Example sentences of "is [adv] that this " in BNC.
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1 | The sense is rather that this is how man 's lot came to be , and he should accept it . |
2 | In fact , language , through abstraction , is a much more efficient form or communication and possesses much more control over its interpretation , and it is rather that this difference in evocation is less likely to be evident in artefactual symbolism than in linguistic symbolism . |
3 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
4 | Judge Donald Herrod added : ‘ This is a very dramatic turn of events and it is right that this prosecution should not continue . ’ |
5 | My hon. Friend is right that this country has the best regulatory system for reducing real phone charges . |
6 | The point is only that this is as a direct result of the accounting method adopted rather than any policy decision . |
7 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
8 | But what evidence is there that this bit of the cortex is concerned with the reception of sound ? |