Example sentences of "[prep] this [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of going about this is to invite people at a staff meeting or training day to : |
| 2 | What 's good about this is that it does n't take too much time . |
| 3 | What 's even more special about this is that Lindsey 's back with us too . ’ |
| 4 | What the early Church believed about this is quite clear . |
| 5 | What is interesting about this is that they clearly do not know the history of the form ; they are unaware that the rule was made so rigidly in the first place to suit the whims of anti-feminists . |
| 6 | What is strange about this is that phonemes are no more than elements of meaning but kinship terms also represent real relationships lived by people . |
| 7 | I do n't mind whether I 'm English or Irish , but the thing about this is that as I was there till I was about fifteen or sixteen , it rubbed off on me a lot the whole atmosphere of Ireland . |
| 8 | The most startling thing about this is the fact that the crisis in publishing is taking place against a background of an almost limitless book market . |
| 9 | What is frustrating about this is that the ‘ canon ’ apparently consists of works of universal and immutable value ; anyone who suggests adapting it to include , say , more female writers , is open to accusations of being ‘ political ’ . |
| 10 | What is so interesting about this is the way in which it both resembles , and differs from , Kuhn 's account of changes in ‘ paradigm ’ . |
| 11 | What is problematic about this is the common assumption that it is caused by , and in turn indicates , some relationship of efficiency between the object and its use , such that this is the prime reason for its particular form , being either the natural outcome of adaptation , or the product of deliberate design processes for industrial goods . |
| 12 | What is most alarming about this is not its inappropriate survivalist tone , the crudity with which racial identity is conceived nor even the sad inability to see beyond the conservation of racial identities to possibility of their transcendence . |
| 13 | Now do n't worry about this is it going do you think it 's going a bit quickly ? |
| 14 | What 's bad about this is that they do n't take drugs — they 've never touched them — but they want to sell them . |
| 15 | No , all that 's strange about this is that those two ever came to touch hands at any point . |
| 16 | THE FIRST thing you notice about this is that the CD package is upside down . |
| 17 | Well the thing is , the interesting thing about this is of course is what we 're actually dealing with is not erm well in a sense er not , not erm your actual preference , which according to the erm theory is unchangeable . |
| 18 | And my own feeling about this is that we do have to move more to planned expansion . |
| 19 | But the most surprising fact about this is that all these events took place during the deposition of a single graptolite zone . |
| 20 | Information about this is provided on page 6 . |
| 21 | The other good thing about this is the recession through it . |
| 22 | How they go about this is entirely up to them . |
| 23 | Another one of the most er interesting bits of evidence about this is the rate of fraternal twinning . |
| 24 | Okay well the only thing about this is and we 're going to send this to you and er you take it out and get Rita 's address . |
| 25 | My concern about this is that I do n't see how a view can be taken at a strategic level on something which ultimately can be only ascertained on a site specific basis . |
| 26 | THE FIRST thing you notice about this is that the CD package is upside down . |
| 27 | What about this is the more worrying one is n't it ? |
| 28 | I think maybe that 's right on some occasions , but the thing about this is that very much depends where we are and what situation we 're in and we may actually choose to use one of the other types of behaviour . |
| 29 | Well we welcome the latter part of your comment , I was going to make a wisecrack about this is our idea of getting back to basics , family values , but I do n't want , I 'm going to stay out of it . |
| 30 | One abstract way of thinking about this is to think of a pragmatic theory as a " black box " ( an as yet unexplicated mechanism ) , and to ask : what should be the input to such a theory , and what should be the output ( or : what is the theory meant to predict , given what particular information ) ? |