Example sentences of "[is] it the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or is it the coordinated interaction of several matrix components ( EHS contains laminin , type IV collagen , heparan-sulphate-proteoglycan , entactin , and other proteins ) with the cell that effects the maintenance of a normal phenotype ?
2 Is it the fact that the mother is blundering towards the unknown , with her children that causes unease , or is it the de-feminised figure of the woman herself ?
3 This was not the official Victorian view of sex nor , indeed , is it the modern line .
4 Erm Is it the backward force ?
5 Is it the Catholic thing ? ’
6 Nor is it the Forbidden City or the Kremlin .
7 But is it the round window , the square window , or the arched window ?
8 That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’
9 Is it the specific disorder , a particular personality trait associated with the disorder , or a general vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ?
10 Nice names , shame about the faces — or is it the other way around ? ! ’
11 Graham calling from in Sussex , is it the economic aspects that concern you most ?
12 Is the message coming over and is it the right message ?
13 Is it the right way round ?
14 Many asked , is it the right time for the G M B to even consider merging with the T & g , particularly given the fact that over the past thirteen years the T & g has lost over fifty percent of their membership and now stands in great financial crisis .
15 Is it the right sort of party ? ’
16 Is it the right sort of market ?
17 Is it the original owner or is it the innocent purchaser ?
18 Because , er , is it the floating voters , or is it the others who will turn out , regardless of the weather .
19 Is it the Edwardian Ball ? ’
20 Is it the actual arrow used by ABC in their hit song ‘ Poison Arrow ’ ? ’
21 Is it the wide range of colours , the beauty of the bud opening into full bloom , or the scent ?
22 Is it the papist meat that gets you going , Breakspear , is that it ? ’
23 Is it the collegiate world of the Oxbridge common room ?
24 Is it the Terrible Blood-suckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler ? ’
25 Is it the only way telecommunications will develop in Europe ? ’ asked Marcel Roulet , president of France Telecom .
26 ’ But why is it the only time you take risks is when you 're likely to make a profit. ? ’
27 You can she said to me G T A have only just started doing they say it 's a new model she said , is it the new shape ?
28 Well is it the new ones or is it , on the television , or on the radio ?
29 Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ?
30 Is it the magic word ‘ organic ’ which appears alongside the higher price tag that triggers this Pavlovian response , or do we weigh up the pros and cons of organic versus inorganic produce before we buy ?
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