Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] is the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is particularly significant about this passage is the strength of conviction the teacher demonstrates that this kind of informal assessment is right because it provides the maximum amount of feedback to all concerned , and furthermore is an integral part of the learning process , and not , as so often happens , an adjunct to it . |
| 2 | ( 7 ) so can he , but the main point about this system is the strain it puts on the other players |
| 3 | The only slight quibble about this book is the price , a stiff FFr950 . |
| 4 | The really unbelievable thing about this book is the power of imagination which gave rise to it . |
| 5 | One of the best things about this game is the fact that there 's only one level ; no annoying multiload . |
| 6 | What is interesting about this disc is the way in which Padilla , presumably familiar with the polyphonic style of his peers , including that of Victoria , crossed the Atlantic at a time of considerable change in European music only to uphold and preserve the traditions of Spain 's musical heritage . |
| 7 | ‘ The great thing about this job is the challenge . |
| 8 | What is interesting about this view is the fact that despite the subversion of democracy outlined , most pluralist writers maintain an abiding faith in the ultimate democratic nature of the American political system . |
| 9 | A further problem about this role is the criteria by which we evaluate the information and material . |
| 10 | [ what is ] apparent during this period is the bewilderment and confusion of many sections of the liberal intelligentsia in grappling with the immigration issue at the same time as they had difficulties in understanding the new elements of youth culture brought on by the emergence of what was in popular parlance being termed an ‘ affluent society ’ . |
| 11 | Another organisation whose concerns and objectives have changed and broadened during this period is the Order of Christian Unity ( OCU ) . |
| 12 | The reason for this fall is the fact that romantic love can not be sustained without an underlying friendship . |
| 13 | The precedent for this approach is the work done on vision by the psychologist James Gibson , from the 1950s onwards . |
| 14 | The appropriate unit for this purpose is the lexeme : a dictionary contains ( among other things ) an alphabetical list of the lexemes of a language . |
| 15 | BRITAIN 'S projected £20bn trade deficit for this year is the market 's ‘ definitive judgement ’ on a decade of Tory government , Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman told the conference yesterday , writes Judy Jones . |
| 16 | The target area for this blow is the face . |
| 17 | The crucial point for this country is the link between the present ERM bands and British interest rates . |
| 18 | A major factor accounting for this development is the absence of legal aid for representation before tribunals . |
| 19 | There is no military-industrial complex because to define the enhanced role of the military in this way is to assume that the reason for this development is the desire of the military and industry to work together . |
| 20 | The subject for this painting is the yacht marina at Vilamoura , in Portugal 's Algarve . |
| 21 | The seventy two million erm for this Committee is the labour that would involve roughly er nett savings of about one million er pounds because we and no doubt all the routes of course have to look at the social budget and where their priorities are and in order for us to er do other things perhaps indication in relation to and also will provide primary school er budgets . |
| 22 | One of the consequences he claims for this theory is the disappearance of ideas ‘ to the precise extent that it has emerged that their existence is inscribed in the actions of practices governed by rituals defined in the last instance by an ideological apparatus ’ ( Althusser 1971 : 159 ) . |
| 23 | The data for this analysis is the set of project budgets as shown in Table 3.5 . |
| 24 | the data for this analysis is the set of project budgets as shown in Table 3.5 . |
| 25 | Of more immediate interest for this study is the fact that this way of regarding the infinitive throws new light on uses such as ( 1 ) discussed above . |
| 26 | The main contractor for this study is the Department of the Environment . |
| 27 | SOLUTION The equation for this reaction is The equation above shows that , assuming 100% conversion , one mole of C6H6 produces one mole of C6H5Br Thus |
| 28 | The main proof Van Laue offers for this argument is the polarisation of society between global conflict and a backward society that made a liberal constitution impossible . |
| 29 | In some of the seated some play is made with clinging and hanging stuff , but the principal vehicle for this interest is the standing figure . |
| 30 | A principal reason for this interest is the failure of rule-based linguistics to produce a general purpose , intelligent language processor capable of adequately performing a number of rather basic linguistic tasks ( e.g. taking down unrestricted text , non-robotic reading aloud , making a precis of a text ) ( Sharman , 1990 ) . |