Example sentences of "[subord] this [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even worse than this is if you have a binge on foods you feel are bad for you just before your new regime is due to start . |
| 2 | In terms of the Neighbourhood Housing Office , what are the , what are the origins behind that , cos this is cos this i this actual , it 's actually situated , is n't it , within the flats , erm |
| 3 | Staying with the familiar may well result in spiritual stagnation , particularly if this is because some people have become inflexible . |
| 4 | ‘ If this is because you feel you 're only being asked out of politeness … |
| 5 | It may not always be possible to do this when a student writes an apparently nonsensical answer ; and you should try to find out if this is because the student has not studied the subject matter of the test sufficiently , or whether the lesson notes have not explained the subject adequately to the particular student . |
| 6 | no that 's obvious , because this is after the baby 's born |
| 7 | This work surprisingly shows that leisure time actually diminishes as productive technology advances ; whether this is because of population increases or because of the rise of an exploitative class is not clear . |
| 8 | Since they are not quoted , however , it is not clear whether this is because they were initially worded in that way or because the general clause has converted them into trusts . |
| 9 | I am undecided as to whether this is because the British are an unadventurous and xenophobic nation , or whether it is because boules is a stupid game . |
| 10 | No matter how volatile the economy you seem to have divine protection , whether this is because you have saved for a rainy day or you are just downright lucky . |
| 11 | It appears that poor readers make less use of this mode of selective reanalysis and the work aims to discover whether this is because the use of a spatial code is peculiarly characteristic of very fluent readers . |
| 12 | It is not clear whether this is because researchers have looked and failed to find them , or have yet to look . |
| 13 | Whether this is because their earlier success is an indicator that they have the appropriate capabilities , or because their earlier study has been important in preparing them for entry , or some combination of these , is difficult to say definitively without further research . |
| 14 | Whether this is because of the impending General Election , or the impending conclusion of negotiations with electricity generators remain to be seen . |
| 15 | Whether this is because people absent mindedly leave them up trees we have been unable to ascertain . |
| 16 | It 's interesting , actually , since I teach a first year class of biologists , where we do have rather more girls than boys , that erm as a class it works very well , possibly better than some of our own chemistry classes where there are fewer girls , and I do n't know whether this is because of the mix or not . |
| 17 | Indeed , Ross thinks the moral philosopher must take the deliverances of common morality as his basic data ( as Moore , in spite of his much proclaimed faith in ‘ common sense ’ did not ) though this is because it rests on intuitions of necessary truth . |