Example sentences of "is [det] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this that allows the NMDA receptor to behave as a molecular coincidence detector . |
| 2 | It is this that prompts a deep feeling of compassion for the sub-human world and for all our fellow men . |
| 3 | I get a tremendous kick from the creative aspect of life , and I think it is this that keeps me so well and full of vitality . ’ |
| 4 | It is this that turns a get-away-from-it-all holiday into a get-away-from-only-a-bit-of-it one . |
| 5 | In the words of the Robbins Report , ‘ it is this that furnishes the criterion of what institutions of higher education may properly teach ’ . |
| 6 | My Lord er in paragraph three fourteen of the statement of claim there is an important fact er which is a fact that is admitted by the defendant which is this that had the defendant on the plaintiff 's behalf taken the opportunity which was open to the plaintiff by virtue of national condition twenty two which should say and served a special notice to complete upon the vendors on about the eighteenth or the twenty second of October , the contract would in fact have been rescinded on the thirteenth or the nineteenth of November nineteen eighty five and the plaintiff would therefore have been able to get out of the contract and that , as I say , is admitted in the amended dissent . |
| 7 | Not only is the value element in education crucial , it is also highly problematic and it is this that creates particular problems for curriculum planning . |
| 8 | It is this that bears the most striking contrast to the equivalent moments in Romeo and Juliet . |
| 9 | Dominant social attitudes towards retirement place the personal needs of older people in a subservient position to the perceived social and economic interests of the wider society , and it is this that causes many older people problems , bringing into question their personal value and worth , and placing them under considerable social stress . |
| 10 | It is this that explains the sharp opposition which developed between the two contrasting attitudes , and the antithesis that came to be sharply drawn between ‘ reason ’ and ‘ authority ’ . |
| 11 | It is this that has made some Americans say that , if Iraq agreed to withdraw from Kuwait , it must abandon its tanks and other heavy equipment . |
| 12 | It is this that has allowed the astonishingly rapid conquest of the terrestrial environment and the anthropogenic changes in habitat resulting from accelerating rates of population increase and extension of urban environments . |
| 13 | This has made it possible to keep much greater numbers of animals in much greater stocking densities in intensive housing , and it is this that has made factory-farming possible . |
| 14 | In effect this has meant approximately 400,000 new and inexperienced customers coming on to the overseas market each year , and it is this that has kept the traditional inclusive tour package alive . |
| 15 | It is this that has led students of social policy to draw attention to the significant impact of war upon policy . |
| 16 | The tidal braking would therefore be greatest around perihelion , and it is this that has presumably led to the partial synchronization observed . |
| 17 | It is this that has caused many readers to find in Troilus and Cressida a nihilistic vision of human life , where nothing of true value is maintained . |
| 18 | And it is this that connects to our specific concerns with the instinctive bases of human behaviour . |
| 19 | It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education . |
| 20 | It is full of lies and it is this that leads to disaster for Blanche . |
| 21 | In the age of Winkelmann and Weimar , therefore , the sense of purpose depends on there being a common cause to guide the nation 's culture ; and it is this that wanes . |
| 22 | Like all good recording artists , McGegan realises that to make a successful recording you must be prepared to exaggerate , and it is this that makes Floridante a success . |
| 23 | The multiplicity of readings that the law permits is not its weak-ness but its strength , for it is this that makes room for different voices … . ’ |
| 24 | It is this that makes us more advanced . |
| 25 | ( This would be in sequence with another simple process for managing the final values of unc Note that no unc can start up until unc has terminated : it is this that makes the transformation so general , but it also makes the resulting parallel program useless as it stands . |
| 26 | One of Mike 's main responsibilities is the five-year rolling environmental improvement plan and it is this that dictates much of his workload . |
| 27 | The violence of the eruption and the lightness of the pumice fragments means that they will go higher , and stay air-borne longer than any other kind of pyroclastic material , and it is this that gives pumice deposits their unique properties . |
| 28 | It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation , |
| 29 | If , for instance , the therapist believes that the client 's marital problems are undermining their confidence and feelings of security , and it is this that prevents the client from achieving other tasks , then the therapist 's endeavours should be aimed at this problem first . |
| 30 | When applying for entry to a conversion course , past experience and qualifications will be taken into account , of course , but the demand for places on the 52-week courses is such that returning nurses are likely to be disadvantaged from those already practising . |