Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [is] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This framework is the necessary first step in changing the way countries in Eastern Europe use energy . |
| 2 | A major factor influencing this change is the projected trend in CO2 emissions . |
| 3 | Kodak says this change is the company 's biggest advance in emulsion technology for more than 50 years . |
| 4 | One index of this change is the growth of single person households . |
| 5 | One reason for this change is the greater competition among banks and the more aggressive lending policies that ensue . |
| 6 | Another aspect of this change is the erm the change in line fifty eight , where the business and saving in the current year carried forward has been increased to seven , nine , one , from five , nine , one , you can see in the report and you will see that |
| 7 | It is clearly very difficult to say how much of this discrimination is the result of policy decisions by employers . |
| 8 | One factor leading to this complexity is the co-existence of two systems of measurement — the metric and Imperial systems . |
| 9 | The first instrument of this trick is the definition of certain mental operations as representing intelligence . |
| 10 | Development work of this kind is the epitome of an ‘ enabling role ’ , providing that term is not defined in a very restricted way ; it can actively support a consumer-responsive , mixed economy of welfare . |
| 11 | Another enterprising venture of this kind is the Ice House Hunt , dedicated to identifying and mapping all surviving ice houses . |
| 12 | Perhaps more significant than evidence of this kind is the simple fact that Jesus , on a number of crucial occasions in the Gospels , acts like a king , and does so quite deliberately . |
| 13 | Or , better , a power of this kind is the class of types of such properties or property-sets . |
| 14 | an education of this kind is the greatest benefit which could be conferred upon any citizen of a great state , and … the common right to it , the common discipline and enjoyment of it , the common possession of the tastes and association connected with it , would form a new element of national unity , linking together the mental life of all classes by experiences which have hitherto been the privilege of a limited section . |
| 15 | The best-known difficulty of this kind is the apparent EModE merger of ME ‘ open ’ /Ε : / ( the meat class ) with ME /a : / ( the mate class ) , followed by apparent reversal of merger and subsequent merger of the MEAT class with ME close /e : / ( the meet class ) . |
| 16 | The very simplest example of this kind is the binary chopper , presented in Chapter 1 , which finds a root of a polynomial . |
| 17 | The main disadvantage with structural models of this kind is the possibility of biasing the results by imposing too rigid a structure on the data . |
| 18 | One of the best examples of this kind is the sharp contrast between Wemmick 's home and work life which he insists on keeping secret and apart . |
| 19 | The only factor which determines the position and slope of this function is the short-run production function . |
| 20 | Far and away the most interesting aspect of this guitar is the neck block and heel design . |
| 21 | The one thing that dominates the appearance of this guitar is the superbly figured maple top . |
| 22 | One expression of this unity is the growth of great interstate sanctuaries , many of which had four-yearly festivals and games open to all Greeks . |
| 23 | The main problem for this index is the considerable delay before publication . |
| 24 | Included in this mailing is the National Trust catalogue for 1990 – 91 with its gift ideas for Christmas , birthdays and other special occasions . |
| 25 | One source of this difficulty is the absence of a duality theory , which means that there is no simple test of whether a feasible solution is optimal . |
| 26 | This Bourdieu is the man of solid roots in the provincial couches populaires ; the ‘ hands on ’ proletarian of research in an almost Anglo-American empirical mode . |
| 27 | Of interest in this story is the fact not only that he was forced by poverty to abandon teaching and become a kasabat kadi but also that he was able to re-enter the medrese stream . |
| 28 | The starting point in this field is the work of Wagner ( see Bird 1971 ) , who used empirical evidence to support his argument that government expenditure would inevitably increase at a rate faster than the rise in national production . |
| 29 | This trial is the first to prospectively follow elemental diet or prednisolone induced remission in adult patients over a period of a year . |
| 30 | ‘ But you took her against her will in your car to the place where this rape happened , and one of the very disturbing and serious features of this case is the way you abused your position as a police officer in uniform on duty . ’ |