Example sentences of "thing is that [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ The thing is that most of us were good friends , many of us still are . |
| 4 | The sad thing is that most of us have never considered the humble potato as a precious gift from nature — so how about a run down of its amazing , exotic origins on the back of crisp packets ? |
| 5 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |