Example sentences of "[prep] it is this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The irony of it is this : events will show that he has no need to pray for deliverance from Esau ; he needs instead to pray for deliverance from God . |
| 2 | There is more to say about this problem , but the essence of it is this question of fact . |
| 3 | Erm , I 've put a label A B C , in one cell , D E F in another cell , and in this cell B five , I 've got the formula , plus the three ampersand B four , and th the result of it is this longer label , if you join the two labels together to make this label A B C D E F. Anybody using ampersand at all ? |
| 4 | The irony of it is this is that he has done a lot , he gave ten thousand |
| 5 | The background to it is this . |
| 6 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 7 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |