Example sentences of "this [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other side of this coin is an impressive surge capability on hand when the need arises . |
| 2 | ‘ I said this coin is n't like ours . |
| 3 | This trail is open to walkers , cyclists and horse-riders . |
| 4 | Duncan McKelvie , Director of the Centre , says ‘ The aim of creating this trail is to encourage novice scuba divers to become interested in marine ecology at the very outset of their interests in the sport ’ . |
| 5 | They deposit scent from the tip of their abdomen along the route from the food to the nest , and this trail is followed and added to by other ants as they return with food . |
| 6 | Although they again found no difference between subjects given no pre-exposure and those exposed to a variety of flavours , interpretation of this finding is rendered equivocal by the fact that the two groups drank different amounts of the CS flavour on the conditioning trial . |
| 7 | This finding is open to the criticism that it reflects no more than a difference between the two phenomena in their sensitivity — that the procedure in question disrupts some process common to both phenomena and that the latent inhibition procedure provides a more sensitive measure of this disruption than does the habituation procedure . |
| 8 | The pathogenesis of this finding is not known but it appears to be unrelated to any effect of the diabetic state on platelet prostacyclin receptors as prostacyclin binding appears to be normal in diabetic platelets ( Shepherd et al , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | This finding is replicated in figure 13.4 ; overall , 0.215 more young people than old people say they would be prepared to break the law . |
| 10 | This finding is very encouraging , but the real benefits are only evident from the activities generated following placement . |
| 11 | This finding is encouraging , but the results should be interpreted with caution as the control areas were not matched in terms of the pre-existing levels of social problems and attempted suicide . |
| 12 | This finding is interesting because the mutant allele retains the intact D β1 , J β 1.1 and J β 1.2 segments despite the 15-kb deletion , and therefore can potentially undergo extensive DJ or VDJ rearrangements . |
| 13 | This finding is supported by the steps in the dispersion signature of the ions . |
| 14 | This finding is inconsistent with the conclusions of various surveys of job satisfaction in industry , according to which a feeling of excessive pace is a potent cause of dissatisfaction . |
| 15 | This finding is echoed in one study of job motivation among industrial employees . |
| 16 | This finding is borne out by a study by Weinrich-Haste ( 1986 ) which found that , while some subjects were rated by schoolchildren and undergraduates as definitely masculine , and some as neutral , none was rated as definitely feminine : a finding which suggests that the arts/science divide is not a symmetrical feminine/masculine divide , but one which is distinctly asymmetrical . |
| 17 | This finding is confirmed by the vacancy figures ( that is , the number of job vacancies that are officially notified ) . |
| 18 | This finding is significant in itself , but it becomes even more so when matched against the changes in the labour market already described , where part-time working is increasingly important , and not only for women . |
| 19 | Since one of these — the LFS — spans a period of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , this finding is particularly striking . |
| 20 | There was no maturity effect , but this finding is not in conflict with the Samuelson hypothesis because the test was conducted using transactions data . |
| 21 | This finding is in line with a study from Sweden that also found a significant increase in incidence during the shorter period 1970–84 , resulting in twice the incidence in women as in men . |
| 22 | This finding is discussed in detail in our earlier publication ( 14 ) . |
| 23 | This finding is an agreement with that of Chong et al. , ( 12 ) who observed a decreased level of gene expression in HeLa cells when the octamer binding site within the HPV-16 URR was deleted . |
| 24 | The conclusion from this finding is |
| 25 | This finding is somewhat surprising as there is little correlation between and over the whole sample period ( sample correlation coefficient = 0.2 ) . |
| 26 | This finding is not surprising , given the facts : |
| 27 | This finding is strengthened by the fact that the general results from this study in which all films showed unfamiliar junctions are broadly similar to those from the previous two studies in which most of the junctions were previously known by the subjects . |
| 28 | Because the CD68 antigen is derived from lysosomes , this finding is in agreement with the fact that lysosomal proteins may be subjected to apical transport , thus reaching the microvilli of polarised cells . |
| 29 | This finding is consistent with other reports showing that restitution of the damaged mucosa takes place in barbiturate anaesthetised rats . |
| 30 | This finding is comparable with animal studies , where implantation of metal stents is followed by mucosal hyperplasia through the space between the struts , which finally are buried by the mucosa . |