Example sentences of "that [is] [adv] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is partly because Mr Major still needs a theme . |
| 2 | That is largely because responsibilities are too widely dispersed , among such organisations as the stock exchange , the Serious Fraud Office , the Crown Prosecution Service , the trade department and the SIB . |
| 3 | That is both because bombing does not always make the victims knuckle under — sometimes it can stiffen their resolve — and because it would be hard knowing what to bomb . |
| 4 | It is rare for such declarations to be made — but that is usually because people have n't given any thought as to how best to behave and therefore have nothing to declare . |
| 5 | That is only if stage one of the Labour party 's proposals are implemented ; it does not take into account the effect of stage two . |
| 6 | ‘ He is mischief-making on behalf of Tucker but that is only because King likes to hear himself talk , ’ said the champion , who is both personable and articulate . |
| 7 | Townsend leads a team which shows only one change from the side that beat Lithuania 1-0 in Vilnius in June and that is only because centre half Paul McGrath is suspended . |
| 8 | That is only because supplies of Thunderbirds did not arrive in Britain quickly enough to satisfy demand , according to toy experts . |
| 9 | Yeah er if you , what was on tonight was er on the , there was a T V programme on tonight called What the Papers Say and the editor Alistaire Campbell was on tonight , he is actually quite left-wing and this paper will , is actually quite vehement about the government , much more than the Sun would ever be , it 's quite interesting , yet that is owned by Murdoch , but I have to say that I think that is only because Murdoch is n't liked in that way since to have |
| 10 | That 's partly because Windows encourages developers to do their best , also , Windows represents the growing market ; the one in which an ambitious software writer can make the most impact ( and most money ) . |
| 11 | That 's partly because DOS is easier for programmers to use , partly because of accumulated knowledge , and also , software developers have got pretty clever about squeezing the most out of DOS systems . |
| 12 | That 's doubtless because originators Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick are writing about themselves and their friends : like Michael Steadman , who is at the centre of this universe , they are Jews in their mid-thirties married to non-Jews and with young children . |
| 13 | that 's why , that 's ever since bolshevism first started in nineteen , seventeen |
| 14 | That 's more than £30 per stitch ! |