Example sentences of "is [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an issue of a government security is under-subscribed the Issue Department will purchase the remainder , which it will gradually sell to the public . |
| 2 | This encourages decisive footsteering since as one rail is depressed the other is raised . |
| 3 | Others are not reported because of embarrassment or fear on the part of the victim ( rape , domestic assaults ) , or because he or she thinks that there is little the police can do about it ( vandalism , shoplifting ) , or that the offence is not very serious anyway , or that there is no unwilling victim ( drug abuse , soliciting , under-age sex ) . |
| 4 | Make sure that the vagina is well lubricated ( if it is dry the condom may tear or come off ) . |
| 5 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 6 | If the domain of a criterion statement is broad the representativeness of assessment tasks is more difficult to arrange and criterion performance may thereby be ambivalent . |
| 7 | ‘ It is understandable the Queen should have her official correspondence paid for . |
| 8 | When the demand for units is strong the management has no need to destroy units as they may be sold within a short period . |
| 9 | When the solar wind is strong the magnetopause retreats to about 50 R J upwind . |
| 10 | Is that the suitcase for Vancouver ? |
| 11 | Is that the museum you went to the other week ? |
| 12 | Is that the breasts ? |
| 13 | ‘ Well , but , madam , if the fellow is a tout — tout , is that the word ? — for one of the hotels here , is it not likely he would need to be ascending like us ? ’ |
| 14 | Is that the word you were thinking of ? |
| 15 | Is that the word she used ? ’ |
| 16 | Is it psycho psychosomatic is that the word ? |
| 17 | is that the boiler making that noise ? |
| 18 | Is that the shell to go in both , good idea there Mark |
| 19 | Is that the Hathaways over at Shottery ? ’ |
| 20 | Is that the worry that 's bothering you so much ? ’ |
| 21 | Is that the telephone 's fault d' ya think or is that fault I mean salesman coming in as well . |
| 22 | Is that the ones out the front is it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , er — is that the choice ? ’ |
| 24 | Have it adopted , is that the plan ? |
| 25 | Is that the position of the Scottish Labour party as distinct from the English Labour party ? |
| 26 | ‘ Is that the kind of world we live in ? ’ |
| 27 | Is that the kind of argument that carries any weight with you ? |
| 28 | Is that the kind of thing you meant ? |
| 29 | Is that is that the kind of word that you would use about er |
| 30 | Is that the kind that she likes ? |