Example sentences of "[adj -est] thing [is] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The saddest thing is that we 've been persuaded that true travellers know how to haggle . |
| 2 | ‘ The worst thing is that we get no information about what is going on ’ , he says . |
| 3 | An' like the worst thing is that y' know the people who are like supposed to represent the people on our estate , y' know the Daily Mirror an' The Sun , an ITV an' the Unions , what are they tellin' people to do ? |
| 4 | ‘ The nicest thing is that you consider me intelligent . |
| 5 | The funniest thing is that they are all as frightened as one another , but nobody can break the chain . |
| 6 | and the best thing is that nobody 's doing it , everybody 's doing cabaret spots along the line jokes and stuff like that , but nobody 's not doing cabaret spots with trumpets |
| 7 | And Anna Freud 's conclusion is , that all children will experience anxiety , but what they experience anxiety about will , will vary , and clearly the best thing is that they experience anxiety about things that are important and are real , rather than anxiety about things that are unimportant and unreal . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps the best thing is that he is reacting to noises and the sound of his name . |
| 9 | Well we 've actually turned away I think that the best thing is that you er that the three er obviously there 's . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sure , but the best thing is if I know everything , then I can judge how much has to be said to Mother Clare . ’ |
| 11 | It 's easier , it 's the easiest thing is when there is n't a number in sight , when it 's all letters . |
| 12 | The easiest thing is if you can just remember one . |