Example sentences of "that [is] precisely " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is precisely what these crooks play on . |
| 2 | That is precisely what , with the Intifada , the Palestinians have done . |
| 3 | No soulboy would propose a five-year boycott of Velvet Underground LPs — yet that is precisely what you propose for Marvin Gaye , Aretha and Billie Holiday ! ’ |
| 4 | And that is precisely what we had done in Madrid . |
| 5 | Joshua 6 and the rest are most readily understandable , and that is precisely why they are so alarming . |
| 6 | That is precisely the sort of vulnerable intellectual position which the ‘ meaning ’ theist defends . |
| 7 | As to his argument about an immediate ban , I would accept that entirely and that is precisely why my Committee has taken , and is likely to continue to take , the attitude that it has . |
| 8 | The term taille means ‘ cut ’ and that is precisely what is done to the marc in the maie after the cuvée has been extracted . |
| 9 | That is precisely the explanation for the inadequate view of doubt evidenced by many Christians : they are unwittingly the hostage of surrounding intellectual ideas . |
| 10 | That is precisely what you will do on the F-Plan . |
| 11 | The Thrills Nerve Centre has now been ‘ computer-ed up ’ for the '90s and that is precisely why they 're all calling it The Hi-Tech Capital Of Satire . |
| 12 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 13 | That is precisely the sort of dangerous and unhealthy state which the mystic is cautioned to avoid . |
| 14 | And that is precisely all we have of what has now come to be known as Fermat 's Last Theorem . |
| 15 | That is precisely what happens when you become a subscriber to Microsoft Systems Journal . |
| 16 | And that is precisely what she did . |
| 17 | However , that is precisely what 1 wish to do . |
| 18 | Yet when tax is deducted at source , as is the case with a Pay-As-You-Earn scheme , that is precisely what happens . |
| 19 | That is precisely what Vladmir Zednik has become to Korda . |
| 20 | That is precisely the point . |
| 21 | But that is precisely what happens when we expect plants to live and thrive , not as nature intended , but on chemical fertilizers . |
| 22 | ‘ That is precisely what is so difficult to achieve in performance . |
| 23 | The British ambassador in Washington , Lord Inverchapel , fittingly commented on the hearing , ‘ I draw your attention to Mr Acheson 's denial that the programmes for aid to Greece , Turkey and Korea constitute an ideological crusade and to his following remarks which show that that is precisely what they are . ’ |
| 24 | At first sight it seems inconceivable to apply a Convention to a transaction having no point of contact whatsoever with a Contracting State , yet that is precisely the effect which ULIS sought to achieve . |
| 25 | But that is precisely why the legend , once created , would become part of the folklore of scientific professionalism . |
| 26 | But that is precisely our aim . |
| 27 | That is precisely the calculation that would be made by an MP elected under the STV . |
| 28 | Under the objective of letting ‘ the children grow tall ’ , that is precisely what the Government has achieved with respect to the distribution of income and wealth , and in the provision of state and private welfare . |
| 29 | ‘ That is precisely the point . |
| 30 | But that is precisely what is needed , and it is disappointing that for this reason the government has drawn back from attempting reform . |