Example sentences of "this [noun sg] that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 2 | Such was the novelty of this circuit that it provoked much debate in the technical press as to its operation . |
| 3 | For many years university academic staff have enjoyed the unique position of having tenure for their working lives , the argument in support of this being that it protected academic staff from political pressure and avoided the possibility of someone being dismissed for expressing unpopular or unconventional views . |
| 4 | It is from this perspective that it becomes possible to understand the basis of the distrust of totalizing systems of knowledge which depend upon theory and concepts , so characteristic of Foucault or Lyotard , both of whom have been predominantly concerned with the attempt to isolate and foreground singularity as opposed to universality . |
| 5 | It is at this stage that it becomes necessary to record a debt of gratitude to Headingley , for whom Ian had played at club level and who suggested he might be interested in coaching . |