Tom is not _______ he was in the situation _______ he was pessimistic.

 One reason for her preference for city life is _______ she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants. 

 —I'll ask the teacher about the attributive clause. I'm very puzzled about it.—That's just ________ most of our classmates have doubt.

You said boys were cleverer than girls. That is _____ I disagree.

Mo Yan, this year’s Nobel Prize winner in Literature, believes reading is ______ first stirred his imagination and gave him a way with words.