Example sentences of "[noun sg] to this [noun] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.40 What adds additional force to this argument is that under the Rules of the Supreme Court writs can be renewed only for a good or sufficient reason ( see Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Barbrak Ltd , " The Myrto " ( No 3 ) [ 1987 ] AC 597 ) . |
| 2 | The obvious reply to this argument is that we need a reason to accept a decision reached behind this veil of ignorance , and the claim that no decision would be reached behind a differently constructed veil of ignorance is not such a reason unless it has already been shown , as it has not in fact , that we are bound by the results of some veil of ignorance , whatever it may be . |
| 3 | The key to this paradox is that they were talking about different kinds of capitalists . |
| 4 | An alternative to this view is that corporate managers use their expertise to help define and implement the broad purpose of the organization , which is assumed to be that of furthering the public interest . |
| 5 | An alternative to this view is that identification does not begin until an entire word has been heard , so that only one word detector is activated for each word . |
| 6 | The twist to this story is that it was only when the gods lost patience and threatened to draw a veil of darkness across the proceedings , leaving me stranded high and wet ( and rather chilled ) on one of the most rugged landscapes in the land , that I at last took the chance and accepted the offer that had been proffered . |
| 7 | The interesting twist to this issue is that it was Japan , clearly now a First World country , and in the opinion of many now the most dynamic economic power , that was often identified in the United States and in Europe , as the worst offender , with the four East Asian NICs not far behind . |
| 8 | The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan . |
| 9 | The general conclusion to this paragraph is as follows . |
| 10 | One reaction to this style is that it is merely game-playing , and rather tedious at that . |
| 11 | A drawback to this response is that merely bearing a desirable attribute in mind does not necessarily remove the problem . |
| 12 | The drawback to this claim is that the defendant ( usually the manufacturer ) must lie shown to have been negligent . |
| 13 | The major drawback to this method is that it can be very time-consuming sorting through the piles when you start a new picture . |
| 14 | ‘ The material facts of the case which give rise to this reference are as follows . |
| 15 | The response to this call was and has continued to be overwhelming . |
| 16 | I think the most commonsense response to this objection is as follows : whatever may be the theoretical case about competing interpretations of low-level code in the machine , we need to remind ourselves that , if this machine is ‘ paying tax refunds ’ , as opposed to ‘ directing missiles ’ , then it is actually printing large rolls of cheques at its peripheral devices . |
| 17 | The background to this inquiry was that all students doing so studies as a supplementary study have to produce a project whit assessed by Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 18 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |
| 19 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 20 | One possible answer to this question is that in practice firms may apply a rule-of-thumb pricing method and then use a trial-and-error technique over time to close in on the price and output combination which achieves the chosen objective . |
| 21 | The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work . |
| 22 | A straightforward answer to this question is that the function of research is to explain how and why things happen . |
| 23 | The simple answer to this question is that there may be lots of ways in which anxiety may develop . |
| 24 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 25 | The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport . |
| 26 | But the answer to this riddle is that they have a receptor , most probably in the brain , that enables light detection to bypass normal , ocular channels . |
| 27 | The short answer to this submission is that at the outset the Board of Review , in stating the issue for their decision , addressed themselves to the wrong question and in their consideration of the facts failed to apply the principles of law stated by Atkin L.J . |
| 28 | 5.10.3 Not to use the Premises as sleeping accommodation or for residential purposes nor keep any animal fish reptile or bird anywhere on the Premises A tenant would find it difficult to resist a covenant against nuisance and the only objection to this clause is whether there should be a restriction against using the premises for a sale by auction . |
| 29 | The obvious objection to this ploy is that whereas babies , soon to be crossing the language barrier without let or hindrance , have the potential to develop into normal autonomous persons , even the highest animals do not . |
| 30 | Brooke-Rose 's main objection to this model is that Greimas follows Lévi-Strauss in making of woman a silenced object of exchange whose signified has been repressed ( ravished ) into the unconscious ( elsewhere ) . |