Example sentences of "is it [adj] [that] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ Is it right that monks can read ? |
| 4 | Why is it unlikely that industrialists will choose to build factories at these places ? |
| 5 | Why , however , is it important that pupils ' capacity for imagination is developed in order to understand religion ? |
| 6 | Nor is it likely that rocks with SiO 2 70% could be derived directly from the mantle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Is it true that teachers vote Labour and read the Guardian ? |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Is it true that accountants have a special dispensation ? |
| 11 | 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 . |