Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What matters is that a limitation has been set ; and now if a child brings out a gun , a knife , a rope ladder or even a box of matches you can check with the list and then either stay in role and say " You may have meant to bring that rope ladder , but it 's not here " , or come out of role and discuss the agreed rules of the drama , one of which is perhaps that in this drama there is no recourse to magic . |
| 2 | It 's simply that on even the sunniest days you are unlikely to meet other walkers in the sorts of numbers typical elsewhere . |
| 3 | It 's just that at the time it all seemed so beautiful and important , it was like some kind of historical event . |
| 4 | No , I did n't mean that , it 's just that on the telly you look so … so … ’ |
| 5 | It 's just that after four long , very long , years , a little light seems at last to be discernible through the gloom . |
| 6 | It 's just that until now , their efforts have been pretty much restricted to the dreary business of pointing out female ‘ sexism ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that in life we believe in doing what you want to do . |
| 8 | It 's just that in these times … ’ |
| 9 | It is simply that at one time the ooze covering the sea floor contained shells of animals — and before that did not . |
| 10 | It is not that on the borders of logic there is a loose form called argument from analogy , but that all thinking starts from a spontaneous discrimination of the like and the unlike , and tendency to group the similar in categories and expect similar consequences from similar conditions . |
| 11 | It is not that in desperate circumstances we discover ourselves to be natural egoists and throw off moral restraints , it is rather that morality no longer applies . |
| 12 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 13 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
| 14 | It is just that in Scotland it is far more obvious . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is just that after much brainwork in Rome I have thought to give myself a little holiday on this famous Capri Island . ’ |
| 16 | If God had so wished , he most certainly could have created duplicate worlds ; it is only that in so doing God would have acted without a sufficient reason , and this would be contrary to his nature . |
| 17 | It is only that by doing so , the accounts are reflecting the economic reality more closely . |