Example sentences of "thing is that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the second thing is that repossessed houses very very quickly begin to look dirty and battered . |
| 2 | Perhaps the remarkable thing is that married women who are professionals in their own right have any children at all ; a high proportion certainly stay unmarried . |
| 3 | The surprising thing is that Russian companies choose to repatriate anything at all , officially . |
| 4 | ‘ The really worrying thing is that higher education is being regarded as a commodity for sale rather than something that we should invest in . |
| 5 | The thing is that two people this morning came to do their grave . |
| 6 | The worrying thing is that one of the Sunday papers said Leeds may renew their interest in ‘ Spit ’ junior after Gobber Ferguson had reduced his asking price . |
| 7 | As we know , exercise plays an important part in any diet/exercise routine , but the key thing is that all exercise is not the same . |
| 8 | ‘ The best thing is that all these features do not spoil the look of , or even dominate , the appearance of the house . |
| 9 | You you see the important thing is that that contract has to be done in front of the and so does the copy , so does the cheque so they 're all done on the spot . |
| 10 | They vary only very slightly across all six companies but the most common thing is that that we wo n't send people out |
| 11 | Paul remembers that the awful thing is that each time he never even felt carsick until after Ed threw up . |
| 12 | The thing is that many people are anti-Belfry , but we should n't be too thin-skinned because nowadays everything gets criticised . |
| 13 | And from one-eighth of head teachers came frustrations with education authorities : ‘ The surprising thing is that many teachers and schools cope so well , ’ said one . |
| 14 | From a theoretical point of view it does n't matter how long the game is ; the important thing is that neither player should know when the game is going to end . |
| 15 | The strange thing is that these bites are not difficult to hit once you have detected them . |
| 16 | The other thing is that these people have a really good handle on the EQ'ing process at the very end . |
| 17 | The only thing is that this text gives no reason to suppose that it also applied in cognitio . |
| 18 | Such is the fickle nature of teen tastes that the most predictable thing is that this year 's winner will be next year 's loser . |
| 19 | I do n't see the SAS stopping its campaigning until the sewage problem is completely dealt with — the good thing is that this is a problem that does have a solution . |
| 20 | The important thing is that this contract is incentive based , and the incentive for us is to achieve the productivity . |
| 21 | The most important thing is that next season Manchester City are in the First Division . ’ |
| 22 | The most important thing is that next season Manchester City are in the First Division . ’ |
| 23 | The interesting thing is that different people come up with very different ideas . |
| 24 | The funny thing is that more kids will now want to buy the record from the stores where it is actually available . |
| 25 | The funny thing is that more kids will now want to buy the record from the stores where it is actually available . |
| 26 | For as closer inspection shows , the significant thing is that common sense and the mystical are invoked by the Zande at different levels of interpretation . |
| 27 | ‘ The good thing is that both boys have had full medicals since we moved to America and the predicted height for both is in the region of 6′2″ to 6′ 3″ , in which case I 'll be very thankful because they 'll be too big for competitive racing . |
| 28 | I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people . |
| 29 | I did n't make friends easily , but the funny thing is that some of those I went to school with , and was n't so close to , have become good friends in later life . |
| 30 | ‘ The ironic thing is that those clubs are of no possible use to anyone else . |