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

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1 Is she still the same girl ?
2 The children visit the church and learn to look at it and describe what they see , and this is in itself a valuable exercise ; but it becomes more valuable still if as well as noting that the fabric is stone , they are provoked to go on to enquire what type of stone , is it all the same stone , why were these types of stone Preferred , where do they come from , and how do they come to be what they are ?
3 Is it , is it all the same ?
4 But even if a blade close to the boat and a high elbow allows greater application of force , is it still the best technique ?
5 Nor is it just the Hegelian dialectic as such : Cixous includes ‘ History ’ , and by implication therefore Marxism as well .
6 Are we witnessing the next step in the greening of the market , or is it just the latest move in the marketing of the greens ?
7 Or is it just the same ?
8 Is it just the three of you living there ?
9 Nor is it just the exported population of thousands of American suburbanites , the wives and families with their attendant schools and hospitals and tennis courts .
10 But a tidy countryside , as neat and controlled as a suburban garden , is not a natural countryside , nor is it even the traditional farmed countryside .
11 ‘ This is what all the other guests say , sir , and that is what is puzzling us . ’
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