Example sentences of "[is] [pers pn] that [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 Michael Land of Sussex University , our foremost authority on invertebrate eyes , is worried , and so am I. Is it that the necessary mutations can not arise , given the way Nautilus embryos develop ?
6 Why is it that the psychic gifts often cause apprehension and even fear ?
7 ‘ What is it that the Roman poet Catullus said ?
8 Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ?
9 Why is it that the black sheep of the family is often the most likeable .
10 How likely is it that the other staff would volunteer information , especially about practices in which they themselves might have been involved ?
11 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 .
12 Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ?
13 Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ?
14 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 ?
15 When eating out , why is it that the next table 's conversation is often so much more fascinating and intriguing ?
16 Is it that the human being is secretly nothing without others ?
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