Example sentences of "is [coord] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is similarly tempting to think of the colour image as hovering in the background , somehow anticipated by the mind ; but this is a metaphor , for the image either is or is not in consciousness . |
| 2 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 3 | One might distinguish three kinds of policy areas in which a country either is or is not sovereign . |
| 4 | Since marriage is essentially a relationship between man and woman , the validity of the marriage depends … on whether the respondent [ Miss Ashley ] is or is not a woman … |
| 5 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 6 | For example , what is or is not negotiable , what will be your highest and lowest demand , what are your maximum and minimum concessions ? |
| 7 | If you have any doubts about what is or is not appropriate for a child of a given age , then seek advice from your doctor , a child psychologist or health visitor , or from other parents , particularly those whose children are older than yours . |
| 8 | A fourth and very important influence on the rate of recorded crime is the effect of changes in the law , which may lead to an alteration in the definition of what is or is not a crime . |
| 9 | Rather than just giving a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ to a carefully put question from the interviewer the informant can control much more the direction of the discussion and can therefore decide what is or is not relevant to a particular situation . |
| 10 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 11 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 12 | It will provide you with two sides of an A4 sheet giving you very little detail about the property except that it is or is not worth the agreed purchase price . |
| 13 | When thinking how to act , I am in the world of common sense where something either is or is not , and where it is a matter of course that I can be in touch with it through highly subjective impressions . |
| 14 | When would you be able to devote the time , or the knowledge , to select , as you call it , what is or is not fit to publish ? |
| 15 | This might seem to show a strong awareness on their part of the workings of power : it is relative power that determines what is or is not socially valued . |
| 16 | ‘ Until we know how your son died it is difficult to be sure what is or is not relevant . |
| 17 | The third force is the headteachers , for it is they who have the most decisive influence on what it is or is not safe to do or say in a school . |
| 18 | If the English artist Mark Quinn can get his own head , cast in his own frozen blood , on display in the Saatchi Gallery in London ; if the Italian papers can be filled with agitated articles about whether ‘ a cardboard box covered in cloth , with bits of cardboard , bone glue , red pen , tempera and oil paint ’ , until recently exhibited at the Brera Academy in Milan , is or is not an authentic , therefore meaningful , work by the shamanesque German , Joseph Beuys ; if Duchamp 's own famous urinal of 1917 can grace the Palazzo Grassi in Venice as from this month , then surely there is room for those centuries-old objects of ancient devotion to be resurrected as the focus of the new cult . |
| 19 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 20 | Sociologists of religion are not in a position to say whether or not a particular movement is or is not ‘ really ’ a religion . |
| 21 | One either is or is not legally entitled to an American passport , or to benefit from a will ; difficulties , if any , crop up in satisfying the qualification . |
| 22 | Secondly , what is or is not needless killing will again be determined by the role of the animals in the practices in which we employ them . |
| 23 | They might , in some cases , indicate a facility of explicitness , but even here we have to be careful since what is or is not explicit is always relative . |
| 24 | But this image of autonomy and of the self can be threatening , too , to women who do have a strong allegiance to feminism ; and the threat intersects with assumptions that have been made in some feminist discourse about who is or is not ‘ really ’ a feminist . |
| 25 | The other main dichotomy has to do with whether the dialogue is or is not attributed — that is , whether the text is explicit or implicit about who is speaking . |
| 26 | While both radicals and conservatives might agree about most of the categories , they may well disagree about what is or is not " developmental " . |
| 27 | Yet if one observes this battle more closely one may see that it is waged around what one might call the ephemera of sex : what is seen , what is said , what is written rather than what is or is not concerned with sexual reality . |
| 28 | It would be pointless to go over well-worn ground in discussing what pornography is or is not , and why , how and when . |
| 29 | Like the term ‘ deindustrialization ’ , the term ‘ services ’ is open to a number of interpretations and it is important to be aware of some of the different uses of the term before turning to the question of whether Britain is or is not a service economy . |
| 30 | The term ‘ professional ’ will thus be used in a looser way than would be indicated by the conceptual analysis of what is or is not a profession . |