Example sentences of "is it [adj] [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it possible that the statue which was scientifically examined was actually the copy , and the original — the only complete Roman bronze statue to have been discovered north of the Alps — was sent off to Spain , never to be seen again ? |
| 2 | It 's only a thought , but is it possible that the person who threw the carton of orange juice and 50p piece at Morrissey at the Madness ( Madness , not Morrissey ) gig was not some National Front yob but someone who felt that draping oneself in a Union Jack — still , like it or not , a symbol of racism — is itself racist ? |
| 3 | Can the Directors of the Court of the Bank see down from their lofty offices to the struggles that the Bank Assistants endure/ Is it possible that the clouds get in the way ? |
| 4 | Or is it possible that the Government are contemplating a repetition of the 1986 strikes on civilian targets in Benghazi and Tripoli ? |
| 5 | How is it possible that the distinction between nation and state still escapes intelligent people on the British Left ? |
| 6 | Is it possible that the importance of ‘ substantial criminal experience ’ is being exag-gerated ? |
| 7 | Is it right that the Secretary of State should hide behind English Tory Members of Parliament who consistently and always seem to have their names at the front of the Order Paper when there are Welsh questions , thus denying Welsh Members the right to put their point of view on behalf of their constituents ? |
| 8 | Is it right that the people who reside along this route , particularly Coombe Drive ( which is totally residential ) are to pay through the poll tax for lowering their standard of living ? |
| 9 | Is it right that the future of the hospitals should depend on an undignified ideological tug-of-war in the Scottish Office bunker ? |
| 10 | Therefore , is it surprising that the Ulster Unionist party pleads for a wider vision and a clear protection of our interests and those of the old Commonwealth countries in any new European arrangements ? |
| 11 | Nor , in an edition now over go years old , is it surprising that the editor omits ornaments and grace-notes ( in bars 1 and 6 ) or assumes Rameau 's string layout to involve divided violins rather than divided violas . |
| 12 | Is it surprising that the public should resist such an attempt to politicise the police , despite the fact that it is the policy of the Opposition ? |
| 13 | Nor is it surprising that the accumulation of capital was accompanied by an accumulation of employee grievances . |
| 14 | Furthermore , is it certain that the consumption of more than the daily requirement of methionine in this combination would be safe for all the more than 20 million adults in the United Kingdom who currently consume paracetamol each year without harm ? |
| 15 | Nor is it obvious that the government should always oppose large profits . |
| 16 | Nor is it evident that the results are successful . |
| 17 | So why is it important that the kill has to continue . |
| 18 | why is it important that the thighs are strong and light ? |
| 19 | Is it that they will not be bothered by maximum working hours or minimum wages , or is it just that the trade union movement in this country has been crippled by repressive legislation over the past 12 years ? |
| 20 | If the port of Murmansk is blocked up for weeks and mackerel arrives spoilt , is it wrong that the crew be given its bonus for so many fish caught , or that the dockers be paid for so many tons unloaded ? |
| 21 | Is it clear that the parties intended that no one but the actual party in the contract should have the benefit of the contract or the right to call for its performance ? |
| 22 | Is it likely that the changes and related developments will lead the Ministry of Defence to release land in Scotland which it presently owns and leases for training purposes ? |
| 23 | Nor is it likely that the fashion for takeovers and debt was responsible for America 's poor rate of investment . |
| 24 | not annulled is it likely that the directive would affected from something like ninety , late nineteen-ninety-six . |
| 25 | How far is it inevitable that the manipulation of fact for the purposes of fiction leads to romanticising ? |
| 26 | ‘ Is it true that the magistrate investigating the Miletti case is to be replaced ? ’ |
| 27 | Let us consider just two of them : ( 1 ) Is it true that the word ‘ here ’ is an exception to the rule that knowing the meaning of a word means knowing what is meant by it , that is , knowing something which we call by that word ? and ( 2 ) Supposing that the word ‘ here ’ can be used meaningfully without our knowing something which we call ‘ here ’ , are Russell and McTaggart right in their assumption that the word ‘ I ’ is not like ‘ here ’ in this respect ? |
| 28 | I have a simple question for the Minister : is it true that the Government said that , whatever the deal might be , they intended to get the Bill through the House by Christmas ? |
| 29 | Is it true that the Army will contribute £10 to each uniform and that officers and others will have to pay any further costs ? |
| 30 | To what extent is it true that the sciences and the arts ( physics and English in particular ) represent these different values ? |