Example sentences of "[noun] is that [pers pn] actually [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In the whole time that the kids have been going away we 've never had a single problem over religion and the biggest boost is that they actually want to meet each other again after the holiday , ’ she explained .
2 I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties .
3 The other is that it actually fosters in you in-built critical faculties , so you can actually edit and shape your work as you go along , having been taught by the master — the masters of literature — not just the professors , the great writers . ’
4 The most curious thing is that we actually esteem this sort of thinking and consider it clever instead of facile .
5 Silly thing is that they actually believe it do n't they ?
6 An assumption underlying all tests is that they actually provide measures which reflect the abilities they purport to test .
7 ‘ What I like about the three guys is that they actually care about that .
8 I mean , for example , the French , my impression is that we actually offended De Gaulle quite considerably during the war in terms of his pride as a Frenchman
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