Example sentences of "is that so [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What is perhaps most startling is that so many agents of educational change — local education officers and education committees — remained so untouched by the principles .
2 But what is more remarkable is that so many farmers were sentimental ( and some impecunious ) enough to keep their hedgerows in for so long .
3 IT is seldom remarked how curious it is that so many people need to find a meaning to life .
4 One good result so far , though , is that so many people were mystified by acronyms being bandied about ( SNUPPS , NII , AGR and the like ) that the secretariat for the inquiry had to produce a list of them .
5 But the worst aspect of this whole affair is that so many people do not care about the quality of life for old people .
6 The other is that so many jobs are likely to need a great deal of capital equipment behind them that there will be a shortage of capital equipment and jobs will therefore not be created quickly enough to maintain full employment .
7 The great thing about tea drinking is that so many varieties are available that you can always find a brew that is appropriate to the occasion .
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