Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It is not that such agendas are unresponsive to data but they are not responsive by way of direct testing . |
3 | It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |