Example sentences of "but [det] [is] precisely " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's precisely the problem — you never know where you stand with him . |
| 2 | But that 's precisely the problem because erm the definition which I would give to it is necessarily a definition which would preclude er regarding Mao 's party as a Marxist party but then other people would say that my definition was er itself controversial . |
| 3 | ‘ But that 's precisely why I did n't introduce you to Louis , ’ Nathan reminded her smoothly . |
| 4 | But that 's precisely the achievement of former children 's television presenter Peter Duncan in a brand new stage version of Erik the Viking starting its UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon . |
| 5 | But that is precisely what happens when we expect plants to live and thrive , not as nature intended , but on chemical fertilizers . |
| 6 | But that is precisely why the legend , once created , would become part of the folklore of scientific professionalism . |
| 7 | But that is precisely our aim . |
| 8 | But that is precisely what is needed , and it is disappointing that for this reason the government has drawn back from attempting reform . |
| 9 | Labour Members scoff , but that is precisely what the Leader of the Opposition said in the debate the other day . |
| 10 | But that is precisely the point : the boom would have been pulled up sharply if consumption had not grown fast enough , and rising wages were essential to that growth . |
| 11 | It is quite an achievement to upstage the assembled might of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Rattle , not to mention Maria Ewing as second soprano , but this is precisely what Barbara Bonney , standing in for an indisposed Lillian Watson , did . |
| 12 | But this is precisely what Mr Papandreou is doing . |
| 13 | But this is precisely the situation used in our telephone work , and the dialogues resulting from this are of a different nature . |
| 14 | The recent history of community care projects has not been encouraging ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 22 ) But this is precisely the sort of area to which research needs to be directed in the immediate future of relative demographic stability , because it is so crucial and because our ignorance of future patterns of demand is so great . |
| 15 | But this is precisely the type of assumption statistical calculations of age-related dependency ask us to make . |
| 16 | But this is precisely the kind of war least suited to either deterring or repelling regional aggressions . |
| 17 | But this is precisely what economic income is . |