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

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1 Another version puts things differently , arguing that men 's way of speaking is not intrinsically more credible/authoritative , what happens is simply that men can use their socially dominant position to claim linguistic privileges .
2 And you 'll remember that that the definition of gating is simply that channels switch between open and closed states , they gate open or closed .
3 The problem he says is only that Mr Tijani turned out to be so ill , otherwise he came as a legitimate private patient .
4 The reason the process of telling the truth seems less complicated than I 've said is simply that we are n't conscious of most of the mental processes I 've been describing .
5 All of this should be easily understood when it is realised that the effect of the contract being avoided or frustrated is generally that the parties are no longer required to carry out the contract ; they are excused .
6 and if er , what they 're trying to do is so that you work say twenty three hours the class contact , you , you ca n't be averaged for more than two hours a week , so you need twenty three hours for the first two terms
7 At first sight what he seems to be saying is simply that no one is going to take any notice of the conclusions which a rational woman reaches after deliberation .
8 In more mundane language , what we are saying is simply that a movement to a point along x could be executed in two steps , one along x and then another along y .
9 There 's much that makes sense ; there 's much that is thought-provoking , even if the thought it provokes is often that the authors are off their trolley ( 'be alert to the strange fact that the end of each century divisible by five has witnessed a major transition in Western civilisation ’ ) .
10 What is meant is really that it is not possible to learn to sign like a deaf person , i.e. without an ‘ accent ’ .
11 What this means is simply that each time you line up a shot in the viewfinder and before you press the button , you should look on it not as an individual shot as you would a still photograph hut as one of a group of shots .
12 The major problem that young people suffer is simply that they are young .
13 What we are going to say is simply that the parts of this diet which are easy and effortless and even enjoyable to you will become part of your normal eating in the future .
14 the purpose of updating is so that you have current information , yes
15 The way in which this works is simply that the garlic deters the mosquito — no mosquito will come near you in fact .
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