Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whichever the case , things are so awry that God himself is afraid and immediately jumps to the conclusion that they mean to seize the power that properly belongs to him . |
| 2 | With regard to stereotyping , the justifiable objections are not only that males and females are depicted as occupying separate and ‘ traditional ’ spheres , but that the books present an over-exaggerated version of contemporary gender roles . |
| 3 | With such facts in mind , the preference utilitarian may suggest that our aim should be not just that people should somehow have as much subjective experience as possible of the kinds they most prefer , but that as much as possible of what they would like to have happen should happen . |
| 4 | More often Hanka Zborowska switched the lights off and they pretended to be out so that Modigliani would not come up and ask for an advance on the next day 's work . |
| 5 | It is only rarely that places become the heroes of operas , yet such is the case of Peter Grimes . |
| 6 | The Created God can have existence only in the minds of men , for it is only there that things without material substance can exist , and are therefore spiritual . |
| 7 | It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny . |
| 8 | However , it is only now that Richard Thompson has uncovered what appears to be the engram for a specific memory . |
| 9 | For it is only now that reason returns to me : she 's putting it on , you know she can do it . |
| 10 | It is only then that schools can explore whether there are any patterns to pupils ' absence . |
| 11 | It is only recently that Elizabeth and Helen have had the benefit of a full-time manager whose job is to provide support , supervision and leadership to staff working in their home . |
| 12 | ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’ |
| 13 | It is only recently that feminists have come to realise how many other changes are needed if women are to share power with men and have recognised that the gender order must change , with men undertaking ‘ women 's work ’ as much as women entering the men 's public domain . |
| 14 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 15 | Finally , it is not just that women are invisible , but that gender itself is . |
| 16 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 17 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 18 | It is not just that politicians speak with forked tongues . |
| 19 | It is not simply that cases of public library censorship appear to be on the increase ( although there is no substantial evidence to confirm this ) , but that the question of determining what is and is not censorship can be so time-consuming . |
| 20 | But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence . |
| 21 | Moreover , that assumption was to some extent reinforced by the official ideology of The Green Book : it is not simply that parties were forbidden and elections arranged in such a way that people had no policy grounds for voting one way or another . |
| 22 | It is not simply that comparisons and choices have to be made ; for computers can sometimes do that . |
| 23 | It is not merely that Mansell is Britain 's leading driver — no other Briton has won a Grand Prix for nine years — but that he is someone fans can identify with . |
| 24 | The point is not merely that decisions about the day to day operation of the business or even long-term strategy have been taken out of the shareholders ' hands — this is the intended , central advantage of the corporate form — but that the shareholders are no longer able to shape the purpose for which the business is run , that is , they are unable to oblige management to maximise profits . |
| 25 | It is not merely that classics are ambiguous ; it is also that ambiguous texts are more available for the debate which elevates literature to classic status . |
| 26 | It is not often that Britain can claim a first in the field of sports science , but this research is breaking new ground . |
| 27 | It is not often that secateurs or the knife is proven to be the carrier of infection ; of course , if you know you are working on infected wood , it is only common sense to disinfect your tools with Lysol or a similar substance before moving on to plants that are clean . |
| 28 | The reason we have a hierarchical organization of work is not only that tasks occur in lower and higher degrees of complexity — which is obvious — but also that there are sharp discontinuities in complexity that separate tasks into a series of steps or categories — which is not so obvious . |
| 29 | It is not only that homeowners need the increase to allow them to move and to restore the equity which they invested ; lenders need an appreciation to restore the security on their fragile loan books . |
| 30 | It might be argued that a tacit assumption of research which examines girls ' 'failure' in science is not only that girls are inadequate-not measuring up to the standard of boys — but also that maths , physics and chemistry are more difficult and more important than English , languages , history and biology . |