Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense is rather that this is how man 's lot came to be , and he should accept it . |
| 2 | In fact , language , through abstraction , is a much more efficient form or communication and possesses much more control over its interpretation , and it is rather that this difference in evocation is less likely to be evident in artefactual symbolism than in linguistic symbolism . |
| 3 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 4 | Judge Donald Herrod added : ‘ This is a very dramatic turn of events and it is right that this prosecution should not continue . ’ |
| 5 | My hon. Friend is right that this country has the best regulatory system for reducing real phone charges . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only that this is such a vast place , ’ said Snodgrass , firmly . |
| 7 | And , it 's only if this committee decides to take a hand in pushing environmental issues forward , that they will actually come about , except , almost by accident . |
| 8 | It 's all because this bridge is being replaced . |
| 9 | It is only after this that the supporting role of outside sympathisers can be useful . |
| 10 | The point is only that this is as a direct result of the accounting method adopted rather than any policy decision . |
| 11 | This is so since this third statement asserts the existence of a connection between two things ( no flipping and no starting ) , and ex hypothesi no such connection exists . |
| 12 | It 's just that this other woman to whom he comes fresh enables him to see himself in a different , more exciting and rejuvenating light . |
| 13 | there 'd just these straight powers of X , and you could do that and you 'd get to the same answer as we get to it 's just that this is a quicker way of doing it . |
| 14 | It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff . |
| 15 | or , or whether it 's just that this is the best case that I can promote . |
| 16 | It is best if this person can be someone who is or has been a teacher and who can therefore understand and evaluate production proposals that come up . |
| 17 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
| 18 | Rodney Lissenden , underwriter for Cuthbert Heath 's 100-year-old £77 million Syndicate 404 , is also considering this step . |
| 19 | Rodney Lissenden , underwriter for Cuthbert Heath 's 100-year-old £77 million Syndicate 404 , is also considering this step . |
| 20 | This is mainly because this account of the mechanisms of language development attributes the major role to hidden processes in the LAD . |
| 21 | It 's here that this particular burn springs a surprise , cutting a deep and narrow , zig-zag ravine through rock , beckoning you to explore around the next corner . |
| 22 | But what evidence is there that this bit of the cortex is concerned with the reception of sound ? |
| 23 | Yet it is precisely because this ideology is not lived up to in private , and because the state is involved both in its promulgation and its violation , that feminist theory can take a highly critical moral stance . |
| 24 | The Secretary of State for Wales is currently considering this proposal . |