Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What her story clearly shows is that Bart 's is no ancient , crumbling institution with empty beds . |
| 2 | Another criticism generally expressed was that headhunters , having approached a candidate and then been turned down , did not hesitate to make the most of the contact they had made despite the rejection and go on to ask , ‘ Well , can you recommend someone who would be interested ? ’ |
| 3 | Again , in erm , in animal populations what studies of sexual behaviour actually shows is that individuals are not reproducing the species for the benefit of the species , they 're reproducing themselves and their own genes as fast as they possibly can , given whatever other constraints may be operating . |
| 4 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 5 | But what the example also indicates is that Goody 's claims for the consequences of Greek literacy , for all the qualifications that he and Watt make , do lay themselves open to more general and misleading applications . |
| 6 | The answer sometimes given is that murderers should be treated differently because they are particularly dangerous : anyone who chooses to kill once can choose to kill again . |