Example sentences of "[conj] this [is] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that this is to say that no industry should be owned by the State , not even when , for example , a service to be provided is a natural monopoly ; and the presumption is , therefore , that those who provide it should be accountable to users who can not register dissatisfaction by taking their custom elsewhere , rather than to private owners whose interest is to exploit the monopoly . |
| 2 | And this is assuming that Venus is travelling in exactly the same plane as the Earth 's orbit , which it probably would n't be . |
| 3 | But this is to assume that humans have a natural capacity to recognise and reflect on their interests , and that they will only stand so much injustice . |
| 4 | But this is to forget that no lower preference can become effective unless all higher preferences have become ineffective . |
| 5 | For this is to stipulate that Lenin 's three criteria must be satisfied if a whole is to count as a complex one . |