Example sentences of "is it that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it that of a vicarious believer , if such a person is possible ? |
| 2 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
| 3 | Ignoring once again Honderich 's polemical language , there is an important problem here : namely , how is it that Conservatism can be responsible for what everyone agrees are two very different governmental strategies informed by two very different social philosophies ? |
| 4 | ‘ Is it that dog ? ’ she said , coming up to the gate . |
| 5 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
| 6 | And what is it that 's so special about you ? ’ |
| 7 | Is it that English players are not hungry enough ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is it that … time already . ’ |
| 9 | CPD may be voluntary or obligatory , but what is it that 's required ? |
| 10 | How is it that love and hate live so close together within one pulsing heart ? |
| 11 | Why is it that structural ageism sanctions discrimination against older people and enables it to continue unnoticed on a daily basis , and remain unchanged over many years ? |
| 12 | But why is it that AIDS victims suffer from such obscure infections ? |
| 13 | Who is it that is God 's seal in our hearts ? |
| 14 | Or how is it that faith and uncertainty are automatically associated with each other while knowledge is regarded as certain and therefore different ? |
| 15 | How is it that faith has been so divorced from knowledge ? |
| 16 | Why is it that hearing loss can play havoc with self-confidence ? |
| 17 | Is it that different people are turned on by radically different things , and that many people get some enjoyment from performing routine and apparently undemanding jobs ? |
| 18 | ( Why is it that American Football , an infinitely more static , convoluted sport should draw such paeans of admiration from the same sportswriters who condemn rugby union matches for being dull and boring ? |
| 19 | Why is it that Eastern peoples acquire languages so easily while we in the West make such heavy weather of it ? |
| 20 | But finally , why is it that game show contestants are never UNEMPLOYED ? |
| 21 | Perhaps there are so many new routes being done West Cumbria that the writers can not keep up ; or is it that other areas are more important to the committee ? |
| 22 | Why is it that prejudice is sometimes a successful vehicle for comedy ? |
| 23 | Why is it that marriage should be a relationship of such potential closeness , joy and fulfilment , and yet for so many end up in such unhappiness and hurt ? |
| 24 | Is it that Monday or the one after your holiday starts ? |
| 25 | I returned to Berkeley 's argument some time later , having in the meantime read Ludwig Wittgenstein 's Blue and Brown Books , and in particular , his treatment of the question ‘ What is it that bodily and mental strain have in common ? ’ |
| 26 | Why is it that black kids are so amenable to the influences of their peers ? |
| 27 | Why is it that black kids develop their sporting progress to the point that , by the time they leave school , their educational motivation is rather low , while their sporting motivation is soaring ? |
| 28 | And , finally , why is it that black kids find support for the idea that they have only limited employment opportunities ahead of them , not only from their peers but also from the school ? |
| 29 | What is it that is seen as determining these disapproved-of patterns of teaching ? |
| 30 | ( Is it that good colour vision at small visual angles has been more important for frugivorous monkeys than for our own recent ancestors ? ) |