Example sentences of "is precisely [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , the assumption behind this is precisely that enunciated by Barnes , that woman are dominated by their reproductive organs .
2 This position is not heterodox so far as relinquo ( or , as it is here expressed , dimitto ) is concerned : Section i argued that the problem with it is precisely that it attributes property directly to a beneficiary rather than vesting it in a trustee .
3 The difference between the monotonous beat of pop music and the rhythmical architecture of a great symphony is precisely that in classical music the primitive reaction is delayed and denied for a more varied satisfaction .
4 In general the value of formal routines is precisely that the operator , left to himself , will not normally function in such a systematic sequential manner .
5 It is important to stress that ( a ) this type of work experience is precisely that welcomed by employers , and ( b ) such young people are socially competent members of labour market social networks .
6 He has often argued that one of Microsoft 's key competitive advantages is precisely that his firm is not like the old computer giants , offering customers everything from chips and computers to software and service contracts .
7 The case against it is precisely that it purports to explain the whole of history and , for that matter , of pre-history , by reference to a total system , and so denies to any of its implicated parts ( social , economic , racial , geographical , religious and so on ) as well as to the actions of its great or good men any separate authenticity .
8 Apart , then , from those for whom the virtue of representative democracy is precisely that it restricts and restrains popular power , and even , as in Britain , involves the vesting of sovereignty in the representative institutions rather than in the people themselves the chief argument in defence of representative democracy has been an essentially pragmatic one : that it is the best that can be devised in the context of large societies where the citizens are too many and too scattered to be gathered together in one place .
9 However , what we surely have on the objector 's view is precisely that the smell of the candles was something that can not possibly be explained .
10 Thus nobody seems to notice that the oddest thing about the STV is precisely that it is a single vote — for that is what it is , no matter how many preferences are expressed .
11 ‘ A crucial problem in the law of rape is precisely that it focuses unswervingly upon the non-consent of the complainant .
12 The problem is precisely that the two applications , which will be the subject of two separate Bills , are being considered separately .
13 It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8 ) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23 ) ( from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24 ) : ( 23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co-referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent .
14 One of the problems of the dependency approach is precisely that its proponents too often speak about one country as dependent on another in a vague and unhelpful fashion .
15 But the great strength of whole group drama is precisely that it gives context and coherence to small group work ; it makes it easier for the teacher to monitor work , to make it highly dramatic and keep it tightly focused .
16 Vocatives can be divided into calls , or summonses , as in ( 47 ) , and addresses , as in ( 48 ) ( Zwicky , 1974 ) : ( 47 ) Hey you , you just scratched my car with your frisbee ( 48 ) The truth is , Madam , nothing is as good nowadays The distinction is precisely that between gestural and symbolic usages , applied in this domain .
17 This is precisely as the normativist tradition would wish .
18 ‘ Tim is precisely as he always is .
19 That is a slightly odd point from a Labour Member in view of the fact that the SERPS entitlement of such people , which is what the original question was about , is precisely as it was left by the Labour Government .
20 If it stimulates you to dissent , it is precisely because it is so closely pondered in its own terms and it never , throughout its four hours , loosens its grip on you .
21 It is precisely because Mr Mugabe 's record is , in context , more than respectable , that the current repressive mood demonstrated by his government is disappointing .
22 It is precisely because black workers have been kept away from these structures that they are now at the forefront of what has become one of the most political dispute in industrial history .
23 It is precisely because Berlin is such a true mirror of so much European history that it always seems to embody so much of the darker , subconscious side of the European identity .
24 It is precisely because he had many titles that we did not see agree , he and I. Voila . ’
25 Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 .
26 It is precisely because they are innate , Lowde said , that they are obvious and self-evident to us .
27 While in Germany ‘ there is much common ground between the Bundesbank and the government on economic objectives ’ , it is precisely because Pöhl knew that this national consensus did not exist in the Community at large that he and the German government insisted on means of enforcing German policies on the economies of the member states .
28 It is precisely because I care about the future of humanity that I am undertaking this work . ’
29 It is precisely because it is thought to be binding that it can serve as an expression of identification .
30 However , it is precisely because a contract is such a detached , objective way of dealing with emotional issues that it can work .
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