Example sentences of "[be] it that [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it needs to be borne in mind , before we embark on the various ways of doing this , that it is by no means a universally accepted need nor is it that every bereaved person with whom we come in contact will need ‘ help ’ . |
| 2 | Why is it that a specific person has the indefinable ‘ It ’ and another has not ? |
| 3 | How much more likely is it that a professional boxer , for example , would suffer permanent bodily damage , than a kidney donor ? |
| 4 | How is it that a large cavern with a high roof may be formed underground ? |
| 5 | ‘ What is it that the Roman poet Catullus said ? |
| 6 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 7 | If all those taxes have been abolished since 1979 , why is it that the average family , starting out in 1979 with a debt of 45 per cent . |
| 8 | Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? |
| 9 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | When eating out , why is it that the next table 's conversation is often so much more fascinating and intriguing ? |
| 12 | Is it that the human being is secretly nothing without others ? |
| 13 | Why was it that every single time she did one little thing that was the least bit out of line she got caught at it ? |
| 14 | How was it that a major piece of canal engineering came to be constructed on one of the least profitable stretches of a minor and dilapidated canal , in the heart of rural England , at a time when the prospects for canals were at their gloomiest ? |
| 15 | How was it that a limited company made a contract otherwise than in the course of its business ? |
| 16 | Given the extent to which the British public supported Republican Spain , why was it that the National government kept to its policy of non-intervention ? |