Example sentences of "thing [is] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Sure they miss the money , but one of the most important things is that they miss the buzz .
2 One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong .
3 ‘ The saddest thing is that we 've been persuaded that true travellers know how to haggle .
4 I know , so I mean the thing is that we 've always said have n't ya as long as you can sort of get 'em down
5 ‘ The worst thing is that we get no information about what is going on ’ , he says .
6 The important thing is that we go onstage feeling like a unit , rather than a bunch of individuals who happen to be playing in the same key . ’
7 ‘ You do n't realize , ’ says Myra , Michael 's wife , from the far end of the sofa , ‘ the fantastic thing is that we went through all this scene twenty minutes ago , in the car on the way here .
8 One good thing is that we communicate with each other .
9 ‘ But the positive thing is that we did win our last home game and it was a big one .
10 Do n't let it slip straight away , I mean That was annoying thing is that we did n't deserve to lose three one really , I mean
11 You may agree or disagree with these decisions ; the important thing is that we learn to appreciate the influence that the grammatical system of a language has on the way events are presented in that language .
12 There is n't , you know , there is n't one thing is that we need to , with the short-term programmes we did n't do it work out the financial we need to go one stage further identify where the labour is
13 You see the thing is that we want the economy to pick up .
14 I think the important thing is that we do establish with the other professionals within the school a real understanding about what we are trying to achieve , an agreement and , as far as possible , a sharing of values between us as to what we are trying to achieve with these youngsters .
15 This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously .
16 Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest .
17 ‘ But one thing is that we have a meeting at 1pm at Nelson 's cottage .
18 The main thing is that we have now completed over forty films .
19 ‘ The fundamental thing is that we have come away from true asset finance , ’ said Tony Foley , director of Leaseplan , which has a portfolio of £60m in asset finance plus a further £150m in vehicle leasing .
20 The main thing is that we have a comprehensive plan , now and for the future .
21 ’ The main thing is that we have no choice .
22 The more unfortunate thing is that we have a much better midfielder for the subs bench in Hodge , who can come on and is lively , aswell as likely to score a goal .
23 Mr Wilson said : ‘ The most pleasing thing is that we attract people to activities here who do n't necessarily have anything to do with the Baptist church . ’
24 The only important thing is that we play as a team and that we win .
25 Erm , yeah the important thing is that they know .
26 The other thing is that they have a general idea of what Osman wants so they do n't bother about instructions , they just go out and do it . ’
27 The thing is that they do not seem to touch .
28 ’ The important thing is that they understand what they are comming into .
29 ’ The important thing is that they understand what they are comming into .
30 The other strange thing is that they look happy all the time .
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