Example sentences of "[is] [adv] that [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident .
2 One of the reasons for following a routine like this is so that you are less likely to make a mistake .
3 It is not that they are not used : vitamins are prescribed and bought on a massive scale for people without the slightest hint of a deficiency , and ginseng is now sold in chemists and health-food shops in the UK to the tune of no less than £7 million a year .
4 It is not that they are not capable of competing ; it is simply that there have been no great black performers in these areas in history ( due to lack of opportunities and facilities ) and no tradition exists .
5 It is not that they are too slow to avoid being hit , but that they simply do not hear the cars speeding towards them .
6 It is not that they are less likely to be murdered , raped , robbed , or assaulted — although the best scientific evidence based on victimization surveys shows this to be true ( Hindelang , Gottfredson , and Garofalo 1978 ) — but that in the criminal law , definitions of murder , rape , robbery , assault , theft , and other serious crimes are so constructed as to exclude many similar , and in important respects , identical acts , and these are just the acts likely to be committed more frequently by powerful individuals .
7 Thirdly there 's the old objection of participatory democracy that it simply takes up too much time and this is not a trivial objection , because the thought is not that it 's simply time-consuming , but because it 's so
8 The problem for many people today is not that it is too difficult to believe but that it is too easy .
9 It is not that I am not eligible ,
10 The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made .
11 It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out .
12 ‘ It 's just that we 're not a noise band , ’ adds Mike , ‘ we do n't jump around the place but we 're totally comfortable with going out on a stage . ’
13 I had a friend — well , I still do , it 's just that we 're temporarily out of touch — called Alison .
14 It 's not like she 's really kind of dominated your life it 's just that she 's so not stupid , it just , you know , it 's incredible .
15 ‘ It 's just that he is n't married , you know .
16 ‘ It 's just that it is n't where it should be . ’
17 It 's not that I 'm denying the validity of acting , it 's just that it 's not as important to me .
18 It 's just that it 's not quite a correlation yet .
19 It 's just that it 's so dark .
20 It 's just that I am so evil and perverted and encrusted with slime that it 's rather difficult for me to remember the fact . ’
21 ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me .
22 rush out , it 's just that I 'm not very hungry .
23 It 's just that I 'm all he has .
24 It 's just that I 'm too involved in what 's happening to play games — at least , to play games with you .
25 it 's just that I 'm never gon na get to up to .
26 Yeah , I 've got nice T-shirts , it 's just that I 'm really cold .
27 It — it 's just that I 'm so nervous . ’
28 ‘ It 's just that I 'm so lonely , sir ! ’ said the child .
29 Erm no not really I , I feel alright , it 's just that I 'm so nasty all the while and
30 You must think me very silly but it 's just that I 'm so excited !
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