Example sentences of "it is this [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would perhaps rather always see the " real " world in respect to art in these terms — that to know an object is to transform it , and it is this transformation which is the form and imagery of art . |
| 2 | It is this consideration which leads directly to the way that social representation theorists conceive of the process of anchoring , and the need to widen this conception , so that everyday thinking can be understood in terms of opposing psychological processes . |
| 3 | We can suppose , then , that only justified beliefs can justify others ; and it is this thought which generates the regress . |
| 4 | And it is this approach which leads to denunciation of Derrida as a nihilist ; in Frederick Crews 's words , ‘ an intellectual nihilist , though a learned and exuberant one ’ . |
| 5 | It is this approach which Sweden has begun to adopt . |
| 6 | It is this quantity which is normally determined during calorimetric experiments ( see below ) . |
| 7 | It is this will which is inherited . |
| 8 | It is this intimacy which permits and often begets intensity , and the world of the spirit is much the poorer when such works are suppressed . |
| 9 | It is this question which is the ultimate one ; the others are a screen to hide modern man from his real self , as T.S . |
| 10 | It is this decision which is taken to mark the beginning of the Hundred Years War . |
| 11 | It is this decision which will affect the size , scope and financing of the enterprise , and determine other operational criteria . |
| 12 | It is this negligence which is termed ‘ recklessness ’ by the decisions in Caldwell and Lawrence . |
| 13 | It is this expectation which gives the work its edge and you will see a side of Peter Pan and the Ferry Girl which perhaps only exists in our darker moments . |
| 14 | Thus the tied cottage system emerged directly from the desire of farmers to control labour supplies — and it is this concern which remains at the heart of the system today . |
| 15 | It is this requirement which requires a listing of the population members , or units , from which the sample may be drawn using a random procedure . |
| 16 | It is this personhood which is the Monster 's ultimate objective . |
| 17 | It is this diversity which provides the fresh and stimulating argument which makes the Cambridge Seminar format so successful — and it is much helped by the differing backgrounds of the members . |
| 18 | It is this conflict which leads increasingly to the urge to treat people as groups rather than as individuals — but it is an abnegation of responsibility on the part of the leaders and for the future it will not do . |
| 19 | It is this publication which gives them their force as a form of evaluation of schools , particularly as the intention of this part of the Act was to give parents information upon which to base their choice of school . |
| 20 | Some concern has also been expressed about the impact of conglomerate mergers on the economy and it is this issue which is addressed next . |
| 21 | It is this issue which in part the SEA has addressed . |
| 22 | It may well be that there are good reasons for following customary practices or for rejecting them in favour of new ones , but teachers ought to know what these reasons are , for it is this knowledge which provides for adaptability , the alternative realization of principles through techniques appropriate to different instructional settings . |
| 23 | Dora says that it is this originality which is one of the strengths of Le Mystere ; ‘ Most of the women have no real training as singers . |
| 24 | Today , gold is mixed with a variety of alloys to enhance these qualities , and it is this mixture which determines its value and purity . |
| 25 | And it is this call which OUP hopes to answer in the plan outlined here . |
| 26 | In my opinion it is this flexibility which has given English primary education its unique quality . |
| 27 | It is this popularity which has prompted the management to look at the possibility of introducing these fit bodies to the joys of tennis , by offering complimentary tennis tuition , a worthy initiative and one which can only enhance the game in the club and its surrounding area . |
| 28 | It is this characteristic which renders fundamentalist religion open to large numbers of fissures in communities , with preachers or sections of congregations shaking the dust from their feet and moving off to build or buy another church . |
| 29 | Until the slightly contrasting tendencies become more manifest in the later-second century ( with the trend to fully centralised designs etc. ) it is this characteristic which makes these designs complementary . |
| 30 | ‘ It is this Government which introduced Dublin rule through the Anglo-Irish Agreement and gave encouragement to the terrorists and they 're responding in kind . ’ |