Example sentences of "[conj] [is] it [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or is it that it does n't seem long ? he continued bitterly , knowing the futility of carping , but being unable to stop it . |
| 2 | Or is it that When the vile or appalling ‘ lies quite close , but can not be assimilated … at the border of my condition as a living being ’ ( Julia Kristeva ) , what is produced is a momentarily heightened sense of one 's own aliveness , teetering on the brink of extinction ? |
| 3 | Or is it that the sudden perception of one 's own constant vulnerability provides , in its black , clouded way , a dazzling , near-religious feeling of revelation — this is how things really are ; that to be born is , by definition , to be a victim ? |
| 4 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 5 | Or is it that she 's like Barbara Hervey ? |
| 6 | Or is it that because of ignorance and haste crucial parts of the foundations have been left out ? |
| 7 | He followed this with the unkindest cut of all : ‘ Or is it that he is afraid I will ask him for money ? ’ |
| 8 | Are individual Japanese so decidedly group orientated by cultural tradition or is it that ‘ in many cases they are loyal to their groups because it pays to be loyal ’ ( Befu 1977 p. 87 ) ? |
| 9 | Or is it that our eyes are ready for a review of his masterly clash of print , texture and colour ? |
| 10 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 11 | ‘ Or is it that you think so highly of her that you ca n't bring yourself to cast her pearls before swine ? |
| 12 | Or is it that you 're worried about having to work a bit harder for the grand wages I give you … wages that 's been strangled out of me by that bloody woman o ’ yours ? ’ |
| 13 | Or is it that you want him to ? ’ |
| 14 | Has the desire been bred in us or is it that there are so many and so easily available today that they are no longer considered of value ? ) |
| 15 | Or is it that thy hour is not yet come ? |
| 16 | Or is it that I 've lost my sense of balance ? |
| 17 | Or is it that your other relationships keep proving unsatisfactory , driving you back to him ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Or is it that you 're immune ? ’ he said slowly . |
| 19 | Or is it that there are none so blind as those who will not see ? |
| 20 | ‘ Or is it that you yourself wish to withdraw from the commitment ? ’ |
| 21 | Or is it that inside all organizations there are , continuously , small discoveries to be made in order to improve what is being done — and that schools do not differ from other organizations ? |
| 22 | Or is it that a book still has some special appeal in this electronic age ? |
| 23 | Or is it that your feelings suddenly alter ? |
| 24 | Or is it that they are being manipulated by people in the soft wood trade … to tarnish the good name of tropical hard wood ? |
| 25 | Are your memories so short over there , or is it that you have deliberately forgotten or ignored the protests of that time . |
| 26 | ‘ Or is it that you play the Ice Queen only to capture a man 's interest ? ’ |
| 27 | Or is it when you get in maybe a quarter of an inch … and then you withdraw like a bat out of hell ? |
| 28 | ‘ Is it when we are going to die , Angel , or is it when we have committed a crime ? ’ |
| 29 | Or is it because in a way I share their disapproval ? |
| 30 | Is it to stop the rain spoiling their designer hairstyles or is it because they may get damp and catch the sniffles ? |