Example sentences of "[is] it [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it impossible that bands of laeti or gentiles were settled in some , if not all , during the late fourth century , but unfortunately the relevant chapter of the Notitia Dignitatum , which listed these barbarian recruits to the Roman army in Britain , is missing . |
| 2 | ‘ Then is it possible that Harry interfered with legend ? |
| 3 | Is it possible that Volkov is this factor ? ’ |
| 4 | " Father — is it possible — is it possible that Jennifer and me could be wed before I go with you ? " |
| 5 | Is it possible that humans might feel overshadowed and surpassed , perhaps attacking the machines in a paroxysm of wounded pride , or , at the other extreme , coming to worship them , as an embodiment of a higher power ? |
| 6 | Is it possible that bolt in my arm should have been through my heart ? ’ |
| 7 | Is it possible that Major would rather go into opposition — with the dangers that would mean for his continued leadership of the Conservative party — than offer PR and Scottish devolution to the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is it possible that machinery will banish oppression ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | ‘ Is it right that monks can read ? |
| 10 | More than ever is it apparent that Jack Brymer 's beautifully played long solo clarinet cadenza was recorded separately from the rest of the score and in a slightly different acoustic , but this is only a very slight distraction . |
| 11 | Is it good that rape is now reported , and its existence no longer denied ? |
| 12 | Why is it unlikely that industrialists will choose to build factories at these places ? |
| 13 | Why is it unlikely that depreciation will provide for replacement of the fixed asset ? |
| 14 | Why , however , is it important that pupils ' capacity for imagination is developed in order to understand religion ? |
| 15 | Is it just that people selectively applied to the task in hand some of the ideas they had come across in reading various books ? |
| 16 | Is it plausible that birth weight and weight four days after birth can be used to distinguish the effects of fetal and postnatal growth on blood pressure ? |
| 17 | Is it plausible that Pilate , or any other military governor in his situation , would have dispatched upwards of five or six hundred troops to Gethsemane for the sole purpose of arresting one man — a solitary prophet extolling love , who was attended by twelve disciples ? |
| 18 | Nor is it likely that rocks with SiO 2 70% could be derived directly from the mantle . |
| 19 | But leaving dowry aside , how far is it true that payments of brideprice ( bridewealth ) from the husband 's kin to the wife 's kin always serve to " legitimize the children of the marriage " ) As usual the answer is not straightforward . |
| 20 | Is it true that Philip Attenborough plans his overseas trips to coincide with cricket tours ? |
| 21 | Is it true that teachers vote Labour and read the Guardian ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm prying , ’ he said as she passed him , ‘ but is it true that Ralph had an affair with Barbara Molland ? ’ |
| 23 | Occasionally , they make unsubstantiated contentions : is it true that women in social work ‘ are not aware of and are uncomfortable with , the control part of the work ? |
| 24 | ‘ Tell me , is it true that Michel wants to marry her ? ’ |
| 25 | Is it true that accountants have a special dispensation ? |
| 26 | Is it true that Le Pen is to meet a number of Tory Members and , if so , will the Home Secretary make it clear that that would be wrong ? |
| 27 | There was the Honble Freddie Moore , leaning forward eagerly , his turn to speak to her ( it could not be about that ; it must not be ) , ‘ is it true that George Edwardes is after you , and means you to star in his next … . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me , Miss Beard , is it true that Mr Astor 's income is two million dollars a year , four dollars a minute ? |
| 29 | The Government 's claim that students are better off as a result of student loans simply is not true ; nor is it true that loans make up for the loss of income support and housing benefit . |
| 30 | IS IT TRUE THAT BRAN BLOCKS THE ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM ? |