Example sentences of "it is [adv] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , language , through abstraction , is a much more efficient form or communication and possesses much more control over its interpretation , and it is rather that this difference in evocation is less likely to be evident in artefactual symbolism than in linguistic symbolism . |
| 2 | When they decide on a particular form of credit , their decision commonly has nothing to do with cost : it is simply that that form of credit is almost automatically part of the buying process that they 're used to . |
| 3 | One 's reason for doubt lies not merely in the way selection is made : it is simply that those selected have to be very independent indeed to withstand or divert the direction pushed by permanent staff , all of whom seem already to be behaving with unwonted circumspection . |
| 4 | It is simply that these conflicts , which once would have been more or less wholly contained within the personality , are now becoming externalized and , indeed , are transforming society . |
| 5 | It is not that that he needs , but forgiveness . |
| 6 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
| 7 | If I use the analogy of women 's fashion , it is not that all the women in the western world suddenly decided one morning to cut a foot or more off all their dresses and to appear to a shocked and/or delighted male world in mini-skirts . |
| 8 | It is not that such a fuel can not be produced , so much as the scale of production required . |
| 9 | It is not that such people are necessarily ‘ inadequate ’ , but that they feel themselves to be inadequate . |
| 10 | It is not that such agendas are unresponsive to data but they are not responsive by way of direct testing . |
| 11 | It is not that one part of Solidarity supports the free-market experiment and another does n't . |
| 12 | It is not that most of the people of southern Ireland are supportive or even tolerant of the terrorists . |
| 13 | It is not that these initiatives do not contain good educational practice which is being criticised here ( for they do ) , but rather the way in which they are seen by some as panaceas which can succeed without full professional involvement . |
| 14 | It is not that these judgements should not be made , but that where subjective judgements are made by the teacher she should be aware that this is so and be prepared , not only to give reasons for her judgements , but also to be sufficiently flexible to change them in the light of particular circumstances . |
| 15 | It is not that these writers were necessarily against the idea of a science of society , but they did argue that the idea and practice of social science is not as straightforward as positivism would have us believe . |
| 16 | It is not that these issues are being dismissed in terms of their general abstract importance as a way of getting to grips with capitalism as a system . |
| 17 | It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are . |
| 18 | Judge Donald Herrod added : ‘ This is a very dramatic turn of events and it is right that this prosecution should not continue . ’ |
| 19 | For it is here that all our strength lies , the last certainty that light may survive in darkness . |
| 20 | It is here that all his shortcomings in stance , timing , speed , imagination of movement and fight strategy are highlighted . |
| 21 | All connections to the tablet are at the rear and it is here that one of the differences between Touchmaster and its rivals become obvious . |
| 22 | It is here that each year graduating students resplendent in academic dress gather with their families and colleagues in attendance to receive their hard-won degrees . |
| 23 | It is here that any given expenditure will produce the greatest environmental benefit . |
| 24 | It is here that some of the thorniest decisions arise about choice and independence . |
| 25 | It is n't that all the matter in the Universe started off from one particular point in space and then kept on expanding into the rest of the space . |
| 26 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 27 | It is also that those working within those other information- ( or knowledge- ) based areas have ambitions to command the heights too ! ( e.g. from the accounting area [ Estrin ( 1987 ) ] ) . |
| 28 | I d I do n't mean that 's er er a terribly difficult thing but it is just that that does have to happen . |
| 29 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |
| 30 | It is just that some days , and at some times , often in the early hours of the morning , sometimes this is what it feels like ; sometimes it gets me too . |