Example sentences of "this [be] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The reason I say this is that they dive just like a peregrine , folding their wings and plummeting like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey .
2 The main reason for this is that they do n't know how to and probably neither do a lot of their English solicitors .
3 What 's bad about this is that they do n't take drugs — they 've never touched them — but they want to sell them .
4 This is that we do not have an a priori conception of reality which allows for a range of possible universes , empirical inquiry determining just which of those possibilities is realized .
5 The upshot of this is that I 've now become a resident , which makes a weekly tour of junk and antique shops even more vital .
6 The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’
7 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 .
8 The effect of this is that you do n't have to bother calculating anything — if you use 1in thick material , 7½in diameter .
9 The reason for this is that you do not just calculate the length and breadth of the pool , but the various areas that are going to accommodate marginal shelves as well .
10 This is before you move on to environmental impact , the feeling of the community , and what the planners think : considerations whose complexity rises exponentially with the size and prominence of a site , and the number of bodies who have interests in the exercise .
11 This is because we have fairly strong evidence from ancient Egyptian art , showing that cats had been taken under human control by that period .
12 I think this is because they do n't practice being feminine with the boys around and so they get on with the work more .
13 This is because they have not yet learned the new rules and are still trying old techniques of gaining reactions from their parents .
14 This is because they have only won three matches in a World Cup proper .
15 My Lord there is a final part of our submission on on this is because I do n't know whether your Lordship has a copy of the report this is the report of the fact that My Lord erm what I wish to refer you to if I may , is erm that paragraph three one of the report which is erm that solicitors and er he instructed himself er from the law society who told him that the law society in paragraph three page five , do n't issue any specific directional guidance duty of care in relation to the plaintiffs transaction , the Law Society view obligation to be have to be considered on the basis of and he then goes on from there to depart from that approach to speculate as to what his approach would be erm
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