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 |