Example sentences of "[is] this [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
2 | Could I be bisexual or is this just a fantasy ? |
3 | Nor is this just a problem that is eating away the character of historic towns and conservation areas . |
4 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Is this just a game for you ? |
6 | Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure . |
7 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
8 | Is this actually a book that er is going to be of any assistance to me ? |
9 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
10 | Is this merely a definition of the limits of a gratuitous promise ( as in Thomas v Thomas , infra ) or is it an offer to contract , the consideration being P's forbearance from marriage ? |
11 | ‘ So , Firmin , is this still a joke ? ’ |
12 | The clarifying question is : " Is this really a problem or am I just choosing to look at it as a problem ? " |
13 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
14 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
15 | Or is this perhaps a product of the over-excited brain of a middle-aged and somewhat disparaged poet , when he finds that his ignored , his arcane , his deviously perspicuous meanings , which he thought not meanings , since no one appeared able to understand them , had after all one clear-eyed and amused reader and judge ? |
16 | Is this perhaps a comment on the inadequacy of the law and the difficulty of policing and getting convictions ? |