
3 Oh that 's it the way it spreads out and then you ca n't see it . .
4 We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it .
5 But that 's it the system is n't but they send us a donation which they 'd had for appearing on B B C or something .
6 Oh you look like have you seen that er what 's it the hyperspace hotel ?
7 Er right , just going back to the actual er roadside interview , is that one on the the B road , or is it the A ?
8 Is it the effects of the drugs or terminal boredom ?
9 Is it the Chinese who would now consider you my responsibility ? ’
10 Is it the presentation of information ?
11 Is it the lure of the bright lights or is it something more economic .
12 But who is this in the case of nitrates : is it the farmers , the consumers who buy high nitrate-produced food , or the fertiliser manufacturers ?
13 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 ?
14 Is it the whole hou I mean how , what half the house ?
15 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 ?
16 Is it the responsibility of medicine to compensate for poor quality of life or to eliminate injustices by non-consenting life-terminating acts — or is death to be seen as a therapy ?
17 Is it the responsibility of the archivist , librarian , or museum curator ?
18 is it the space bar ?
19 Is it the Telegraph ?
20 Is it the customer 's own fault ?
21 er well , is it the members ' wish to , to thank Joan Alan for the sterling work they have put in as members and officers .
22 Because , er , is it the floating voters , or is it the others who will turn out , regardless of the weather .
23 Everyone has the defects of their qualities , darling — or is it the qualities of their defects ?
24 Is it the Government 's policy to arrest the accelerating decline in manufacturing — both in investment and employment — and , if so , when they will do it and how ?
25 Is it the Government 's contention that such an emergency , if there be an emergency , is relevant only in England and Wales ?
26 Is it the telephone ?
27 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 ?
28 So the conversation went something like ‘ Is it the curtains , is it a book , is it the window , is it sandwiches , is it a table .
29 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 " ?
30 Is it the opportunity to slip in some data that are not strong enough to form a peer-reviewed paper or the liberty to digress and speculate which entices authors ?
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