Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is its main role to give stability to society ? |
| 2 | Do they send to somebody else , or is their total production down ? |
| 3 | It looks like our ‘ friends ’ at the end of the East Lancs could be awaiting another 25 , or is it 26 years now ! |
| 4 | And he tells you when he wants to go , or is it regular times of the day ? . |
| 5 | Or is it good afternoon now , is n't it ? |
| 6 | Or is it straight-forward cheating because that is the only way they know to play the game ? ’ |
| 7 | Does anyone know if you can order more than one ticket with the new membership cards , or is it one ticket per member ? |
| 8 | or is it two hours in the morning ? |
| 9 | It 's a question of authenticity — is this theme deeply-held , is it central to an understanding of the author 's character , or is it superficial gloss ; perhaps even so slightly phoney ? |
| 10 | Erm , just picking little bits , I mean er , we when we say actually what it is erm , annual report do we say the annual report to parents , or is it annual report just I know that that 's minor but at the actual top what do we actually call the thing that we 're presenting ? |
| 11 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 12 | Attendance can I just erm ask is it er possible attendance less unexplained absence or is it actual attendance plus explained absences for attendance ? |
| 13 | Have you done it with your little'un yet or is it bigger ones you do it with ? |
| 14 | The wallpaper 's muave or is it mauve hell with green plums . |
| 15 | Is it the sun or is it this heater ? |
| 16 | No , they really are , they 've got the dive bombers on us next week mom , or is it this week ? |
| 17 | You need to bear in mind that style links up with more important beliefs about what literary analysis is for ( e.g. is it a form of humanistic debate , in which case conventions of gentle persuasion should be observed ; or is it investigative research , in which case more rigorous and systematic discourse is required ? ) . |
| 18 | Are there sensible reasons for this , or is it another example of the way in which political expediency and manipulation , rather than evidence , are dictating the shape of welfare reform in the UK ? |
| 19 | Is that ending of the arm's-length principle Government policy or is it another example of a Minister , who knows that he has only another five weeks in the job , making a remark entirely of his own without consulting his civil servants , the Arts Council or any of the national companies ? |
| 20 | Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible . |
| 21 | Is he in a zimmer frame yet ( a la DOL ) or is he mere strippling ? |
| 22 | Is Y a buyer and reseller or is he X's agent ? |
| 23 | Or is he old hat already ? |
| 24 | it is n't , it is n't , it is n't where the arcades are , do n't , that 's just , that 's just the waiting room , where you wait , erm , to have your go , what is it , do you play against each other or is there two groups of people ? |
| 25 | The hole goes right through to the inner mechanism and was therefore the source of the oil leak , 19 this hole necessary for the diaphragm to work independent of the crankcase pressure fluctuations or is there some kind of seal missing or broken ? |
| 26 | Are you going to be able to write a little precis , or is there some kind of list of data that should be up there . |
| 27 | Or is there some way in which we can accept and make sense of what we found to be the case ? |
| 28 | Will your proposed take-up of this the the white land between the city boundary and the inner boundary of the greenbelt in fact take the whole lot , or is there some reserve ? |
| 29 | Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ? |
| 30 | What about the judging , is that really based on the the turnout or is there any ploughing skill involved in that as well ? |