Example sentences of "it [be] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that a degree of PMS ( I do not mean suicidal or murderous tendencies ) is a perfectly reasonable response by a healthy reproductive system to the unnatural state of non-pregnancy ? |
| 2 | Could it be that the awareness of this factor has contributed , at least in part , to the observed decrease in human toxoplasma infection , at least in some geographical areas ? |
| 3 | Could it be that the success of Microsoft is due partly to the fact that Bill Gates is an avid reader of your newspaper , therefore winning the ‘ severe contest between intelligence , which presses forward , and an unworthy , timid ignorance obstructing our progress ’ ? |
| 4 | Could it be that the Universe 's first white holes have yet to form ? |
| 5 | Could it be that the decision was taken in a temporary depression from drugs ? |
| 6 | Could it be that the friend is actually someone whom you recognize from a previous life , and that is why you immediately feel that you have a mutual link ? |
| 7 | Could it be that the sponsor of the competition — Lloyds Bank — expects to revolutionise its money sorting system ? |
| 8 | Could it be that the cytoplasm completely controls gene action ? |
| 9 | Or could it be that the boy had taken his spying into the Essoldo Cinema ? |
| 10 | Could it be that the alien does not want to steal the spaceship , but wants the key for some other purpose ? |
| 11 | Could it be that the fusion community is trying to solve this problem early on ? |
| 12 | Or could it be that the front-runner in the fusion race does not look very promising as the basis of a reactor ? |
| 13 | How can it be that the chap next door has a PC , yet his has a different processor from yours , has a different monitor , and probably has a different keyboard ? |
| 14 | There the ego has become so fragmented and is so er erm sick as it were that the id has overwhelmed it and the reality sense is lost . |
| 15 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 16 | If I have a gripe with Hartke , it 's that the reproduction is just a little too clear ; missed , fluffed and dissonant notes are all too easily discernible . |
| 17 | It 's that the class antipathies of black American culture the ‘ rap gap ’ have grown too wide for any one person , star or politician , to bridge . |
| 18 | I think I 'll have to get a new curtain rail it 's that the plastic snapped been on the curtain ring |
| 19 | These days the deal is often struck at the time of divorce ; and usually it 's that the house goes to your wife , for good . |
| 20 | The former chairman of the Independent Appeals Tribunal said to me recently ‘ I wonder why it is that no benefit starts from the premises ‘ What can we do to help ? ’ but always seems to be ‘ How can we stop the bastards getting away with it ? ' ’ — coarse , but true ! |
| 21 | Essentially , it is that no biologist imagines that complex structures arise in a single step . |
| 22 | The control which the withholding of love gives to a parent emphasises how tremendously important it is that a child should be genuinely loved in the first place . |
| 23 | The more serious the incident , the more likely it is that a judge 's professional neutrality and independence , as well as his legal training in taking evidence and establishing the facts , will be sought to command public confidence . |
| 24 | rhetorical question is , you know is it is that a question you wanted to try to answer or are you erm |
| 25 | James 's aim is the psychological one of explaining how it is that a person is able to locate a stimulus on the surface of his body . |
| 26 | It is that a person who takes another 's car ‘ can escape liability to tougher sentences only if he or she can show , on the balance of probabilities , that either the aggravating event occurred before he or she committed [ the basic s. 12 offence ] , or that he or she was not present at the relevant time . ’ |
| 27 | Bumble-bees do not have advanced knowledge of aeronautical science , yet some extremely complicated maths is required to explain why it is that a bumble-bee can fly . |
| 28 | Could somebody please explain to me why it is that a project that was always highly speculative and which now looks like a near disaster should have been so profitable for investors ? |
| 29 | The problem with it is that a lot of people are asymptomatic and you do n't know whom may or may not be carrying Jardea . |
| 30 | We have to produce some account of how it is that a belief can achieve this status and play this special role . |