Example sentences of "[coord] [be] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he tells you when he wants to go , or is it regular times of the day ? . |
| 2 | Or is it good afternoon now , is n't it ? |
| 3 | Or is it straight-forward cheating because that is the only way they know to play the game ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Attendance can I just erm ask is it er possible attendance less unexplained absence or is it actual attendance plus explained absences for attendance ? |
| 7 | The wallpaper 's muave or is it mauve hell with green plums . |
| 8 | 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 ? ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
| 11 | Or was it scrambled egg ? |
| 12 | Or was it atomic law — |
| 13 | Together they had painted the town a decorous shade of palest pink , dancing at Le Bal Anglais , or was it Mimi Pinson , necking in other people 's rooms , walking the streets of Paris , hand in hand during one timeless and unforgettable spring . |
| 14 | For several hours we would be transported via the newsreel to the exotic East , where American soldiers were valiantly fighting the red , or was it yellow peril , and then to the Wild West , where Hoot Gibson or Eddy Dean would be showing cattle rustlers or unfriendly Indians ‘ what America stood for ’ . |
| 15 | If the crank shaft goes on a car after twenty thousand miles , is it a defect — mechanical defect — covered by the guarantee , or was it faulty workmanship by the person who put it into the car ? |
| 16 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 17 | Nor is it foul temper which vents itself indiscriminately on anyone who happens to be within range . |
| 18 | Nor is it flippant liberalism to point this out — though there may be significance in the fact that anyone who does so has immediately to excuse himself , as I find myself doing . |
| 19 | Always bear in mind that self-defence is not a martial art , nor is it unarmed combat . |
| 20 | It is not fiction , nor is it conventional autobiography , which tends to say what the author wishes us to know . |
| 21 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 22 | ‘ And is it alien technology ? ’ |
| 23 | But is it good news for the political parties : are they spending their money wisely ? |
| 24 | This does n't appear to be causing them any harm , but is it natural behaviour ? , . |
| 25 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |