Example sentences of "it is [adv] that they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 2 | Meaning is not an issue that arises for the Russian Formalists , and it is here that they differ most fundamentally from the American New Critics with whom they otherwise have so many similarities . |
| 3 | It is not just that there survive undeconstructed residues of , say , Romanticism and modernism , or that the constructed forms echo still within the deconstructed ( although they clearly do survive in these ways ) ; it is also that they exert an influence in and as their newly deconstructed state . |
| 4 | It is just that they show a very late timing of their sleep/wake rhythm with respect to normal time-cues . |
| 5 | It is just that they have both been at it too often recently . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | It is just that they have no other choice . |
| 8 | Once again these hidden costs have been part of the investment-need right from the beginning — it is just that they have not been looked at closely enough . |
| 9 | It is afterwards that they get stressed , particularly when they get home . |
| 10 | It is there that they make classics out of our modern art ’ |
| 11 | It is there that they make classics out of our modern art ’ . |
| 12 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 13 | Communication also suffers when people make false assumptions about shared schemata , and it is then that they cease to ‘ be clear ’ . |