Example sentences of "is it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it a one-sided account of the injustices suffered by this people , or a defence of the energetic stranger . |
| 2 | Is it a book about Poland ? |
| 3 | The Psion Organiser : is it a fancy calculator , or a battery-powered log book ? |
| 4 | Is it a high stance ? |
| 5 | Is it a fit ? ’ |
| 6 | Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? |
| 7 | Is it a contestable concept ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is this England , or is it a madhouse ? ’ cries someone . |
| 9 | But not only is it a way of classifying policemen and women : the term is also used to criticize those outsiders who think they know something about policing , such as lawyers , academics , researchers , and journalists ; it is also a self-appellation of praise . |
| 10 | ‘ Suits me , ’ I said , ‘ but is it a good place to dig your trench under a tree ? ’ |
| 11 | I have a mouthful of cider from my waterbottle and eat the remains of a chicken , or is it a piece of lamb ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Not only is it a move into a realm where the distinction between life and death seems , as in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , to have broken down , it is also a crossing to the world of the ‘ cannibal isle ’ which is revealed as only another version of the life left behind , and where the realization that ‘ Life is very long ’ is not escaped from , but reinforced . |
| 14 | Is it a direct expression of homosexuality , or an indirect expression of its repression and/or sublimation ? |
| 15 | He claims that Conservatism is ‘ not an idea , still less is it a system of ideas ’ and that the Conservative tradition is marked by ‘ scepticism , a sense of the limitations of human reason , a rejection of abstraction or abstract doctrines , a distrust of systems and a belief in the importance of experience and circumstances ’ . |
| 16 | Is it a function of our body clock or our life-style , or due to some interaction between the two ? |
| 17 | Is it a matter of equality : What does the management of mission mean ? |
| 18 | Is it a parody of the platonic republic , where politics , art and philosophy come together ? |
| 19 | But is it a good model ? |
| 20 | ‘ Is it a hospital ? ’ said Dot . |
| 21 | Dathan and Abiram for their part reject Moses ' leadership and reproach him with these words : ‘ Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey , to kill us in the wilderness , that you must also make yourself a prince over us ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Is it a proper jazz band with tommy talkers like we used to run after when we were kids ? ’ |
| 23 | Is it a deal ? ’ |
| 24 | Is it a summer 's day ? ’ |
| 25 | The author gives much emphasis to those aspects of his character which support this view ; but is it a fair one ? |
| 26 | But is it a socialist government ? |
| 27 | Nor is it a question of quality ; our technical standards are higher , our news programmes better illustrated , and our interviewers more competent , than in any other country . |
| 28 | Or is it a Welsh leek in bloom ? |
| 29 | Is it a flop ? |
| 30 | The consignment note is not a negotiable instrument , nor is it a document of title . |