Example sentences of "this book be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Our main concern in this book is with the supervisory jurisdiction , but brief consideration of the effect of alternative remedies on the original ( and appellate ) jurisdiction of the courts is not out of place . |
| 32 | So this book is by way of a clearing of the ground for later work , rather than a definitive study , and hence its concentration on particular aspects of the regulation of sexuality . |
| 33 | Apart from the obvious aviation interest , reading this book is like watching a travelog on the USA , and once picked up it proves to be difficult to put back down ! |
| 34 | The fascination of this book is in its clear-sighted debunking of the myths which many have fondly mistaken for historical truth : that Columbus was really aiming for Asia , that he and his sailors thought the world was flat , that Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to finance his trips and came down with her husband to wave him off from the docks , or even ( a fondly-cherished delusion ) that these were journeys of discovery rather than intentional acquisition and expansion of the Spanish empire . |
| 35 | Although this book is in no way offered as a study of history or architecture , I hope that some of the information gathered may be of interest to those who love Cumbria and cherish the old buildings and traditions . |
| 36 | The value of this book is in describing the world as its author finds it , rather than revealing hidden causes . |
| 37 | The use of flashback alone , teasing the reader 's attention with its enigmatic promise of a strange tale , suggests how far removed this book is in technique and emotional depth from the simple formula of Richard Armstrong 's documentary adventures . |
| 38 | I do not claim that this book is in any way a final or even comprehensive analysis of its subject matter . |
| 39 | This book is in its way a tour de force . |
| 40 | This book is in three parts . |
| 41 | Accordingly , it may be the case that by the time this book is in your hands departments may have new names and policy responsibilities may have been moved from one department to another . |
| 42 | This book is in general good , but a chapter on foregrounding would have made it so much better . |
| 43 | This book is among the great monuments of photographic effort and achievement in the 1980s . |
| 44 | The focus of this book is upon the social element , but not to the exclusion of the physical parameters . |
| 45 | The first two parts of this book are about understanding where things have to be done . |
| 46 | Advertised in 1930 as a joint publication under the title Logik , Sprache , Philosophie , this book was to be the first volume in the series Die Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung . |
| 47 | When the proposal for this book was under consideration by the publishers , a number of American professors were asked for their comments . |
| 48 | My most recent teaching before I started on this book was in Vancouver with a class of mixed ages — ten to thirteen years , I guess . |
| 49 | This book was in effect the first which emphasized contemporary processes and underlying physical principles and it focused upon river channels , drainage systems , slopes and had some reference to climatic-inspired systems . |
| 50 | And may this book be at least a small stepping-stone on your way . |
| 51 | About two-thirds of the mothers in this book were at school or further education college when they became pregnant , and about half of these were under sixteen . |
| 52 | All 48 colour plates in this book were by Fred Mitchell , but the artist was barely mentioned in the credits . |