Example sentences of "is [adj] precisely " in BNC.
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1 | Whether humanitarian intervention is legitimate within the terms of the United Nations Charter is controversial precisely because it permits a derogation of State sovereignty on behalf of individual rights . |
2 | This section is possible precisely because the unity of the whole is an expressive totality , that is ‘ a totality all of whose parts are so many ‘ total parts ’ each expressing the others , and each expressing the social totality that contains them , because each in itself contains in the immediate form of its expression the essence of the totality itself ’ ( 94 ) . |
3 | James Thorne 's discussion of the long-standing debate over the interpretation of Robert Frost 's " stopping by woods " is instructive precisely because , among other things , it recognises the limitations of a stylistics that aims , or claims , to be objective and exhaustive , and because it highlights the need to be selective in description and open to the coexistence of multiple meanings in interpretation . |
4 | The rule of law , then , stands as a central element of the British Constitution , but no one is sure precisely what it means . |
5 | Dicey is important precisely because he expressed both the form and substance of normativism in a clear and simple manner . |
6 | The analysis of a game is concerned precisely with the question of the expectations of the behaviour of his rivals it is rational for any one player to form . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The whole process is inescapable precisely because more and more people want it to be so . |
9 | Current gain is 16 precisely and output voltage lies between — 8V and +25V . |
10 | Science ultimately is self-contradictory precisely because , although it begins with a supposal about reality , it also depends upon a concrete reality ; and once scientists admit the necessarily hypothetical character of that knowledge , they cease to be scientists . |
11 | The ability to extract is rare precisely because it may have to cut across these obvious parts . |