Example sentences of "is [pers pn] [adj] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon ? |
| 2 | Is it possible that the Drunken Poets ' scene was in the original version of the show ? |
| 3 | Yet , is it right that an old person should be able to enter residential care to be supported by the state regardless of his or her physical or mental state ? |
| 4 | Nor is it certain that the reported associations between long term outcome and exposure to phenylalanine accumulation are entirely ‘ cause and effect . ’ |
| 5 | Why is it important that the legal monopoly should be only temporary ? |
| 6 | Considering each member of the series of hypothetical Ks connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them was made available by random mutation of its predecessor ? |
| 7 | Considering each member of the series of Xs connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 8 | Considering each member of the series of Ks connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 9 | Is it true that a former DTI Minister , who happens to be the current treasurer of the Conservative party — the noble Lord Beaverbrook — in five months made a profit of £50 million by purchasing and then selling a huge tract of the fragile Guyana rain forest ? |
| 10 | Is it true that a great army is coming , and the war has ended ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Your Grace , is it true that the first you heard of the news was when the porter from Godstowe arrived here ? ’ |
| 12 | For instance , it is not realistic to expect that trains will run regularly at fixed intervals throughout the day and night , nor is it true that the mean time between vehicles is the same over a 24-hour period . |
| 13 | Now , in no constitutional state is it true that the legislative and executive functions are in precisely the same hands , for … the executive must always be a smaller body than the legislature . |
| 14 | Nor is it true that the nuclear industry claims that the reduction in carbon dioxide is its raison d'∘etre . |
| 15 | Is it desirable that the finest and most sensitive part of a woman — that which God gave her , should on the one hand be wounded with such a wound as no proud and gentle nature ever recovers from , or else should on the other hand be deadened so that the woman becomes only half herself , and this is what the tyranny of the medical profession has accomplished . |
| 16 | Is he aware that a similar campaign was carried out by the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) against trust hospitals in England , which have now delivered more patient care , cut waiting lists and been innovative in the service that they offer to patients ? |
| 17 | Is he aware that the 0800 free number is of enormous benefit , especially to pensioners who have had tax deducted from their gross income from their investments in banks and building societies ? |
| 18 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 19 | Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both — a double whammy ? |
| 20 | Is he aware that the chief inspector of prisons , Judge Tumim , has deplored any possible demise of the Apex Trust , that the Archbishop of Canterbury is raising private funds for the trust and that the Secretary of State received an all-party delegation to ask for a rescue package for it ? |
| 21 | Is he aware that the best of British companies , such as ICI and Pilkingtons , which already provide their employees with far better conditions than anything that is in the social charter , are increasingly concerned about unfair competition from their sweatshop competitors ? |
| 22 | Is he aware that the National Childbirth Trust recommends that mothers in maternity wards should clean the baths ? |
| 23 | Is he aware that the very next week , a poll of GPs showed that they believe , by a massive majority of 65 per cent . |
| 24 | However , is he aware that the Royal Navy is proposing to hold a similar exercise in the same waters on the day immediately following that anniversary ? |
| 25 | Is he aware that the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Squadron at the Royal Yeomanry Regiment , based in Swindon , is notably , if not extravagantly , over-recruited ? |