Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] that a " in BNC.
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1 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
2 | It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa . |
3 | It is simply that a permissive culture which makes increasingly fewer demands on the egos and superegos of its citizens where self-restraint , postponement of gratification and drive-inhibition in general are concerned must — unless it is to dissolve in anarchy — abrogate those restraining , controlling and inhibiting functions to itself and to its agencies of social control . |
4 | It is not that a major shift is suddenly taking place , although the stock market crash of October 1987 did make people feel as if the ground was unexpectedly moving beneath them . |
5 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
6 | But for a handful of obvious reasons , Lewis does not draw a picture of ‘ the whole man ’ in Surprised by Joy It is partly that a natural reticence made him draw a veil over the two greatest facts of his emotional history : his relationships with his father and Mrs Moore . |
7 | It is here that a massive scoreboard confronts the players , the numbers changed slowly , tantalisingly , by hand . |
8 | It is here that a true designing system will be based and will grow from an understanding of the conceptual activities , how they are developed and controlled . |
9 | IT IS HERE THAT A CITY AND ITS PEOPLE POSSESSED A PART OF MY SPIRIT . |
10 | It is here that a city and its people possessed a part of my spirit . |
11 | It is here that an anthropological observing participation comes into its own , for in living with the semantics of the system the analyst has the potential to undertake a rarely used method of social research . |
12 | It is here that an individual anthropomorphic interpretation of each animal enters the process and overlays generalised documentation . |
13 | It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the same theme . |
14 | … it is seldom that an appeal from its decision will lie . |
15 | It is enough that a project satisfy the purpose of ‘ the advancement of knowledge in biological or behavioural sciences , ( section 5.3(d) ) , although the applicant must then justify the necessity of using animals at all ( 5.5 ) , and in specific terms if the use of larger mammals is proposed ( 5.6 ) . |
16 | It is then that a conflict of interests may arise . |
17 | It is then that a crisis of autonomy can be most nearly identified with a crisis of identity , and can be seen in many an act of teenage rebellion . |
18 | It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy . |