Example sentences of "[v-ing] this [noun] be the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To Kerner and Scarman the one factor explaining this confrontation is the economic , physical and social environment in the older urban cores : housing and educational standards are deficient ; jobs are often hard to come by and badly paid ; orthodox political parties appear irrelevant ; and public and private-sector services seem inadequate .
2 Returning this autumn is the ever-popular story of the revenge seeking jester Rigoletto and his possessive love for his daughter .
3 ONE OF THE anomalies of National Hunt racing this season is the comparative paucity of winners for the artistic Richard Dunwoody , the jockey who most resembles that supreme stylist John Francome among the current crop of riders .
4 The negative aspect of providing this flexibility is the added complexity , in particular to support insertions , deletions and updates .
5 While the aims of T.E.C.A. appear modest enough , by forging an alliance with Dr.Eric Williams they would come to realise that there was a much greater goal to aim for , and that the key to attaining this goal was the charismatic figure of Dr. Williams himself .
6 Assuming this formation is the right one ( I prefer British teams to play 4–4-2 ) I suppose there are no better uninjured/unsuspended players available .
7 A major factor influencing this change is the projected trend in CO2 emissions .
8 But , of course , overlaying and underlying this trans-parency were the old tribal and family feuds and enmities which had put most of the followings into the rival camps in the first place .
9 Among the six members of the sub-committee responsible for drafting this submission was the Eastern District 's former full-time tutor Harold Shearman , by then Academic Adviser to the Department of Extra-Mural Studies at London and a WEA vice-president .
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