Example sentences of "[is] it [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why 's it that stupid colour anyway ? ’ |
| 2 | Secondly , is it right that relief should be refused because the court disapproves of the applicant personally or of the motives behind the bringing of the application ? |
| 3 | Is it right that liability for the second most heinous crime in English law , which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment , should be satisfied by this relatively low grade of fault ? |
| 4 | The range of wines available for under £3 is vast , and by no means is it all rough plonk . |
| 5 | Or is it all one word ? |
| 6 | There 's lots of myths about Rachmanite landlords — is that really the case or is it one huge myth ? |
| 7 | So what is why is it that labour party oppose education spend ? |
| 8 | ( Is it that good colour vision at small visual angles has been more important for frugivorous monkeys than for our own recent ancestors ? ) |
| 9 | Why is it that German competitiveness can stand the social chapter and British competitiveness can not ? |
| 10 | What , is it that fat woman that di spends ages pre |
| 11 | That is , if observation provides us with a secure set of observation statements as our starting-point ( an assumption that we have granted for the sake of the argument of this chapter ) , why is it that inductive reasoning leads to reliable and perhaps even true scientific knowledge ? |
| 12 | ‘ And is it that sublime confidence in yourself that prevents you from marrying her ? |
| 13 | ( Why is it that American Football , an infinitely more static , convoluted sport should draw such paeans of admiration from the same sportswriters who condemn rugby union matches for being dull and boring ? |
| 14 | Why is it that structural ageism sanctions discrimination against older people and enables it to continue unnoticed on a daily basis , and remain unchanged over many years ? |
| 15 | Is it that silly cow in the office ? |
| 16 | If the Chinese think it is worth going to all the trouble and expense of shipping this equipment 12,000 miles around the world , how is it that British industry can not make it pay ? ’ |
| 17 | Why is it that clinical usefulness of colonic pressure measurements remains elusive ? |
| 18 | Is it Great Russian nationalism that oppresses , and shapes the policy of Russia 's ruling classes , or is it Armenian , Polish ? |
| 19 | Or is it just that Health comes under the national budget but religion is considered to be propaganda ? |
| 20 | Finally and then I 'd like to go to the A sixty one , er a point of information Mr , the standard that you are talking about for eit any of these routes , is it dual two lane or single two lane ? |
| 21 | Not only is it clear that part of an eye is better than no eye at all . |
| 22 | Where is it clear that reliance may be placed on our association with the preparation of financial information , and where that reliance is not justified by the nature of the association , we should take every opportunity to make the nature of our position clear ( for example , in discussing information , prepared but not reported on by ourselves , with a client 's bankers ) . |
| 23 | Is it is it any more problem there ? |
| 24 | But neither is it any more enlightening to say , for example , that " x is greater thany " means that if we were to set out to construct x and y by some algorithmic procedure , the construction of x would require a greater number of steps ; for the question is , what is meant by " greater " ? |
| 25 | Or is it some other name ? ’ |
| 26 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 27 | And is it some cosmic joke that the texture of grey hair so completely different from the texture of the rest , so that each one stands out from your head like a bolt of lighting ? |
| 28 | ‘ Is this real ? ’ he asked himself , ‘ or is it some terrible joke ? ’ |
| 29 | Nor is it some fiscal dodge . |
| 30 | When , when , when is it free next term , when is the P A free next term ? |