Example sentences of "is it a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Is it a rich country in resources ? |
2 | I is it a non-contributory |
3 | Is it a five ? |
4 | Is it a sharp sort of shooting pain ? |
5 | Is it a pure contradiction to affirm both these things at the same time ? |
6 | But although , in career terms , it may currently be more effective to woo record companies rather than journalists , the rock press is n't a completely spent force , nor is it a worthless one . |
7 | Or is it a viable substitute for the dive table ? |
8 | Showdown At Glastonbury comes to a close with the argument still raging — is it a blissful summer gathering or slovenly layabouts causing havoc in the countryside ? |
9 | ‘ Is it a serious relationship ? ’ |
10 | Yes it is , er I mean , what we tried to do was to write er a comedy on a big scale that was n't a marshmallow , er in fact it er the , the comedy deepens and it gets pretty sour , and I think some of the criticism of the play has been that ‘ is it a comedy , or is it a serious play ’ . |
11 | er and then discuss any problems that there might be , is it a contentious issue ? |
12 | is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . |
13 | Is this engine available and is it a worthwhile conversion in terms of increased power and better fuel consumption ? |
14 | If it takes a lot of explanation from you before they can see the point , is it a worthwhile exercise ? |
15 | Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? |
16 | ‘ Suits me , ’ I said , ‘ but is it a good place to dig your trench under a tree ? ’ |
17 | But is it a good model ? |
18 | Is it a good place to live ? |
19 | If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ? |
20 | ‘ When in general is it a good time for me to phone you ? |
21 | Is it a good idea to fix some ? |
22 | Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ? |
23 | Is it a good idea ? 3.7 . |
24 | ‘ Is it a good party ? ’ |
25 | ‘ And is it a good job ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Is it a good morning ? ’ |
27 | ‘ Is it a good thing or a bad thing ? ’ |
28 | Is it a good job ? ’ |
29 | Is it a good hotel ? ’ |
30 | But is it a good idea to break the punctuation rule , even for such a reason ? |