Example sentences of "[is] that [pron] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 One of the most important things about constructive arguments is that they almost have to be step by step .
2 The difficulty is , is that there also needs to be some work done to evaluate alternatives , because clearly there is widespread concern about outbreak of er , sheep scab , not only in this area but indeed across the country .
3 The reason I want to learn ISL is that I often go to Dublin and feel ashamed of my inability to communicate .
4 The funny thing is that I never expected to be an artist .
5 That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term .
6 One danger with this emphasis on the language of adults is that it easily leads to the conclusion that adults actually cause developmental progress by the way in which they speak to young children .
7 One of the unintended consequences of its use , however , as we shall see later , is that it also offers to readers an unusually rigid and frequently biased conception of gender .
8 I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family .
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