Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] this [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem reasonable to suggest that it was this waking preoccupation of his that Qused his subconscious to produce the relevant dream . |
| 2 | ‘ He must tell the judiciary that it was this accountant Morris who abused the trust the firm showed in him . ’ |
| 3 | However , there is an advantage in having a system which can check word identification to see if the word which we have identified is consistent with context , and it is this checking procedure which Fischler and Bloom claim is causing the inhibition effects which they have demonstrated . |
| 4 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 5 | Whether in television , theatre , cinema , fine art or charity advertising , the tragedy principle uses the impairment as a metaphor and a symbol for a socially unacceptable person and it is this tragedy principle which is the bone-cage surrounding historical and current disability representation . |
| 6 | Wonder if it 's this road surf- there 's a feeling a bit of vibration on the steering then . |
| 7 | However , for this you need right thinking and a right understanding , because it is this thinking impulse and action of the higher truth that ultimately leads to inner freedom . |