Example sentences of "is [adv] that a " in BNC.

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31 It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa .
32 It is simply that a permissive culture which makes increasingly fewer demands on the egos and superegos of its citizens where self-restraint , postponement of gratification and drive-inhibition in general are concerned must — unless it is to dissolve in anarchy — abrogate those restraining , controlling and inhibiting functions to itself and to its agencies of social control .
33 If screams do not cause a single person to react , what hope is there that a small , silent television screen in a bank of twenty-one such screens will be more effective ?
34 What chance is there that a start on such a package could be made in the near future ?
35 It is then that a conflict of interests may arise .
36 It is then that a crisis of autonomy can be most nearly identified with a crisis of identity , and can be seen in many an act of teenage rebellion .
37 It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the same theme .
38 … it is seldom that an appeal from its decision will lie .
39 The argument here is essentially that a gradation scheme might lead to a lighter sentence in certain cases than would otherwise have been imposed .
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