Example sentences of "[adj] is [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what makes Courtney especially dangerous is not that he abused his position as a doctor . |
| 2 | What makes war likely is not that America and Iraq are not talking . |
| 3 | The most informative is undoubtedly that caused by Gundovald 's claim to the throne , since Gregory of Tours not only allocates a considerable amount of space to the rebellion itself , but also provides evidence in the ensuing books of the Histories which illuminates the nature of the " pretender's ' following . |
| 4 | What is important is not that members of the capitalist class participate directly in the state apparatus , but that the relation between bourgeoisie and state is ‘ objective ’ . |
| 5 | In many historical accounts , it is stated that late ME [ a ] developed into [ ae ] in the early seventeenth century ( it does not matter here what date is cited ; what is important is simply that a relatively exact date is cited ) . |
| 6 | The only reason I like to use the lightest line possible is so that my tackle , and consequently the bait , will behave as naturally as possible . |
| 7 | What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience . |
| 8 | What is surprising is not that the rural past should be called up , but that the writer should invest it with the imaginative and emotional power that he does . |
| 9 | In the face of such obstacles , what is surprising is not that the movement for an alternative Government failed . |