Example sentences of "these [adj] [noun] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these modified rules it is easy to adapt the procedure of this section for use in the PFRS format ( Exercise 3 ) . |
| 2 | If there is a prevailing thread in the history of these state-owned enterprises it is the constant under-assessment of risk — of the lack of imported materials to supply a manufacturing process , of failure in the supply of inputs ranging from petrol to fertilizer , of farming communities not producing the cash crops to keep a processing plant in operation , and of failing to find competent management for complex operations . |
| 3 | By examining these different measures it is possible to discover the effects of government policy on the distribution of income . |
| 4 | In these violent thermals it is possible to be flying with a good margin of speed at one moment and to be falling with virtually no speed the next . |
| 5 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 6 | From these summarized findings it is possible to derive tentative profiles of the activities of the first three teams . |
| 7 | Before entering into detailed debate on these contentious issues it is important to emphasise two general points . |
| 8 | Expressed in these general terms it is easy to see how such a code of rights could be regarded as a " good thing " . |
| 9 | Given these irreconcilable purposes it is Pham Van Dong and Giap , to take two symbols of Vietnamese intransigence , rather than Ho Chi Minh , who represented the reality of Franco-Vietnamese relations in the four or five months before the all-out war began in December 1946 ; even though it is tempting to consider how , up to the last minute , conflict might have been averted — or at least postponed . |
| 10 | For these superlative players it is a position of great privilege , but also intense pressure . |
| 11 | IN these bleak times it is good to see that one veteran television star has succeeded in resurrecting his career . |
| 12 | Activity is greatest in these particular sectors it is true , but it is also the case that the pattern of user education is broadly similar in each . |
| 13 | It shows that on these given presuppositions it is little wonder that there is some doubt , and this is only the beginning of it . |
| 14 | Despite these manifold advantages it is often hard to persuade the commercial community even to take an interest in proposals for harmonization affecting their sphere of business , still less to give the proposals their support . |
| 15 | For these two reasons it is hardly any wonder that Tolkien balked , and that the Unfinished Tales in particular show a mind searching in different directions . |
| 16 | The nests of social insects are run almost entirely by smell , because in these dense communities it is the most efficient way of sending messages . |
| 17 | In these ordered relationships it is not possible to alter the order of the clauses . |