Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wonder is not that social work and social work education are in such a mess , but that so much is being achieved , despite the difficulties . |
| 2 | Now the complaint about sports is simply that other countries put more central and local government money into sport and into facilities , into training , into stadia and so on that we do . |
| 3 | It is likely that the important point is simply that busy junctions take longer to drive through , thus they gave rise to lower average speeds . |
| 4 | The project is designed to answer an important question : what evidence is there that British trade unions have seriously affected the ability of manufacturing industry to compete with other countries ? |
| 5 | Your hair may be well cut , but if you 're a trendy executive and your latest hairdo is just that tiny bit mumsy , you may as well hibernate for a few months . |
| 6 | The argument is not that Protestant religion constituted a primary , independent variable on which science depended , but that , through reciprocal interaction , a higher value was gradually placed on the practical sciences . |
| 7 | His argument is essentially that Rationalist politics developed as a result of the disintegration of traditional polities . |
| 8 | One disputed point is whether words alone can constitute an assault : the preponderance of authority is probably that mere words , unaccompanied by any threatening conduct , can not amount to an assault , but if the point of the offence is to penalize the creation of fear of imminent attack , it is difficult to see why utterances such as ‘ Get out the knives ’ or ‘ Let's hit them ’ should be regarded more indulgently than a raised hand . |
| 9 | The claim is therefore that denunciatory punishment is justified even if it has no good consequences such as educating the public conscience and thereby reducing the amount of crime . |
| 10 | The meme of Darwin 's theory is therefore that essential basis of the idea which is held in common by all brains that understand the theory . |
| 11 | ( ii ) If absence is more that 3 days but is less than 7 days , post out self certification form to be completed and returned |
| 12 | The free volume is therefore that extra volume required for larger-scale vibrational motions than those found between consecutive atoms of the same chain . |
| 13 | The great fear of China 's leaders is not that western conspirators will weave more plots but that China 's people , enraged by corruption and scornful of slogans , will take to the streets , as they did last June , to demand instant solutions that the government can not possibly provide . |
| 14 | Another reason why lone-parent families could gain very little from these new measures is simply that absent parents may not have incomes high enough to enable them to pay child support at the levels required . |
| 15 | Antwerpers are so convinced that their city is best that other Belgians think them chauvinist . |
| 16 | Although a veteran of a dozen movies , to many outside of Spain Banderas is still that dark-browed guy who sent Madonna scurrying to the ladies ' room in last year 's docu-melodrama In Bed With Madonna . |
| 17 | Remember also that the thesis is not that authoritative determinations are binding only if they correctly reflect the reasons on which they depend . |