Example sentences of "[be] it that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added : ‘ Why is it that while the means for achieving happiness have never been greater , the incidence of stress and depression also seems to be greater than ever before ? ’ |
| 2 | I was now able to test responses to questions such as ‘ Why is it that if you want to create an ideal family as the basis of society , Unification husbands are often expected to leave their wives , and mothers are asked to leave their children while they are sent to work on a mission , possibly thousands of miles away ? ’ |
| 3 | Or is it that When the vile or appalling ‘ lies quite close , but can not be assimilated … at the border of my condition as a living being ’ ( Julia Kristeva ) , what is produced is a momentarily heightened sense of one 's own aliveness , teetering on the brink of extinction ? |
| 4 | Why is it that when you have been guarding a place as the players loom into view , Luciano Pavarotti comes and stands in front of you ? |
| 5 | Why is it that when one travels abroad , say in France , they have such a different approach to aviation than we do in Britain ? |
| 6 | Why is it that when Ken Livingstone ( Political column , 1 May ) , one of the wittiest sparks in the rather dullish firmament of contemporary Labour , leaves the safe sound-bite pages of the Sun and ventures his hand at joined-up paragraphs , he goes so badly awry ? |
| 7 | Why is it that when the time comes to refit the kitchen or bathroom , replace the lounge suite , plan the family holiday , or an irresistible opportunity arises to indulge in one of your hobbies , you invariably find yourself short of money ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why is it that when I do fall , it has to be for a termagant who drives me out of my head ? |
| 9 | Why is it that when she 's about you go into the bathroom dressed , and you come out dressed . |
| 10 | People often ask me , ‘ Hugo , why is it that when dining with royalty , you always keep your hat on ? ’ |
| 11 | Or is it that because of ignorance and haste crucial parts of the foundations have been left out ? |
| 12 | And , and I think is it that because she left him ? |
| 13 | How was it that after so long that name could strike out at her , bringing back the long lost desolation , the raw feeling of rejection ? |
| 14 | Yeah , and it was their tradition was it that if one turned up with a dirty |