very thing

Chris Roe and Michael Daw, two leading noetics researchers, published a widely discussed study last year proposing this very thing.

"Their beauty attracts people who collect and trade shells. So the very thing that makes them different and interesting to me as a scientist is, unfortunately, what's endangering them as well."

He turns around and uses that wealth and power in order to eviscerate the very thing that helped create him.

Her precise words then and her precise words now are worth attention, but what really matters is what led to her suspension as a Labour MP then is the very thing that has led to it now – because, crucially, she has now said she doesn't regret those initial remarks.

And now he’s bemoaning the very thing he has helped cause.