Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [conj] these " in BNC.

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1 It is simply that these conflicts , which once would have been more or less wholly contained within the personality , are now becoming externalized and , indeed , are transforming society .
2 It is not that these initiatives do not contain good educational practice which is being criticised here ( for they do ) , but rather the way in which they are seen by some as panaceas which can succeed without full professional involvement .
3 It is not that these judgements should not be made , but that where subjective judgements are made by the teacher she should be aware that this is so and be prepared , not only to give reasons for her judgements , but also to be sufficiently flexible to change them in the light of particular circumstances .
4 It is not that these writers were necessarily against the idea of a science of society , but they did argue that the idea and practice of social science is not as straightforward as positivism would have us believe .
5 It is not that these issues are being dismissed in terms of their general abstract importance as a way of getting to grips with capitalism as a system .
6 It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are .
7 It is not until these three conditions are present that the clause comes into operation .
8 You might be surprised that this needs mentioning ; but it is precisely because these same strategies are maladaptive in many domestic situations that horses are labelled stupid .
9 It is only after these claims are discharged that the executor or administrator will transfer the property to those entitled ; or , if the property is settled by will and the executor is not himself trustee , to trustees for them .
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