Example sentences of "that is [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is partly because the editors have not included anything on the ‘ mainstream ’ alternatives to the tokamak — stellarators and tandem mirrors for example As the title says , the book is devoted to unconventional approaches — some would use the word ‘ eccentric ’ — to fusion . |
| 2 | That is partly because Mr Major still needs a theme . |
| 3 | That is partly because of the third and biggest failing : lack of leadership . |
| 4 | That is largely because responsibilities are too widely dispersed , among such organisations as the stock exchange , the Serious Fraud Office , the Crown Prosecution Service , the trade department and the SIB . |
| 5 | That is largely because of persistent problems in its chemicals business . |
| 6 | That is largely because of the dedication of the staff and the increased resources provided by this Government . |
| 7 | " Do you know , Dida — that ceiling is the first part of Portugal I 've seen that is just as I imagined it . " |
| 8 | That is both because bombing does not always make the victims knuckle under — sometimes it can stiffen their resolve — and because it would be hard knowing what to bomb . |
| 9 | If he seems to have had a foot in the door for an awfully long time then that is probably because he made his debut as an 18–year-old during the Dermot Reeve era . |
| 10 | If you delay the answering of letters , of course that creates more letters chasing up the first ones and that is again where you are getting your priorities wrong , admittedly on a very small items . |
| 11 | An artist can never have seen too much , read too much , and even if the time is right for a fallow period , then that is exactly when it is also right to go out and see , read , feel , as deeply as possible . |
| 12 | That is simply because it has to be that low if some of these houses are to be considered habitable at all , and if others are to be inhabited by two , or often by three , families at the same time . |
| 13 | well meaning people but I mean the reason they 're saying that is simply because they do n't like what they 're doing full stop . |
| 14 | I suspect that is merely because I have always been able to anticipate when a fox is likely to be present as the result of scent , footprints and tell-tale evidence around the burrow mouth . |
| 15 | It is rare for such declarations to be made — but that is usually because people have n't given any thought as to how best to behave and therefore have nothing to declare . |
| 16 | That is only if stage one of the Labour party 's proposals are implemented ; it does not take into account the effect of stage two . |
| 17 | Our opponents say we do cause such disturbance but I suspect that is only that is only because they see all canoeists as a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters . |
| 18 | That is only because supplies of Thunderbirds did not arrive in Britain quickly enough to satisfy demand , according to toy experts . |
| 19 | If we may find this incongruous , that is only because we live in an age of collapsed hierarchies in which painters and sculptors are liable to be more highly regarded than their patrons or even their sitters . |
| 20 | Sometimes the women say she is a saint , but that is only because she has kept me here , and they do not like her . |
| 21 | Nothing can be more daunting for a beginner than to step up and smash his fist or foot through a neatly arranged stack of wood or tiles , but that is only because his mind constructs a barrier . |
| 22 | You need to make a conscious effort especially to get the tune right — at the beginning you will probably feel that you sound strange and maybe affected , but that is only because the intonation patterns are new to you . |
| 23 | Yeah er if you , what was on tonight was er on the , there was a T V programme on tonight called What the Papers Say and the editor Alistaire Campbell was on tonight , he is actually quite left-wing and this paper will , is actually quite vehement about the government , much more than the Sun would ever be , it 's quite interesting , yet that is owned by Murdoch , but I have to say that I think that is only because Murdoch is n't liked in that way since to have |
| 24 | Townsend leads a team which shows only one change from the side that beat Lithuania 1-0 in Vilnius in June and that is only because centre half Paul McGrath is suspended . |
| 25 | ‘ He is mischief-making on behalf of Tucker but that is only because King likes to hear himself talk , ’ said the champion , who is both personable and articulate . |
| 26 | I still think I am the more domineering , but that is only because she is so polite + generally does n't put up a fight ! ( or used not to ! ) |
| 27 | that that is only because I 'm a Conservative ! |
| 28 | OUR family lives in a cottage in Scarisbrick ( pronounced Scazebrick ) that is more than 100 years old . |
| 29 | That is more than one might find in Holland , for example , but is it actually too many ? |
| 30 | That is essentially because of the change in labour relations and the encouragement that has been given for employers and the work force to work together . |