Example sentences of "[is] it [that] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is it that the Roman poet Catullus said ? |
| 2 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? |
| 5 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | When eating out , why is it that the next table 's conversation is often so much more fascinating and intriguing ? |
| 8 | Is it that the human being is secretly nothing without others ? |