Example sentences of "that is [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | " Do you know , Dida — that ceiling is the first part of Portugal I 've seen that is just as I imagined it . " |
| 2 | If he seems to have had a foot in the door for an awfully long time then that is probably because he made his debut as an 18–year-old during the Dermot Reeve era . |
| 3 | well meaning people but I mean the reason they 're saying that is simply because they do n't like what they 're doing full stop . |
| 4 | That is simply because it has to be that low if some of these houses are to be considered habitable at all , and if others are to be inhabited by two , or often by three , families at the same time . |
| 5 | I suspect that is merely because I have always been able to anticipate when a fox is likely to be present as the result of scent , footprints and tell-tale evidence around the burrow mouth . |
| 6 | Our opponents say we do cause such disturbance but I suspect that is only that is only because they see all canoeists as a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters . |
| 7 | If we may find this incongruous , that is only because we live in an age of collapsed hierarchies in which painters and sculptors are liable to be more highly regarded than their patrons or even their sitters . |
| 8 | Sometimes the women say she is a saint , but that is only because she has kept me here , and they do not like her . |
| 9 | But I do n't believe that is so because I believe education is not held in as high respect as it was in the past . |
| 10 | Bereaved people may seem reluctant to accept invitations out , but that is often because they feel that they will be in the way or make an odd number at any gathering , and the hurt and embarrassment this creates is awful . |