Example sentences of "to this [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting twist to this issue is that it was Japan , clearly now a First World country , and in the opinion of many now the most dynamic economic power , that was often identified in the United States and in Europe , as the worst offender , with the four East Asian NICs not far behind . |
| 2 | The obvious objection to this ploy is that whereas babies , soon to be crossing the language barrier without let or hindrance , have the potential to develop into normal autonomous persons , even the highest animals do not . |
| 3 | Crucial to this development was that the war , by increasing the number of taxpayers and creating a fear of inflation among the equally increased number of small savers , offered important opportunities for a party that could pose as the defender of low taxes , low public expenditure , and monetary rectitude . |
| 4 | The response to this call was and has continued to be overwhelming . |
| 5 | 5.10.3 Not to use the Premises as sleeping accommodation or for residential purposes nor keep any animal fish reptile or bird anywhere on the Premises A tenant would find it difficult to resist a covenant against nuisance and the only objection to this clause is whether there should be a restriction against using the premises for a sale by auction . |
| 6 | A drawback to this response is that merely bearing a desirable attribute in mind does not necessarily remove the problem . |
| 7 | ‘ The material facts of the case which give rise to this reference are as follows . |
| 8 | One reaction to this style is that it is merely game-playing , and rather tedious at that . |
| 9 | The twist to this story is that it was only when the gods lost patience and threatened to draw a veil of darkness across the proceedings , leaving me stranded high and wet ( and rather chilled ) on one of the most rugged landscapes in the land , that I at last took the chance and accepted the offer that had been proffered . |
| 10 | One possible answer to this question is that in practice firms may apply a rule-of-thumb pricing method and then use a trial-and-error technique over time to close in on the price and output combination which achieves the chosen objective . |
| 11 | The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work . |
| 12 | A straightforward answer to this question is that the function of research is to explain how and why things happen . |
| 13 | The simple answer to this question is that there may be lots of ways in which anxiety may develop . |
| 14 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 15 | The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport . |
| 16 | With regard to the now unimportant four percent increase which then if you may made I 'm sure councillors deny it and if we are to believe the reason that we have to bring our rents to this level is because government policy so dictates that we shall do . |
| 17 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |
| 18 | What attracts many scientists to this hypothesis is that those perturbations of the orbits of Neptune and Pluto have yet to be explained satisfactorily in any other way . |
| 19 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 20 | His proposed solution to this problem is that before one claims to speak of his inner voice , or the voice of conscience , he should recognize his limitations , and discipline himself to cultivate truthfulness , humility , purity and non-violence and embrace the twin ideals of poverty and non-possession . |
| 21 | ‘ I know all that , ’ I began to feel angry and frustrated , ‘ but Goddammit , the only reason I came to this island was because of my interest in polio . |
| 22 | The objection to this arrangement is that only half the cellos are available for the important entries in the second and ninth bars , which are thus considerably weakened . |
| 23 | The key to this paradox is that they were talking about different kinds of capitalists . |
| 24 | The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan . |
| 25 | I think the most commonsense response to this objection is as follows : whatever may be the theoretical case about competing interpretations of low-level code in the machine , we need to remind ourselves that , if this machine is ‘ paying tax refunds ’ , as opposed to ‘ directing missiles ’ , then it is actually printing large rolls of cheques at its peripheral devices . |
| 26 | The obvious reply to this argument is that we need a reason to accept a decision reached behind this veil of ignorance , and the claim that no decision would be reached behind a differently constructed veil of ignorance is not such a reason unless it has already been shown , as it has not in fact , that we are bound by the results of some veil of ignorance , whatever it may be . |
| 27 | An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability . |
| 28 | The major objection to this argument is that the obligations are contained within the Protocol and not within the Treaty itself ; there is no organic link between the two legal instruments creating a mutuality of obligations . |
| 29 | 1.40 What adds additional force to this argument is that under the Rules of the Supreme Court writs can be renewed only for a good or sufficient reason ( see Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Barbrak Ltd , " The Myrto " ( No 3 ) [ 1987 ] AC 597 ) . |
| 30 | The short answer to this submission is that at the outset the Board of Review , in stating the issue for their decision , addressed themselves to the wrong question and in their consideration of the facts failed to apply the principles of law stated by Atkin L.J . |