Example sentences of "is [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | We will fly you both from Heathrow or Manchester to Aberdeen , where you will find a complimentary car waiting for you , and which is yours for the entire weekend . |
2 | The contempt is his in the ridiculous sentence for the loss of two young lives by someone intoxicated by both drink and drugs . |
3 | ‘ Is she of a good family , like Mercy ? ’ asked his surprised mother , who had come in during the conversation . |
4 | Are they both unskilled workers or is she in a higher class than her husband ? |
5 | On the 6th hole he says , ‘ It is him with the biggest heart who will win . ’ |
6 | If we are misled by our grammar into thinking that ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ is a report of a mental process then there will seem to be a problem : ‘ What is it about a mental process which makes it an expectation of such-and-such ? |
7 | What is it about the British that makes them confuse service with servility |
8 | Given that the index-linked gilt is a difficult investment to evaluate , is it worth the private investor buying via a specialist gilt fund or direct ? |
9 | Cream-buff willow/chiffs teased : now which species is it with the darker legs ? |
10 | Is it for a nice , Brian-type P R interview , in which case you think , ‘ Oh good , that probably means about ten minutes ? |
11 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
12 | Is it for the usual Keynesian reasons , that is , because of periodic changes in aggregate demand and consequent changes in the demand for labour ? |
13 | Erin , how easy is it for the ordinary person to learn how to compute ? |
14 | Nor is it for the sensitive . |
15 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
16 | Right , is there any kind of pattern to that , or is it on a daily basis that you do that ? |
17 | I think we 're all ship shape , so how lo how far is it on the other side ? |
18 | Is it on the fifteenth ? |
19 | is it at the top end of the , it starts at the top end of the slope ? |
20 | Is it of a higher quality and accepted by consumers ? |
21 | Okay just moving ahead now , er with your occupation erm is it of a hazardous nature ? |
22 | Is it of a one-piece nylon construction that will be easy to clean , solid wood — usually beech — or one of the increasingly common metal sided drawers with a solid base ? |
23 | When you or , when you order five hundred reams of paper , do you get five hundred reams and is it of the right quality from the sheets . |
24 | how high is it to the nearest metre . |
25 | Is it to the Holy Spirit , then , that I must assign Buddhism 's denial of the possibility of forgiveness , or communism 's cavalier attitude to truth and human life , or the self-satisfied man-centredness of much contemporary humanism ? |
26 | But nobody , how long is it since the last time we showed them in ? |
27 | I 've just p is it near the front door because I 've just put it back on her . |
28 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
29 | the situation of the store ( Is it in a busy shopping area or in a less advantageous situation where he may need to attract customers ? ) |
30 | ‘ Is it in a big complex ? ’ |