Example sentences of "is [adv] that [det] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense is rather that this is how man 's lot came to be , and he should accept it . |
| 2 | The point is only that this is as a direct result of the accounting method adopted rather than any policy decision . |
| 3 | The surpising thing is not that this is happening now , but rather that it was staved off for so long . |
| 4 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
| 5 | But the word is out that this is Claudio Chiappucci 's year . |