Example sentences of "this [is] precisely " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is precisely what has happened at Malham ( and though I find it visually offensive I still climb there , as do hundreds of others ) . |
| 2 | Leavisism assumed that its rewriting of the canon had a once-and-for-all quality , so that it was inconceivable that anyone could come to admire Shelley again , though this is precisely what has happened under the influence of Harold Bloom , who is dedicated to overturning the Eliot-Leavis version of poetic history . |
| 3 | This is precisely what the Conservatives were elected to avoid . |
| 4 | It is quite an achievement to upstage the assembled might of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Rattle , not to mention Maria Ewing as second soprano , but this is precisely what Barbara Bonney , standing in for an indisposed Lillian Watson , did . |
| 5 | But this is precisely what Mr Papandreou is doing . |
| 6 | This is precisely the purpose with which it was framed by its authors in the United Nations . |
| 7 | This is precisely what happened . |
| 8 | And if retailers do indeed start charging less for cash purchases than for those bought on credit cards , ensure that this is precisely what they are doing and not merely surcharging credit card users . |
| 9 | The belief was that to ritually and voluntarily — and I stress the word ‘ voluntarily ’ — shed one 's own blood was to recommend oneself to and establish a link with the Creator of the Universe , and this is precisely what happened with circumcision . |
| 10 | And our dilemma is that this is precisely what we do with it . |
| 11 | This is precisely the sort of position one would expect given the combination of their respectable backgrounds , in almost all cases their membership of the Free Presbyterian Church , and their belief that the appeasement policies of the government and the Chief Constable have to be opposed publicly . |
| 12 | ‘ And may I suggest that this is precisely the kind of overheated sensational attitude I would most strongly deplore . |
| 13 | Of course , the assumption behind this is precisely that enunciated by Barnes , that woman are dominated by their reproductive organs . |
| 14 | The answer , in institutional terms , is almost nothing at all — and this is precisely the problem . |
| 15 | This is precisely what teaching consists in ; and the task will differ according to the age , nationality , and home-background of the pupils . |
| 16 | This is precisely how negativity works . |
| 17 | This is precisely where the liquid-junction cell may hold an advantage . |
| 18 | This is precisely what Sakurai and Hung calculated . |
| 19 | And this is precisely what he has done , to present everyone else with a fait accompli . |
| 20 | But in reality this is precisely the approach that is most likely to set Europe aflame and leave it a burning ruin . |
| 21 | This is precisely why Marx speaks about the proportional application of capital ( 1 ) 'in the various spheres of production' and ( 2 ) ‘ according to its [ society 's ] needs ’ . |
| 22 | This is precisely the sort of work to play to your friends if you want to keep them guessing as to the true identity of the composer . |
| 23 | The purring animal is relaxed , and common sense demands that this is precisely the time when any blood turbulence would subside , not increase . |
| 24 | Indeed , it has been suggested that this is precisely how lion prides arose , many years ago on the prey-rich plains of Africa , where the surplus of food led to an unusual increase in the lion population . |
| 25 | This is precisely why a Latinate grammar can not simply be transferred to English . |
| 26 | This is precisely the minefield that King is gleefully preparing to step into with her debut novel O.P.P. ( a title lifted from the rap hit by Naughty By Nature and standing for Other People 's , uh , Property ) . |
| 27 | I believe this is precisely what the ‘ crisis of capitalism ’ is about . |
| 28 | This is precisely the method of the Marxist . |
| 29 | This is precisely what the Eighth Commandment does when it says ‘ Thou shalt not steal ’ . |
| 30 | The atmosphere is hardly lightened when guitarist Alex Lee takes a pissed stagediver to task , but one suspects that this is precisely the kind of turmoil Strangelove get their kicks from . |