Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the words of the Robbins Report , ‘ it is this that furnishes the criterion of what institutions of higher education may properly teach ’ . |
| 2 | It is this that allows the NMDA receptor to behave as a molecular coincidence detector . |
| 3 | It is this that bears the most striking contrast to the equivalent moments in Romeo and Juliet . |
| 4 | Even if we had no standard semantics to characterise , it would still be necessary to investigate the structure of the classes of inter-transformable programs , because it is only this that reveals the true power of a set of laws . |
| 5 | If , for instance , the therapist believes that the client 's marital problems are undermining their confidence and feelings of security , and it is this that prevents the client from achieving other tasks , then the therapist 's endeavours should be aimed at this problem first . |
| 6 | It holds the blade at exactly the right angle to achieve optimum sharpness , and it 's this that makes the sharpener so quick and easy to use . |
| 7 | ( This would be in sequence with another simple process for managing the final values of unc Note that no unc can start up until unc has terminated : it is this that makes the transformation so general , but it also makes the resulting parallel program useless as it stands . |
| 8 | It is this that explains the sharp opposition which developed between the two contrasting attitudes , and the antithesis that came to be sharply drawn between ‘ reason ’ and ‘ authority ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ There seems to be a lot more to this than meets the eye , ’ said Sergeant Camb indignantly . |
| 10 | ‘ I think , ’ he said , ‘ there might be more tae this than meets the eye . ’ |
| 11 | There is more in this than meets the eye ! thought the housekeeper . |
| 12 | There 's more to this than meets the eye . ’ |
| 13 | Ray Jones , of McDonnell Douglas , said : ‘ There is a lot more to this than meets the eye and I would like to make extensive comment , but I can not . |
| 14 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 15 | Well , I wonder if you feel that er , there 's something more to this than meets the eye . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's obviously a great deal more to this than meets the eye . |
| 17 | Channel 1 has individual cut/boost controls for bass , mid and treble , a ‘ gain' control for setting the right input level , a ‘ clip ’ light to indicate when you 're driving the input too hard and two push-push mini-buttons : one for a special ‘ mid ’ EQ preset , and another that alters the input stage for the best results with different pickups . |
| 18 | This picture offers us a useful parallel with the Handel portrait dating from about 1728 and has the same kind of confidential candour . |
| 19 | The more sophisticated falsificationist realizes the inadequacy of this and recognizes the importance of the role played by confirmation of speculative theories as well as the falsification of well-established ones . |
| 20 | He also seems to go further than this and sets the pattern for future elite theorists in distinguishing between maximum utility for a community and maximum utility of a community . |
| 21 | At each Hour a verse from the hymn is followed by a prayer which acknowledges this and sees the Incarnation as the means by which all men , both living and dead , can be united : The office thus daily rehearsed the historical story of the Passion of Christ and its significance in such a way that it is constantly renewed in human awareness through both the linear and cyclical experience of the passing of time . |
| 22 | The contractor responds to this and obtains the ‘ Conditions of Tender ’ , a written specification of the form in which the tender must be submitted and any special undertakings required from the contractor before he is regarded as qualified to tender . |
| 23 | A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life . |
| 24 | This has been locked with seven locks since 1867 and contains the coronation jewels from the 14C . |
| 25 | The nationalist knee-jerk is easier and orders the world into the good and the bad . |
| 26 | The first of the six sections is mainly historical and traces the development of astronomy from megalithic observatories through to the latest electronic observational techniques . |
| 27 | It therefore represents the path of the sun around the ecliptic and indicates the connection between Mithra and the Iranian god of time , Zurvan . |
| 28 | She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it . |
| 29 | Or was the Leader of the Opposition wrong and does the hon. Gentleman agree with that ? |
| 30 | The tomb is around 2,000 years old and bears the inscribed name ‘ Yusuf Bar Kaifas ’ . |