Example sentences of "precisely [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That principle dictated the choice as the Prime Minister 's successor of a leading figure in the party , but it did not indicate precisely who the appointee should be when the Conservative party was in office and there were competing claimants for the succession . |
| 2 | Precisely what the taxpayer got in return is less easily quantified . |
| 3 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 4 | Mr. Malone claimed that to be ‘ precisely what the government is doing — getting it patient and doctor led ’ , with reforms seeing ‘ services being delivered at recognised costs ’ . |
| 5 | Under the objective of letting ‘ the children grow tall ’ , that is precisely what the Government has achieved with respect to the distribution of income and wealth , and in the provision of state and private welfare . |
| 6 | Only the user can make this decision ; here are some simple guidelines which should help : Before even considering which computer to buy or whether to use a bureau , it is important to define precisely what the system must do . |
| 7 | For Constantine , in short , the Messiah was precisely what the Messiah had been for Jews in Palestine at the dawn of the Christian era — a ruler , a sovereign , a warrior leader like David and Solomon , who reigned wisely over a temporal realm , established unity in his domains , consolidated a nation and people with divine sanction to support him . |
| 8 | This is precisely what the Union has gone some way to doing with its appointment of Glen Ball , Leighton Davies and John Perkins — respectively Neath manager , Maesteg coach and Pontypool coach — to act as Alan Davies 's go-between with the Welsh First Division clubs . |
| 9 | Yet it was precisely what the Cabinet went through the motions of trying to achieve at its meeting that next ( Wednesday ) morning . |
| 10 | The relief claimed by the mother at this interlocutory stage is precisely what the mother will ask for at the main trial . |
| 11 | He does precisely what the father will do when his younger son returns in Jesus 's parable of ‘ The Prodigal Son ’ ( indeed the whole of that parable finds its basis in the Jacob/Esau stories ) . |
| 12 | This is precisely what the apparatus is designed to achieve . |
| 13 | Although it is unclear precisely what the section actually means , at least on one view it does permit the courts to refuse to admit police evidence which has been obtained illegally . |
| 14 | The mystery about this particular form of protective armour is precisely what the shrew is defending itself against . |
| 15 | A buyer needs to be kept informed about each and every detail that crops up during the course of the transaction and , immediately prior to exchange of contracts , it is good practice to supply a written report to the buyer , explaining precisely what the property entails in a legal sense . |
| 16 | We should be told precisely what the sale price is . |
| 17 | Labour Members scoff , but that is precisely what the Leader of the Opposition said in the debate the other day . |
| 18 | No-one 's saying precisely what the bull elephant has cost , but bronze works of art are expensive . |
| 19 | No-one 's saying precisely what the bull elephant has cost , but bronze works of art are expensive . |
| 20 | They may not say exactly or as precisely what the historian meant to say , although this is rare . |
| 21 | It is time now to consider more precisely what the attitudinist says about the actual meaning of typically ethical words , like ‘ good ’ ’ ought' ’ right' and ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 22 | This , says Leviticus 17:11 , is precisely what the blood does . |
| 23 | The first was that de Gaulle did not know precisely what the future held for Algeria . |
| 24 | This is precisely what the student referred to earlier in this paper identified while working in residential care . |
| 25 | no , it 's the same situation until you 've complete the financial year and you audit the accounts you do n't know precisely what the situation is |
| 26 | I have been unable to establish precisely what the sum was . |
| 27 | That is precisely what the Baptist was doing . |