Example sentences of "this is " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is so we can respond effectively to the needs of our clients . |
| 2 | ‘ Most churches are completely unprepared for the shock of finding an established member of the congregation is infected with HIV or dying with AIDS , even though this is increasingly common . ’ |
| 3 | This is all you need do for the tax benefit of covenant giving to work . |
| 4 | This is why the normal period for a charitable covenant is 4 years . |
| 5 | The amount of the annual covenant payment is specified in the Deed , and this is the sum that is payable each year . |
| 6 | But this is not tax-effective and ACET will not benefit from the additional 33.3% increase in value . |
| 7 | This is quite separate from Gift Aid and details can be supplied on request . |
| 8 | This is n't necessarily so and by neglecting to make a valid , legal Will families put at risk the security and future of their nearest and dearest . |
| 9 | As this is over the inheritance tax threshold , it would bring a tax bill of £4,800 . |
| 10 | This is why we are asking your church to link with ACET in a Christian response to AIDS both at home and overseas . |
| 11 | I feel that this is reflected not just in the increased knowledge of the students but also in a change of attitude and a few greater degrees of empathy . ’ |
| 12 | In the UK the spread of infection has slowed down but the numbers ill and needing care are continuing to rise and this is a reflection of levels of infection some years ago . |
| 13 | This is one lesson that could save their lives . |
| 14 | Though supported by the Cheltenham Group , this is an entirely solo effort , and all types of subject are covered . |
| 15 | This is the only court of appeal for cases tried by the military court , and looks only at points of law and not at facts and findings , thus providing a restricted appeal . |
| 16 | Although this is technically against the rules , it is still common practice . |
| 17 | Perhaps this is because , as a member of the Abingdon Group put it : ‘ In a group there is the fun and companionship … and the awe at saving a life , supporting a prisoner through years of isolation , getting your prisoner free . ’ |
| 18 | To me this is odd as if I were the president of South Korea I would have imprisoned Kim Hyun-hui and released Im Su Kyong as to me Kim Hyun-hui committed the more serious crime . |
| 19 | This is a passage about The Slave Ship , painted by the artist in 1840 ; it comes from Modern Painters . |
| 20 | For example , this is how he evoked Seurat 's scene of the Parisian suburban resort known as La Grande Jatte . |
| 21 | This is art , as Lenin wished , for the people . |
| 22 | ‘ Socialist Realism ’ has been described by Ernst Fischer as implying ‘ the artist 's or writer 's fundamental agreement with the aims of the working class and the emerging socialist world ’ ; in short , this is a stance of political progressivism . |
| 23 | This is perhaps a more useful analogy than might at first sight appear . |
| 24 | For example , this is a passage of interpretive description of a Van Gogh self-portrait : ‘ … his emaciated , luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness . |
| 25 | A typical decision for planning a survey is to take a century , or the reign of some sovereign to delimit a period ; this is a device with no relationship to the artistic activity of the time . |
| 26 | This is from one of the letters written by Shelley in Italy , which goes on to describe the painting of St Cecilia by Raphael : |
| 27 | This is not true in Philadelphia , where a new city decisively overwhelms the old . |
| 28 | This is an enlargement from an original fifteenth-century woodcut . |
| 29 | Of course , a theorist may damage an argument through bias , perhaps excluding relevant evidence inconvenient to the case being made ; but this is not a danger exclusive to theorists . |
| 30 | Though it must be remembered that this is no a priori scheme imposed upon the appearances , but rather an interpretation gradually distilled from them by prolonged contemplation . |