Example sentences of "[subord] that is [det] " in BNC.

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1 So you will have Miss Blagden to thank and now I suppose that since I am useless to you I will not hear from you again which will not grieve me if that is all I am good for .
2 They may feel at the time very sincere about their forgiveness but if that is all that happens the old feelings of misunderstanding and bitterness can swiftly recur .
3 If that is all , Commander , perhaps you would like to see my daughter-in-law now .
4 If that is all we see , we miss the point .
5 Oh , if that is all monsieur and madame wish , would they be seated ?
6 " If that is all … "
7 If that is all I will say goodbye to you . ’
8 It is a waste of money if that is all they do .
9 ‘ Well , if that is all your ladyship desires … ’
10 If that is all , he can change his mind and use those goods in performance of some other contract and use some other goods in performance of this contract . ’
11 If that is all they have to say , if they can only attack Labour , it is a sad summation of 13 years in power .
12 A woman is more likely to be put off by a polished performer , if that is all he has to offer .
13 If that is all you 've got even with a double lock , locking action it is very easy to open up .
14 I 'm not sure if that is this .
15 We shall have four-yearly conventions … you can drop your resolutions and buy balloons ; because that is all you will be able to release when you come to these conventions . ’
16 They buy them because that is all there is .
17 Or are they no more than generalized exhortations , the playthings of ethicists , who love to pontificate , because that is all they are good for ?
18 ‘ That , ’ said Lady Agnes , rising to her feet , ‘ is all I can tell you because that is all I know .
19 However , we should n't grumble , because that is all that we get with many other plants , and at least the reason of interest and attraction is extended by colourful fruits ( hips ) in autumn .
20 Surely one does not spend one 's life as a biblical scholar reinterpreting the tradition because that is all that can be done in view of the fact that , like it or not , we live within this trajectory ?
21 The WYSIWYG that word processors offer has always been based around monospaced fonts because that is all that the computer and printer have been able to cope with .
22 That 'll be a major achievement when that is all sorted out .
23 Years of hard use , however , have taken their toll and my detector that at one time was new and gleaming from the factory , now looks like an advert for adhesive tape , for that is all that holds it together .
24 He is lucky that he confessed his action before we discovered it , for that is all that has saved his life . ’
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