Example sentences of "the [noun] is [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication of the term is not only that it is a privileged group but that , as a result , its members will not desire change and so be a conservative force in society . |
| 2 | Add to this the pessimism and fear of becoming old , and the result is too often that many older people can become non-participating social individuals , who feel increasingly isolated and cut off from all that is happening around them . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The fear is always there that you wo n't get back in . ’ |
| 4 | The intuition behind the test is once again that if the restrictions are valid we would expect the sum of square residuals , and hence their logarithms , to be approximately the same in both the restricted and the unrestricted models . |
| 5 | The point is not simply that we can identify status from speech if we wish to , such as with the clever elaborations developed on radio ; rather , that it is difficult to conceive of an utterance in English in which this is not the case . |
| 6 | The point is not merely that decisions about the day to day operation of the business or even long-term strategy have been taken out of the shareholders ' hands — this is the intended , central advantage of the corporate form — but that the shareholders are no longer able to shape the purpose for which the business is run , that is , they are unable to oblige management to maximise profits . |
| 7 | The point is not only that we do as a matter of fact accept " the same meaning " and " a different meaning " as intelligible concepts , but that any attempt to define the criteria of interchangeability of expressions with regard to their meaning presupposes their intelligibility . |
| 8 | They begin to feel that the job is there so that they can earn a living , rather than that they are doing the job itself ! |
| 9 | Similarly with public transport , as I said yesterday , the evidence is quite clearly that er the public transport system is York i in Greater York is not good , and it erm is unlikely to be er improved by er the on the scale suggested I I would contend . |
| 10 | I believe that the money should be spent now on the services used now , and we must ensure that the planning is right so that the terminus is built in the right place . |
| 11 | The reason is not simply that the developer has little experience of historic buildings , but that the pension fund or insurance company buying it wants a building which is effectively new , with a sure life of many years ahead of it . |
| 12 | I believe the reason is not just that the statement is more dramatic but the nature of the drama . |
| 13 | The suggestion is no longer that a culture has acquired such technological skills as literacy because it is intellectually superior , as earlier racist theories had argued . |
| 14 | However , the situation is not simply that the right hemisphere is more implicated than usual in the production of speech . |
| 15 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 16 | The problem is not just that frequently patients in other European countries have to pay for their treatment . |
| 17 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 18 | However , the excitement is not simply that we have produced data consistent with the presence of large animals . |
| 19 | The effect of the section is now plainly that neighbours in the garden or yard who threaten , abuse or insult one another may be convicted of the offence under this section . |