Example sentences of "[be] it [adj] wonder " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it any wonder that more and more women resort to wearing jeans and anoraks ? |
| 2 | Is it any wonder that Canadians worry ? |
| 3 | Dear God , thought Alida , is it any wonder I am going where I am going , is it any wonder ? |
| 4 | Is it any wonder that our streets are full of barefoot , starving children ? ’ |
| 5 | Is it any wonder that men regard them as half-wits ? ’ |
| 6 | Is it any wonder that we do n't really taste our food any more ? learning to become aware of the flavour of what you eat and drink will not only give you a great deal of pleasure which you may have forgotten but it will also make you more discerning in what you choose to put into your mouth . |
| 7 | Is it any wonder that , when the occasional circus came to town , they mitched ? |
| 8 | Is it any wonder I am near to tears when I hear the words of My Yiddishy Mama ? |
| 9 | Is it any wonder that Miss Lewis sought refuge with a man like Mr Jason Donovan ? |
| 10 | Is it any wonder that the only people who can afford their services are rich companies , millionaires and those who are lucky enough to get legal aid ? |
| 11 | Is it any wonder that I choose to shop abroad . |
| 12 | If society generally under-values old age , is it any wonder that old people do not experience a sense of personal worth ? |
| 13 | If society has no use for old people , is it any wonder that older people feel that their lives are without meaning ? |
| 14 | You wo n't be allowed to erect a headstone , have a name-plate or put flowers on a common grave , so is it any wonder that the whole thing smacks of the dreaded ‘ pauper 's burial ’ and that , however poor , people will make monumental sacrifices to raise the money somehow for the ‘ something better ’ that they feel they should provide ? |
| 15 | ‘ Is it any wonder the game as a spectacle is suffering ? ’ |
| 16 | Is it any wonder the Stowaway was such a huge success ? |
| 17 | Given those records , is it any wonder that the winners of the French Open are so difficult to forecast . |
| 18 | Is it any wonder that every one of my hon. Friends is now inundated with more complaints about housing matters than at any time since we have been in the House ? |
| 19 | Is it any wonder that I now plead with my right hon. and learned Friend to intervene on behalf of pupils and parents who wish to move their children over the border to Staffordshire because they are fed up with their own high-spending council and they want that council to take responsibility ? |
| 20 | When Sir Nicholas Goodison of the Trustee Savings Bank says that this is the worst recession in living memory , is it any wonder that the whole country knows that this is the Government of high unemployment ? |
| 21 | In view of the devastation , the unemployment and the misery caused to our people , is it any wonder that the Prime Minister is so reluctant to hold the general election ? |
| 22 | DETERMINATION : Is it any wonder that the NW Region won the Ladies Tug-of-War with on their side . |
| 23 | ‘ And because of remarks like that is it any wonder you 're still scratching around for a woman to share your miserable existence with ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 25 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 26 | If a third of the adult population viewed reading with so little enthusiasm , was it any wonder that many children were doubtful as to its worth ? |
| 27 | Was it any wonder I resorted to the drinks cabinet in the director 's Portakabin ? |
| 28 | With all he 'd got going for him , was it any wonder that she should find him more — um — interesting than any man she had ever met ? |