Example sentences of "[be] [adv] that [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No , though these are my gloves , it 's so that I do n't get perspiration on the , on the dress , yes , or rings or anything , so |
| 32 | We have the greatest chance ever to rid the world of nuclear weapons now , yet the consensus in this country is apparently that we need to maintain three Trident systems and possibly build a fourth at a total cost of more than £23 billion . |
| 33 | It is thus that we understand |
| 34 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 35 | The problem with states of this kind is not that they exclude all organised groups , as the doctrine of Napoleonic administration says they should , but that they exclude unequally and grant access and favours to certain privileged groups . |
| 36 | What is ethologically implausible about Ullman 's hypotheses is not that they involve some ( unconscious ) knowledge about material objects and normal viewing conditions , but rather that they assume the perception of rigid objects to be basic , while perception of non-rigid movement is taken to be a more complex special case . |
| 37 | My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development . |
| 38 | The point about studies on non-human animals is not that they replace studies on humans but that they provide us with pointers to what we should study in people and how we should study it . |
| 39 | The reason that people do not generally look into alternative credit terms in any detail certainly is not that they feel pushed willy-nilly into one particular type of credit . |
| 40 | However , our real weakness is not that we lack the potential , but that we lack the will to act . |
| 41 | the problem with Jesus ' disciples and the point here is that it 's our problem as well , is not that we lack a big faith . |
| 42 | Its importance , however , is not that we know when doubt becomes unbelief ( for only God knows this and human attempts to say so can be cruel ) , but that we should be clear about where doubt leads to as it grows into unbelief . |
| 43 | In fact what young children demand of us is not that we dilute the work , but that we make it more exciting , more tightly focused . |
| 44 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 45 | The reason for setting out these reservations at such length is not that we have any doubts about the value to consumers of credit cost information . |
| 46 | Presumably some patrol ship on the high seas might log messages in this way , but it is clear that , as humans , our experience of utterances is not that we have recorded in memory a list of utterances to which are attached standard tags specifying time and place in these terms . |
| 47 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 48 | When Sly Stallone ( wearing , these days , more eye-liner than Sophia Loren ) is up there , playing it for laughs on the set , the worst thing is not that you do n't laugh , but that you feel anxious for him . |
| 49 | It is not that you have to be ‘ good ’ , just stop believing you are ‘ bad ’ . |
| 50 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 51 | I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success . |
| 52 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 53 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 54 | It is not that I have no reason to submit to the moral law and can do as I please ; I am left with no reason even to do as I please . |
| 55 | ‘ It is not that I have n't got time for girls . |
| 56 | It is not that I have forgotten what other people are like . |
| 57 | It is just that we do treat them as propositions which need no justification but which can justify others . |
| 58 | It is just that they show a very late timing of their sleep/wake rhythm with respect to normal time-cues . |
| 59 | It is just that they have both been at it too often recently . |
| 60 | ‘ It is n't to say The Wedding Present just treat it like a job , it is just that they have natural courtesy and manners . |