Example sentences of "is it that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why is it that the Americans seem better able to cope with the idea of a flexible retirement age ? |
| 2 | ‘ How is it that The Times is the only British newspaper with a man in Hawaii , and yet has been scooped ? ’ |
| 3 | Is it that the fraudsters are the only section of society that is going to vote for the Conservatives er at the at the at the next election because certainly er the reputation of the city of London er is going down all the time because of the squalid frauds that are being perpetrated there a and the government is lagging behind er in catching up and in providing an effective regulatory framework er that 's that 's going to deal er with them . |
| 4 | Why is it that the pokes never work for me ? |
| 5 | Is it that the colours resonate off each other or are there more profound similarities between the exponents of two such diverse cultures ? |
| 6 | How is it that the sociologists and oral historians who interview and record the elderly have not already countered the derogatory myth of old age as helpless degeneration ? |