Example sentences of "[adv] [be] the [adj] story " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , this can not be the complete story , because some owners have observed that their pets ' daily intake is not always the same . |
| 2 | But it can not be the whole story . |
| 3 | Yes , but again this can not be the whole story because sometimes the food in question is identical to the previous meal , which was consumed greedily . |
| 4 | But this can not be the whole story , for David Rhodes and others have discovered that this communication can even take place from tree to tree , where there is no root or other physical contact . |
| 5 | But Lakoff 's particular academic training can not be the whole story . |
| 6 | But atavism can not be the whole story . |
| 7 | Although this might sometimes occur in discourse , and van Dijk 's own data reveal the complexity of racial discourse , it can not be the full story . |
| 8 | It really is the old story of the doctor and patient falling in love , is n't it ? |
| 9 | And what we tell here may not even be the whole story . |
| 10 | It may well be the same story that has come down in two different strands of tradition . |
| 11 | I knew that what she told me could n't be the whole story . |
| 12 | Here 's the full story now beginning at the Baseball Ground . |
| 13 | Here is the sad story of the initiation of a new dealer at Eyas Securities who for the purposes of this book shall be called Sandra . |
| 14 | Here is the rich story of the social history of one of Britain 's most important sports . |
| 15 | The only thing of real interest Blufton had passed on was the intriguing story — and the sergeant was less sceptical now — of Mafia drug smuggling . |