Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesson of this period is that this type of legislation by itself , even when backed by executive exhortation , is insufficient to change sentencing outcomes ; and that unless sentencing discretion is restricted there is little hope of modifying sentencers ' own objectives in the pursuit of policy goals favoured by the executive ( Sabol , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | What needs to be stressed at this point is that this evolution is rooted in a very specific historical moment of production . |
| 3 | One prevalent notion is that this self-improvement can be achieved through encouraging less rational , more intuitive , styles of thinking , and that dreams represent this ideal . |
| 4 | Well the word from Ireland this week is that this horse is jumping out of its skin . |
| 5 | Another problem is that this myth about men and their lack of feelings is perpetuated year after year by flimsy public opinion polls . |
| 6 | My Lord er the basis of this objection is that this evidence is not admissible under a sign of authority and erm I wonder if I could start er my submission on this by referring to er on evidence . |
| 7 | Another view is that this area is ripe for reform by Parliament . |
| 8 | The clever part is that this frame can be manipulated to make it into an irregular shape as required to match the text to the graphic . |
| 9 | The second point is that this agreement reflected a certain degree of complementarity between the Soviet and Cuban economies . |
| 10 | Finally he declared : All I can say as an honest person is that this boy is the greatest man now living in the world . |
| 11 | The second caveat is that this generalization , like most , while generally applicable , is not universally so . |
| 12 | The real problem is that this building does not have the necessary cable ducts . |
| 13 | The likely result is that this wording does no more than track the law as laid down in Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [ 1991 ] NPC 60 : see 13.6 . |
| 14 | Another false contention is that this country will ‘ pull together for its nation 's sake ’ . |
| 15 | The basic premise is that this depletion of inositol will desensitize phosphoinositide signalling by slowing down the resynthesis of the PtdIns(4,5)P 2 precursor used to release InsP 3 . |
| 16 | The key point is that this approach takes video information out of the analogue world and converts it into the digital world of the computer and this conversion is an on-going , realtime process . |
| 17 | Such is the fickle nature of teen tastes that the most predictable thing is that this year 's winner will be next year 's loser . |
| 18 | Now I 'm not in the business of counting but my rough guess is that this paragon of nature was , on the majority of occasions , abusing his co-religionists . |
| 19 | A social institution is ‘ legitimate ’ if it is perceived as morally justified ; the problem with the penal system is that this perception is lacking and many people inside and outside the system believe that it is morally indefensible , or at least defective . |
| 20 | No District Court accepted the exclusivity argument , many relying on a superficial reading of Article 27(c) of the Convention , which allows Contracting States to permit ‘ by internal law or practice , methods of taking evidence other than those provided for in this Convention ’ ; the better view is that this freedom is given only to the requested country and does not refer to the country from which the discovery request originates . |
| 21 | The important thing is that this contract is incentive based , and the incentive for us is to achieve the productivity . |
| 22 | Yet the plain fact is that this number of children are dying every day — dying from diseases we know how to cure . |
| 23 | The second point of considerable interest is that this court case provided the first occasion anywhere in the world where a sign language interpreter was appointed by a court to assist in the questioning of , and providing answers from , a deaf person . |
| 24 | All I 'd say on five chairman is that this issue of infrastructure particularly sewerage , sewerage , foul water and water supply is a major issue in York and the location of the new settlement I think needs to be very closely assessed in terms of er of five . |
| 25 | Our only worry is that this re-organisation might be used as an opportunity to cut funds to the police . |
| 26 | The notation of a classification scheme is important , and in the context of the knowledge explosion one requirement is that this notation should be " hospitable " , that is , that it should allow for addition at any point in the scheme in the light of new knowledge and new concepts . |
| 27 | The only difference is that this time the scope of our work is civil , mechanical and electrical . |
| 28 | But the general point is that this hierarchy represents a ladder up which ‘ lower ’ groups aspire to climb . |
| 29 | The general feeling is that this trend would be more acceptable if archaeologists in the various French regions had adequate financial resources , the necessary training , and real independence to decide where to dig . |
| 30 | One reason is that this conflation of binaries enables a merging of misogyny and homophobia , each of which then potentially expresses the violence of the other . |