Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] is it that " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had sat down again she said : ‘ So how is it that you 're looking for Elsie now , so long after the event ? |
| 2 | So how is it that I , a pensioner earning half that sum , will pay more tax should he win the election than I did last year ? |
| 3 | So why is it that your company , and certain other major multi-nationals , plan to invest heavily in those countries ? , |
| 4 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 5 | ‘ Mr. Smith , I can read everything I 'm asked to , and I can understand all the words , so why is it that I can never work out what the main points are ? ’ |
| 6 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 7 | If we can notice differences in people , then how is it that the IAAF and other governing bodies do not notice them as well and start target-testing them during the winter months ? |
| 8 | The problem with it , so far as we can see , is that if the political system is democratic and the state is relatively neutral then how is it that anyone could use the system in such a way as to ensure that it permanently advantaged them to the exclusion of other actors and interests in the system ? |
| 9 | ‘ If he 's so untrustworthy then how is it that you know him ? ’ she asked with shaky triumph . |
| 10 | If aggression and violence are part and parcel of what it means to be human , then why is it that there exist societies where aggressive or violent behaviour is conspicuous by its absence ? |
| 11 | Now th he was saying that , it 's being argued here that , that very seldom is it that the punishment exceeded the crime , that they 're able to assess , look at the behaviour of the people in power before the movement er gathered pace and to , to , to assess how they er they were , how sort of humane and so on and , and by saying that depending on how you , you , you did before hand , you w you now your punishment , it will , will be a administered accordingly which is an interesting concept , I 'm not sure quite how accurate these assessments could 've been , I think really when things get going it 's er really very difficult to stop them . |