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I want to convert the following sentence into 強調構文 (~のは~です) with emphasis on
the bolded part.

> 強く雨が降っていたので、 **試合は延期された** 。

I’m not sure how to do it to the second half of the sentence due to the ので.

I know if I wanted the emphasis on the first half of the sentence, then it is
試合が延期されたのは、強く雨が降っていたからだ。but how do I put the emphasis on the 試合は延期された? Thanks!
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Converting sentence to 強調構文
Basically, [a cleft sentence](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/19208/5010)
is used to emphasize something _other than the main predicate_ , by turning it
into the main predicate. For example, from 私は今日彼にプレゼントをあげる, you can make cleft
sentences that focus on 私(は), 今日, 彼(に) or プレゼント(を), by moving them at the end
of the sentence:

  * 今日彼にプレゼントをあげるのは私だ。
  * 私が彼にプレゼントをあげるのは今日だ。
  * 今日私がプレゼントをあげるのは彼だ。
  * 今日私が彼にあげるのはプレゼントだ。

However, you cannot easily emphasize あげる with this pattern because it is
already at the end of the sentence! Likewise, since 延期された is a main predicate
that is already at the end of the sentence, it's hard to emphasize it with
this pattern. (It's possible to emphasize 試合が alone; 強く雨が降っていたので延期されたのは試合だ。
"It's the game that was postponed due to the heavy rain.")

Still, you can work around this by using a nominalizer and adding another verb
such as する, やる or 起こる:

  * 強く雨が降っていたために起こったのは、試合が延期されたということだ。  
What happened because of the heavy rain is that the game was postponed.

  * 私が今日やることは、彼にプレゼントをあげることだ。  
What I will do today is to give him a present.
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