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

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1 Or is it the coordinated interaction of several matrix components ( EHS contains laminin , type IV collagen , heparan-sulphate-proteoglycan , entactin , and other proteins ) with the cell that effects the maintenance of a normal phenotype ?
2 Sultan what is it the all bran , it has sultanas on it .
3 No longer is it the dull old building lost in the undergrowth .
4 Is it the fact that the mother is blundering towards the unknown , with her children that causes unease , or is it the de-feminised figure of the woman herself ?
5 Is it the best way to make energy today ?
6 Not only is it the largest in the world in volume ( $11 billion in loans and grants in 1991 ) , but its untied ratio ( 79.7% in 1991 ) is the highest in the world .
7 He had repeated once more that the central position in the Peace Alliance belonged to the Labour Party " for not only is it the largest opposition party , but it represents the essential core for any progressive alliance — the working class " .
8 I is it the four screen one we 've been watching ?
9 Is it the black or brown rat which carries infection ? ’ he suddenly asked .
10 This was not the official Victorian view of sex nor , indeed , is it the modern line .
11 Erm Is it the backward force ?
12 Is it the Catholic thing ? ’
13 Nor is it the Forbidden City or the Kremlin .
14 But is it the round window , the square window , or the arched window ?
15 Is it the normal one though ?
16 That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’
17 Is it the specific disorder , a particular personality trait associated with the disorder , or a general vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ?
18 Is it the one thing in the year for them .
19 Nice names , shame about the faces — or is it the other way around ? ! ’
20 Is it the other one ?
21 Why is it the other four ?
22 Nor is it the first time that Rupert 's good name has been besmirched .
23 Is it the first verse of ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ or ‘ Mary , Mary Quite Contrary ’ or ‘ Jack and Jill ’ ?
24 Is it the first time , for instance , you have been told you only enter into relationships for what you can get out of them ?
25 Is it the first ?
26 Clozapine is not the first treatment for schizophrenia to be hailed as a significant advance , nor is it the first to raise ethical dilemmas .
27 Is the in the input embedded in would you or is it the first phoneme of judge ?
28 Ah is it the first of the month ?
29 Graham calling from in Sussex , is it the economic aspects that concern you most ?
30 Is it the ninth of the fourth ?
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