Example sentences of "[is] it [adj] that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Is the concept of sensation involved in these sentences such that it makes sense to say that the same sensation is excited by the presence to our organs of numerous objects , or is it such that numerous objects ( and , indeed , the same object at different times ) can not but excite different , though possibly exactly similar sensations ?
2 First , is it fair that bad employers should effectively be subsidised by the state ?
3 Nor is it clear that increasing sophistication , defined by literacy , or increasing religiosity , as brought for example to some communities by Methodism , made much difference in this respect .
4 Nor is it clear that public law provides a solution except in the limited instances of FSA , ss 55 and 81 , although it is likely that s 48(2) ( h ) permits SIB Core Rule 36 to modify fiduciary duties .
5 Without information about specific incidents it is not possible to develop a methodical analysis , nor is it likely that effective strategies for prevention will be found .
6 First , is it inevitable that political parties , not voters , should rank candidates on their lists , and thus decide which of them will have the best chances of being elected ?
7 Is it true that liberal democracies ‘ do n't go to war with one another ’ ?
8 Neither is it true that well-developed contraceptive techniques are necessary to achieve low fertility .
9 Is it true that white folk smell different from black folk ? ’
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