Example sentences of "is this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggested that when subjects know to expect verbal stimuli , attentional mechanisms prime the left hemisphere for reception of this material and it is this attentional bias , rather than any inherent perceptual advantage , which gives rise to the right hemifield superiority in word and letter recognition typically obtained with unilateral stimulus presentation . |
| 2 | Medical advances almost invariably increase the demands on doctors ' time , and it is this increased intensity of working that has made the long hours of many doctors intolerable . |
| 3 | It is this increased amount of aluminium that may damage the heart by interfering with its electrical activities . |
| 4 | It is this increased rate of destruction of red cells which is the primary cause of the anaemia which characterises this group of disorders . |
| 5 | contortionist here are , quite like this , here it is this disgusting baby food you get , ugh |
| 6 | On the walk to the next tee , I nodded to Derek Jefferson and asked : ‘ When is this famous putter going into production ? ’ |
| 7 | is this extensive egotism preferable to the scheme of collective improvement drawn up by good songs ? |
| 8 | Tt and I think we 've identified in a number of different factors erm er behind that , that trend and that erm i in a sense there 's , there 's the kind of distinction between the ideological approach and the pragmatic approach in that we , we 've seen there is a , I think a , a broad ideological impetus behind the reform in the sense that there is this long-term commitment to overthrowing feudalism . |
| 9 | But is this triple message , taken home by the Paraclete in the apostolic mission , not precisely what the Johannine Christ proclaims throughout the Gospel , and particularly in a passage like 9:35- 41 ? |
| 10 | That there is this mutual entailment with respect to the two members of each pair is , or is intimately connected with , the proposition that the two conditionals state the same fact of connection between two things in the world . |
| 11 | erm The trouble about the tropical forest is this tremendous variation from place to place , the conditions are totally different in different places , although the forest is similar in that it 's got large numbers of different species of trees and flora and fauna . |
| 12 | ‘ When I opened in Vegas and I sang ‘ Goldfinger ’ , they all said , ‘ Why is this black girl singing a white girl 's song ? ’ |
| 13 | ' Is this real crocodile skin ? ’ she asked . |
| 14 | So why is this international superstar of the scrummage , who I agree is a household name and all that ( although he is known even in the next village as either Whatsit ? or Thingymabob ) , suddenly being advised he has the ( to coin a phrase ) clout and muscle to alter the long-established formulas and ethics of sports journalism ? |
| 15 | ‘ How long is this ridiculous charade going to continue ? ’ she demanded . |
| 16 | ‘ What is this ridiculous talk of going blind ? ’ |
| 17 | Okay , so there , there is this strategic argument . |
| 18 | What is this world-shaking announcement you have to make ? " |
| 19 | We need not wait for evil to swoop out of the cosmos or ascend from the depths of hell : it is here now , not incarnate in human form but embodied in the structures and philosophies of our modern culture.l It is this contemporary culture with which we must grapple and fight . |
| 20 | Not only is this mild rebuke the typical response made by the inspectorate , but it is even the usual response to firms detected three or more times ; for these , the rate of prosecution was still only 3. 5 per cent ! |
| 21 | Just 15 minutes drive from the airport is this modern firstclass hotel . |
| 22 | Is this modern training necessary I asked Joe . |
| 23 | Is this normal behaviour ? |
| 24 | His interpretation of his data is that the deaf child is linguistically deprived from the very beginning and it is this early lack of language stimulation which creates the problem . |
| 25 | It is this abrasive commitment to this duties which , in part , has won Skinner the Whitbread Player of the Month Award . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is this bicameral quality in the American mind that lets the citizen read of the all-out official ‘ war on drugs ’ and ‘ war on terrorism ’ on one page , and then turn the page and read of the CIA sharing a bank with Miami cartels and Abu Nidal , and still go on as if he inhabited a ‘ normal world ’ . |
| 27 | It is this ultimate danger which , probably more than anything else , has surrounded the nuclear industry with its following of fearful spectators . |
| 28 | Basil scrutinized the painting , pointed to the steps and asked , " Is this all Caroline 's work ? " |
| 29 | Guido continued , sitting back in his seat and watching her , ‘ Is this all part of your practice of giving each other space ? |
| 30 | It is this pre-theoretical knowledge which interests Hayes . |