Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
2 | ‘ You know , Charles , do n't you , that the Government 's trying to steamroller a law through to say that everything either is the case or is n't the case ? ’ |
3 | Or is n't the assistant permitted to ask her boss personal questions ? ’ |
4 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
5 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
6 | The image may have softened somewhat " or is less the subject of common gossip , but the old picture remains in the public mind and some of the derelictions continue but with more discretion . |
7 | ‘ In the book that is where the quest finds an end . |
8 | This is an issue which Western Governments and unions are only really beginning to grapple with in the context of the Single European market , and for many that is where the debate will stay for some time . |
9 | In one sense , new book selection is a way of filling in or updating between stock revisions , but this assumes that the whole of a stock is updated , subject by subject , over a limited timespan , and because stock revision is a highly staff-intensive process that is rarely the case . |
10 | Looking back , Jean believes that is around the time Brian 's feelings for her changed . |
11 | If you have a lot of sanding to do away from a power source , the Bosch is a well made , quiet sander that is just the job . |
12 | Such a condition leads to a degraded cliff , one that is principally the product of subaerial erosion and only locally sharpened at the base by marine erosion . |
13 | But Moscow knows that is not the case . |
14 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
15 | But no that is not the response . |
16 | But according to the recruitment agencies that is not the norm . |
17 | Have no doubt in your mind about that because we did not take one of our representatives to negotiate with the guard force to enhance your and their membership that is not the ball game I 'm not playing it and we wo n't do that and you can rest assured we will pursue it to Bridlington if need be . |
18 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
19 | In time it will be both understood and accepted as a disease that is not the fault of the sufferer and from which full recovery is possible . |
20 | Paradoxically , the disease concept ( that Chemical Dependency is a disease that is not the fault of the sufferer ) tends to be resisted by those who will happily accept " stress " or " depression " or " weak will " or " upbringing " as possible causes . |
21 | At major gatherings that is normally the president , ’ he told Europe-1 radio . |
22 | In short , when we hear of a peaceful society , we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self-absorbed individualism of the modern urban-industrial world . |
23 | It has the only real harbour you can find on the Atlantic side of France south of Bordeaux , a good sheltered anchorage that is also the entrance to the river . |
24 | The wife that is n't the wife is another story . |
25 | Something that is n't the sidh . |
26 | and again as an approximation that is when the show flat is available , the public are coming on site to view |
27 | Produced by one of those boring names that is usually the guarantee of at least a little hype , but who cares ? |
28 | For a systematic tasting , I went back to Erdinger Weissbräu 's original premises , a 1537 house that is still the brewery tap , at Number One on the ‘ High Street ’ , Lange Zeile . |
29 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
30 | In awe of Zantac , an anti-ulcer treatment that is now the world 's best-selling drug , our participants awarded Glaxo top-three places for innovation , product quality and marketing . |