Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [conj] i [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The result is that I rarely hear students chatting about science — it would simply take too long to formulate a question and answer .
2 My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated .
3 ‘ The answer to the latter question is that I very much doubt it .
4 What I will say in answer to the question is that I personally always use hypnosis as the first stage of any regression session .
5 The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal .
6 The reason I have chosen these two books for a comparison is because I always prefer to read books that are either true or close to reality as they bring out more emotions in my reading and at leat I know my feelings towards certain situations in the books have been felt by someone before , whether it may be another reader or the character himself , but in more depth .
7 The reason I want to learn ISL is that I often go to Dublin and feel ashamed of my inability to communicate .
8 And also , Wendy , erm er , the other thing is that I really was n't a hundred percent in health .
9 The funny thing is that I never expected to be an artist .
10 Erm , well the thing is that I still erm , in the process of doing research and reading and gathering a
11 The scary thing is that I hardly know him .
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