Example sentences of "is [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That 's compensation , is it for the tenants living in the flats ? |
| 32 | Moderator I tell you what the convenor would say six four O is it for the panel to bring forward a rite or is it for the er committee on worship to bring forward rites ? |
| 33 | I said alright , how much is it for the starter motor with the solenoid built onto it like ? |
| 34 | Is it to go to all the members of your organisation , is it to be read by the Board of Directors only , is it to be studied by the upper echelon of the scientific staff , or is it for the eyes of your boss only ? |
| 35 | I would like to ask , why , when there co-operation at the , the Strathclyde bus company they have buses that are running choc-a-block constantly full , but then again suddenly a bus that does n't pay its full way is taken off and people that are dependant on that bus are left without any transport , why ca n't the busy bus subsidise the bus that is n't ? , because after it its public transport , so is it a complete and utter profit that the buses are running for or is it for the convenience of the public ? because it is |
| 36 | Is it for the clients , as in our example of community nurses speeding round to give this essential drug , or for the staff , to get the work done ? |
| 37 | Is it on the Cote d'Azur ? |
| 38 | Is it on the downs ? |
| 39 | But I 'll say is it on the gardening page , is it on the letters page , pray for the sports page I always say and people look at me quite you know with a quite a look on their face when I sort of say that and I 'm absolutely serious , I 'll say you know if you get a four paragraph story on the gardeners ' page , you 're home . |
| 40 | Is it on the ceiling or not ? |
| 41 | Is it on the floor somewhere ? |
| 42 | well is it on the wall unit some where ? , is it down by the papers ? , not that wall unit , there , over there |
| 43 | But I 'll say is it on the gardening page , is it on the letters page , pray for the sports page I always say and people look at me quite you know with a quite a look on their face when I sort of say that and I 'm absolutely serious , I 'll say you know if you get a four paragraph story on the gardeners ' page , you 're home . |
| 44 | Is it on the bone ? |
| 45 | is it , is it on the telly now ? |
| 46 | ten to ten what , what is it on the chef 's programme ? , |
| 47 | Is it on the fax coming through ? |
| 48 | Or is it on the hearth ? |
| 49 | What time is it on the Tuesday ? |
| 50 | Is it on the card ? |
| 51 | You think Is it is the red on the right or is it on the left ? |
| 52 | So what chapter is it at the top ? |
| 53 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |
| 54 | Is it at the house or er |
| 55 | Oh is it at the Empire ? |
| 56 | What business is it of the State if someone now wishes to be known as a woman , where previously she was considered a man ? |
| 57 | How aware is it of the trading data that is collected , the way in which trading or order cards are filled in , or the pit trading practices that go on in front of its pit officials ? |
| 58 | How long is it to the competition ? ’ |
| 59 | erm you know , i in the area Hu Hunan erm and that therefore , I mean how relevant is it to the rest of China ? |
| 60 | Or , for that matter , what good is it to the teacher who has to keep up with the ins and outs of teaching reading and who needs to diagnose the difficulties of Jason , Amil and Della and then advise a colleague on how to help them ? |