Example sentences of "this [is] [conj] [det] [noun] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A corollary of this is that such industries are far from simple to understand and hence they demand experts both to run them and to explain them to the general public , e.g. microelectronics , nuclear stations , oil refineries , etc . |
| 2 | The result of this is that most strikers are disqualified from receiving supplementary benefit during the first two weeks of a strike . |
| 3 | The great pity of this is that most pubs are old , yet the proper opportunity to celebrate this has already been squandered . |
| 4 | One reason for this is that more women are first offenders , who are generally treated more leniently . |
| 5 | It seems clear that one of the effects of this is that more people are fearful both for their own future and for that of the person who has died . |
| 6 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 7 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 8 | The reason for this is because some odorants are toxic but their toxic effects are not necessarily related to the perception of the odour per se . |