Example sentences of "is it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Nor is it to sympathise with his asthmatic , Baptist bullied childhood , which forms the staple of so many of his surreal sing-song comic monologues of victimisation , paranoia and infantile revenge .
2 Is it holding an argument with me to answer a plain question ?
3 Nor is it intended to overlook the existence in the councils of state and elsewhere of men to whom any loosening of the reins was wholly repugnant .
4 Was that for their own information or is it intended to suggest something to us ? ’
5 Anti-realism of this sort does not arise gratuitously , nor is it intended initially as a method of countering scepticism .
6 Is it intended that there should never be an interchange of information directly by computer but only by request between all European Community police forces ?
7 The situations encountered during an MAS engagement are too varied for that ever to be possible , nor is it intended to be a substitute for discussion within the network .
8 How and why is it intended that the Vendor 's liability should be increased by delivering an inaccurate Disclosure Letter ?
9 Nor is it intended to be any kind of technological treatise .
10 Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants .
11 I think our problem here is it gets so windy with being on the corner .
12 The fact that the ad sits in between other normal commercials gives it added impact , but the trouble is it tackles the symptoms , not the cause and could feed on guilt .
13 There is a man falling , yes , but nowhere is it stated that he fell because his leg had been injured .
14 Is it engaged ?
15 Is it fortified ?
16 But how easy is it to spot a cheap imitation ?
17 Its function is similar to the one found on table-top video machines , that is it enables the recorded picture to be replayed over the viewfinder both forwards and in reverse at a fast speed so that particular points on the tape can be located quickly .
18 Is it coffined ? ’
19 Only in the laboratory is it fooled by bits of paper .
20 Is it governed on the weight of the jockey ?
21 Is it moving ?
22 is it fixed , is it sitting there doing nothing or is it moving ?
23 Is it moving ?
24 Nor is it to deny that defective dependants will often , and quite understandably , attract far fiercer loyalties by that very fact .
25 Nor is it to deny that a society capable of providing for the fulfilment of all human needs , all the time , would eliminate the need for money altogether .
26 How is it organized ?
27 ‘ And the bureau — is it locked ? ’
28 Is it locked , no they go out to the pub on a Friday
29 Is it locked ?
30 Is it locked ?
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