Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 It is not officially known whether this is attributable to the greenhouse effect or natural climate variability .
2 Indeed , it is not even known whether some substances which contaminate water are harmful or not .
3 Unsolicited information gives rise to difficulties for it is not clearly established whether this may be made subject to an obligation of confidence .
4 Apart from the load attempted suicide places on health service facilities , it is not yet known whether the high levels of the behaviour in recent years will subsequently be reflected in an increase in the numbers of completed suicides .
5 But it is not yet known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family .
6 Its site was evidently occupied beforehand — the outer walls near the main entrance in the eastern corner extend across the remains of earlier houses — but it is not yet known whether a temple stood there .
7 It is not yet known whether any revision coming out of the move will be in place for the coming or the following campaign .
8 It is not yet known whether toothed whales regularly use such a weapon .
9 It is not yet known whether research would confirm these hypotheses of the character of certain distinct twentieth-century paranational cultural formations , though they provide an initial basis for considering the contradictory character of the history of the avant-garde movements : that they represent sharp and even violent breaks with received and traditional practices ( a dissidence or revolt rather than a literal avant garde ) ; and yet that they become ( in ways separable from the important facts of their dilution and commercial exploitation ) the dominant culture of a succeeding metropolitan and paranational period .
10 It is not yet known whether a claim in tort can be framed in terms of loss of chance .
11 It is not yet known whether Russia will attempt to salvage the nuclear submarine that sank off northern Norway in April 1989 .
12 It is not yet known whether the dormant bacteria can return to the infectious state .
13 It is not yet known if other symptoms of jet-lag are reduced and there is little clear evidence that they adjust the body clock that controls body temperature and performance rhythms .
14 However , it is not yet known if NC protein has an additional role during reverse transcription and/or prior to proviral integration .
15 Although it is not yet known if the H2T cell line expresses TGF α , these findings go some way to support the hypothesis proposed by Korc and others that TGF α may have a role as an autocrine growth stimulator in pancreatic cancer .
16 It is not yet known if hypobiosis occurs in Oe. radiatum .
17 While Dutch administrators have been working on plans to transfer part of the former Daf into a new company known as New Daf , it is not yet known if the rescue package will help save jobs at the five Leyland Daf plants in Britain .
18 Clearly , stress has linguistic importance and is therefore an aspect of the phonology of English that must be described , but it is not usually regarded as something that is related to individual segmental phonemes ; normally , stress is said to be something that is applied to ( or is a property of ) syllables , and is therefore part of the suprasegmental phonology of English .
19 A back fist will out-range a reverse punch performed by an opponent of equal height but it is not often scored because many referees do not consider it powerful enough .
20 If that is the case why is it that the order relating to insurance and building society er building societies , specifically makes the point that the auditor must be working erm in his capacity as such whereas the orders on banking and financial services er it may be implicit the er the auditor is working er in his or her capacity as such er but it is not explicitly stated because the phraseology is different .
21 It is not entirely forgotten as is proved by Avian Way , Aerodrome Road and several other names on the same theme .
22 Most Government Departments make appointments from professional lawyers , and here , although practical experience is an important qualification , it is not always regarded as essential .
23 It is not always agreed whether it is the woman who first issues the invitation , or the male .
24 It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated .
25 It is not formally structured as it is in the ballets of other countries where choreographers are more likely to present the traditional dance itself , slightly adapted for the stage with the footwork more complicated .
26 This is a marked structure , but it is not highly marked because adverbials are fairly mobile elements in English .
27 Like all ideas , it is most easily controlled if it is first given a name .
28 It is most often used when there is an internal conflict of feeling .
29 It is most often used where a salesperson is faced with the same objection being raised time after time .
30 More and more parents every year are opting for independent schooling for their children : it is no longer seen as exclusively the preserve of a privileged class .
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