Example sentences of "[is] this [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ said O'Rourke when they had calmed down , ‘ it 's just that that was the gesture Edmund Kean is supposed to have used on the ‘ Is this a dagger ? ’ speech in Macbeth at the New Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , in 1823 . ’ |
| 2 | Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ? |
| 3 | Is this a way forward ? |
| 4 | Is this a man who prates of mercy and would deny it another for his own sake ? |
| 5 | Is this a man of much more style than substance , and what test would you use to determine whether he 's had a good hundred days or a bad hundred days ? |
| 6 | Is this a type of miliary ? |
| 7 | In order for this to be useful , we have to access information relevant to the faces we recognise : is this a friend , a relative , some national celebrity ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is this a dinosaur ? ’ |
| 9 | Is this a publicity nightmare or perk of budding stardom ? |
| 10 | Is this a witch-hunt ? |
| 11 | To what extent is this a threat to the management development specialist ? |
| 12 | Is this a Ministry affair , Frau ? ’ |
| 13 | They planned each meeting to last an hour normally , and having gathered the information the team withdrew separately to ask themselves ‘ Why is this a problem now ? ’ |
| 14 | Nor is this a problem for the authorities alone : how far should adult educators , qua educators , engage in activism as opposed to education ? |
| 15 | Well , when , when it comes to talking about er transport in a rural area and , and talking about transport in the Western Isles , er were not talking about buses or trains , were talking about ferries and , and planes and you just wonder when you hear some of the statistics erm from these companies just what sort of service they are at providing to local people , where your talking about ferries at arriving in , in port at half past eleven to half past twelve at night , that 's not a service for local people , I mean you hear about British Airways increasing their domestic fares to er , by seven per cent as of the beginning of April er you just have to ask is this a service been put up provided for er local people , and it just is n't . |
| 16 | If ‘ tight ’ diabetic control leads to restoration of platelet function to normal , is this a reflection of the fall in blood glucose , alteration in plasma lipids and fatty acids , restoration of normal endothelial cell integrity or other mechanisms ? |
| 17 | Is this a consideration which helps anybody to decide which district the new settlement should go in ? |
| 18 | Is this a function of the mainframe business , or is it a function of IBM 's actions in this market ? ’ |
| 19 | But is this a case of all hype and no substance ? |
| 20 | Is this a case of clever marketing aimed at diversifying one product to fit two market groups — the ‘ poor cat owner buying cheap and nasty cat litter and the ‘ elite ’ fishkeeper buying state of the art filter media . |
| 21 | Again , we may ask , is this a faith statement , or a statement of what is the case ? |
| 22 | Erm , but what I 'm really thinking , is somebody looking actually into the sickness and is this a question of long-term sickness or are we dealing with outbreaks of flu . |
| 23 | Is this a mistake for some other village ? |
| 24 | Is this a king who is the shepherd of his people ? |
| 25 | Is this a symbol of hope ? |
| 26 | Is this a symbol of hope ? |
| 27 | Is this a symbol of power ? ’ the albino spoke quietly . |
| 28 | Is this a gang you gave some shit ? |
| 29 | ‘ Is this a warning sign ? ’ |
| 30 | Ken is have those taken off and , is this a door here ? |