Example sentences of "[adv] this is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems little likelihood of more resources ( in terms of money ) becoming available , as a proportion of the total GDP ; and perhaps this is as it should be . |
| 2 | Perhaps this is because , as a member of the Abingdon Group put it : ‘ In a group there is the fun and companionship … and the awe at saving a life , supporting a prisoner through years of isolation , getting your prisoner free . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps this is because I am American and because of the strong equal opportunities laws in the US , which protect women and encourage companies to promote women to executive positions . ’ |
| 4 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 5 | Perhaps this is because they really are wanting or perhaps it is because the professional refuses to take on a role that the parents want but that he or she thinks unsuitable . |
| 6 | Perhaps this is because his problem is not a sociological one ; he is engaged in polemic rather than social theory and his work is built around an apocalyptic vision of the future of capitalism rather than a series of questions about social phenomena . |
| 7 | Perhaps this is because all these changes affected middle class feminists , and middle class feminists have always been an embarrassment to their radical sisters who feel the movement would be purer if all its adherents were working class or women of colour . |
| 8 | Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle . |
| 9 | Right , so this is if we incorporate expectations in our model of supply response alright , so instead of saying that the the desired level of supply instead of saying that , we say it 's actually this right , if we actually incorporate expectations specifically alright , then we get a supply response model alright , like this and our hypothesis , y'know cos we do n't know how expectations are formed , right , economics ca n't tell us anything about how expectations are formed are they rational , are they naive , are they adaptive , who knows , nobody knows alright . |
| 10 | Possibly this is because of the personal associations that clothes have . |
| 11 | Usually this is because they got ready before the rain started falling and are unable to see that they are not going to stay up unless they wait until the shower has passed . |
| 12 | Usually this is because of tax advantages . |
| 13 | Probably this is because we were able to explore students ' work in an active way . |
| 14 | Partly this is because management has placed limitations on who can operate the VDUs , and partly the layout of the plant is such that there is only space for four cars between each work station . |
| 15 | And partly this is because the closer you get to concrete ‘ race relations ’ the less likely they are to conform to the models which have informed policy making . |
| 16 | Partly this is because , where political objectives such as employment are given high priority , enterprise management will be judged on the basis of its ability to maintain or expand the workforce rather than on its financial performance ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 84 ) . |
| 17 | Now this is and I must admit when he pulled the trigger then I thought that was going to go right in the back of the net . |
| 18 | often this is because of a distinctive vocal sound , but sometimes more subtle devices make everyone want to listen . |
| 19 | Often this is because the original advisers are not familiar enough with what is involved in proving a case , and may even have the naive belief that the inherent ‘ sense ’ of their development proposal will somehow be apparent to all . |
| 20 | When a parent is very resistant to changing their reactions to their children it is helpful to unearth why they feel so strongly and often this is because of childhood experience . |
| 21 | Often this is because the materials are not available , whether because they have been destroyed or not yet revealed . |
| 22 | Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act . |
| 23 | It 's a lot of money Well this is that Ian was making in the first place is n't it , product actually |
| 24 | Well this is and I noticed erm sort of do my in this particular one , she said she 's interested in North American Indians |
| 25 | Maybe this is because Wodehouse 's country house settings were always a never-never land which defy visual translation , whereas his view of America , however far he sent up his adopted country , had closer links with reality . |
| 26 | Maybe this is because a sand-bottomed lake does not provide first-class spawning facilities and maintains a well-balanced stock of carp . |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe this is because the Japanese are so courteous , ’ he speculated . |
| 28 | Sometimes this is because of fear of ‘ psychiatric ’ treatment ( Taylor and Stansfield 1984 ) . |
| 29 | Sometimes this is because the length of students ' courses is shorter , sometimes ( because the programmes are included as part of course studies ) there is the opportunity for college librarians to introduce the programmes at an early stage . |
| 30 | Sometimes this is because the perpetrator himself has repeatedly warned his victim not to say anything , or he or she will either get into trouble or be disbelieved . |