Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] that [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 3 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 5 | It is not that he does n't care , just that his sense of values are different — not better , not worse , just different . |
| 6 | It is not that she does not know what to say , it is that there is not enough time to say all she knows . |
| 7 | SIR JACOB : It is right that she do n't seem desirous to drown the remembrance of her original in her education . |
| 8 | It is here that we do see examples of apparently selfless giving , where the carer 's independent life effectively is suspended for the duration of the caring relationship , which may last many years . |
| 9 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 10 | It is just that we do treat them as propositions which need no justification but which can justify others . |
| 11 | It is just that I do n't know what the man will do . |
| 12 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |