Example sentences of "is it [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has never been a single definitive statement of what are British objectives for policy in the EEC ; nor is it wholly reasonable to expect one . |
| 2 | Is it wholly chimerical to hope that a newly elected Tory government with an unassailable majority might do its duty , however painful for itself , and take the first steps to reverse this pernicious evil and restore the tried and tested order of our ancestors by which only those fitted to rule have any right to elect the government of this country under the Crown ? |
| 3 | But is it also realistic to assume that the West might tolerate it if Mr Gorbachev decided that the Romanian people , not unlike the people of Panama , deserve to enjoy democracy , and that the Soviet Union should send some of its military across the border to dispose of the Ceausescu family and their killer Securitas forces ? |
| 4 | Is it also true to say that their guess is often no better than your own ? |
| 5 | Is it just naive to hope that a voluntary system will work ? |
| 6 | Is it particularly difficult to get in as a chemist , for example ? |
| 7 | Is it strictly true to say that ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise ’ ? |
| 8 | Not only is it extremely easy to go the wrong way , and indeed many businesses have foundered on the basis of one , usually inadvertent , mistaken direction , but all of us are aware that a lot of businesses are n't going anywhere at all . |
| 9 | Nor is it inevitably fair to dismiss someone once his rights pursuant to any such scheme are exhausted . |
| 10 | Is it actually feasible to reduce social matter to components of time and space ? |
| 11 | Is it actually safe to fly ? |
| 12 | Is it enough just to give orders and instructions , or is the field of communication wider ? |
| 13 | . You m is it really well is it very well commented at all ? |
| 14 | Nor , despite its supposed importance in terms of national security , is it very well paid . |
| 15 | Now , there 's a lot of controversy sometimes about getting into universities , and I want to ask you , is it very difficult to get into a university these days ? |
| 16 | Is it very unusual to see them down here ? |
| 17 | ‘ He taught me that is it very hard to make a profit but very easy to let a bunch of people spend it . |
| 18 | I can imagine it would be , because perhaps , erm , the higher you are , not only is it more easy to fall , but it 's more easy to be tempted . |
| 19 | Is it more appropriate to reproduce cross-cutting sectional views ? |
| 20 | Is it more productive to concentrate on doing antiracist work with parents and younger children , to try to minimize the influences exerted by such gangs as role models for the next generation ? |
| 21 | Not only is it more convenient to pick up the ‘ phone and make contact , you are also more likely to succeed since few people are able to ignore the telephone and leave it unanswered . |
| 22 | When is it more important to go backwards fast than to go accurately under control ? |
| 23 | Is it so fantastic to imagine a future in which doctors w doctors will prescribe a visit to the art gallery for people for people with depression ? |
| 24 | But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ? |
| 25 | WHY IS it so expensive to watch your local football team ? |
| 26 | Quietly she asked , ‘ Is it so terrible to let an unhappy or humiliated woman forget , for a few hours , the problems that she will probably have to put up with for her whole life ? ’ |
| 27 | Why is it so necessary to beatify and live in awe of people because they have a God-given gift that is so wonderful ? |
| 28 | Why is it so pleasant to walk down a particular street , drive through a country village with its church , cottages and farms , or visit a country house and gardens ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why is it so important to get me back in your rotten little Church , Quiggers ? ’ |
| 30 | Is it so wrong to want a bit of sympathy ? ’ |