Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [is] that a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 James 's aim is the psychological one of explaining how it is that a person is able to locate a stimulus on the surface of his body .
2 We have to produce some account of how it is that a belief can achieve this status and play this special role .
3 Neither of them was capable of searching out any fairy-tale kink in the more drab theories of evolution which might explain how it is that a frog taken ( however reluctantly ) into the soft bed of a princess can be changed overnight back into a prince .
4 Bumble-bees do not have advanced knowledge of aeronautical science , yet some extremely complicated maths is required to explain why it is that a bumble-bee can fly .
5 Could somebody please explain to me why it is that a project that was always highly speculative and which now looks like a near disaster should have been so profitable for investors ?
6 The appearance of a weaning-trauma in early agricultural cultures explains the paradox of why it is that a loss of the ideal mother — that is , a frustration — leads to an over-involvement with her .
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