Example sentences of "or is it the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is it the vultures gathering ? ’ |
| 2 | Do we define a system as one local authority or is it the system of local government as a whole ? |
| 3 | Is it the program or is it the computer that 's specific ? |
| 4 | Is this peculiar to Leicestershire or is it the shape of things to come , because my members are concerned . |
| 5 | Because , er , is it the floating voters , or is it the others who will turn out , regardless of the weather . |
| 6 | Yeah , or is it the Society for the Blind or is it sort of between the two ? |
| 7 | ‘ Or is it the case , as millions now believe , that she does not want a resolution to this dispute ? ’ |
| 8 | Is collusion indeed ever really ‘ tacit ’ , or is it the case that what may appear to be tacit collusion is actually explicit collusion in which the process of agreement is simply concealed ? |
| 9 | Is there an ideal mix ? ii Does the degree of dementia matter , or is it the presence of behaviour problems which makes a particular dementing person unacceptable to an integrated service ? iii What efforts can be made to overcome the problems of integration and avoid " segregation by stealth " ? |
| 10 | Everyone has the defects of their qualities , darling — or is it the qualities of their defects ? |
| 11 | For example , if an expert system is obtained from a dealer is he the supplier or is it the company which made the expert system ? |
| 12 | Or is it the provision for automatic self-programming such as we see when a flower trains a bee to exploit it that is intelligence ? |
| 13 | Does it , for example , refer to the marks made on paper , or is it the whole of the thinking process involved in solving mathematical problems ? |
| 14 | Is it the teacher 's job or is it the responsibility of the parents to instruct children in good manners , acceptable standards of behaviour , dress and the difference between right and wrong ? |
| 15 | Can you advise me how to stop stem rot on Water Wisteria , or is it the nibbling of the Platies and Swords that cause this ? |
| 16 | Or is it the North Sea ? |
| 17 | The big day arrives , the sun shines , the interest of the agents in our new protection contracts is enough to ensure a full house — or is it the choice of our unusual venue ? |
| 18 | Or is it the road conditions or something but peak times . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's the fault of the Bundesbank , or is it the Bundestag ? ’ one perplexed representative said . |
| 20 | Er right , just going back to the actual er roadside interview , is that one on the the B road , or is it the A ? |
| 21 | Is it the fault , is it the fault of the judicial system , though , or is it the fault of the lawyers . |
| 22 | Is it the driver , or is it the car ? |
| 23 | That 's right , Bolton won five nil but what we did get clarified from the Football League today was if two English teams finish their four games on the same number of points , is it goal difference or is it the number of goals scored that is the crucial factor ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is that what you 've been told to tell me , or is it the truth ? ’ |
| 25 | Erm the Communist Party needed the approval of the majority of peasants erm before land reform could take place and there was there 's this sort of chicken and egg problem in that how that do you have land reform in order to mobilize peasant support or is it the peasant support that 's going to enable land reform t to take place successfully . |
| 26 | Is it biological , cultural or material , or is it the result of some aspect of personal and social experiences ? |
| 27 | I wonder why there is so much crime or is it the world we live in which makes people so greedy ? |
| 28 | Right , so if I write to the Secretary of State for Trade and In or is it the President for the Board of Trade ? |
| 29 | Garry must be a much better lover than I would have thought him , or is it the legacy his godfather has left him that tempts you ? ’ |
| 30 | Is the imagery God-given , or is it the product of the human imagination and so subject to alteration in another age ? |