Example sentences of "and this [noun] [is] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the interrogative form of the first utterance might be claimed to encode a question , that is not all that is intended : it would be strikingly uncooperative if B were to say yes ( meaning just " yes I am able to come " ) and then not go to A. Somehow , the interrogative form can also convey a request , and this interpretation is strongly reinforced here by the presence of the word please ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 2 | What is common to all , however , is that an emphasis is placed on peaceful interaction among the members of the society , and this emphasis is cosmologically constructed and morally embedded in a cosmological universe of meaning . |
| 3 | Annie Fischer 's version of the Schumann was originally coupled with Liszt 's First Piano Concerto , and this recording is now re-issued with Johann Strauss 's Die Fledermaus Overture and the classic 1960 account of the Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night 's Dream by Mendelssohn ( ) , to make what amounts to a delightfully planned orchestral concert . |
| 4 | The whole figure is subject to the element of reasonable future probability and this factor is commonly reflected in the multiplier ( but sometimes is reflected in a reduced multiplicand ) . |
| 5 | And this independence is further supported by the existence of the ‘ velar-raising ’ rules in other Ulster varieties : they are carefully described by Gregg ( 1964 ) for Larne , and by Patterson ( 1860 ) for nineteenth-century Belfast , and so in this case they are plainly of some antiquity . |
| 6 | In practice , the egalitarian individual always occupies a position in a well-defined hierarchy , and this position is repeatedly asserted by the way he behaves towards others and by the way the others react in response . |
| 7 | The fall in profitability in 1991 was the first since 1982 , and this trend is clearly set to continue . |
| 8 | Certainly it has exhausted the works explicitly credited to Carver in the great Scone Choirbook , and I suppose that is why Dr Elliott remarks , in connection with Pater Creator Omnium , that any music which ‘ may have intervened between the Mass Fera Pessima … and this work is sadly lost ’ . |
| 9 | The utterance ‘ I sentence you to death ’ performs the function of sentencing someone to death , and this function is only performed ( within certain legal systems ) by this utterance . |
| 10 | They use the internal chamber of the mouth as a kind of crude proto-lung , and this cavity is sometimes enlarged into a breathing pocket rich in blood vessels . |
| 11 | Edinburgh is known as ‘ The University in the City ’ and this description is clearly reflected in the great variety of types of accommodation available to Edinburgh University students and in its situation , with most students living in accommodation which is an integral part of the city . |
| 12 | It is decided in advance what information is required , for example which companies and which business areas , and this information is regularly reviewed . |
| 13 | Only five of the Queen 's 39 predecessors — Henry III , Edward III , Elizabeth I , George III and Victoria — have achieved longer reigns , and this fact is usefully illustrated at the outset with a family tree , which shows that Queen Elizabeth II can trace her ancestry back over 1,000 years to Egbert , King of Wessex , in the 9th century . |
| 14 | Its eponym , the harpist Ludovico , is believed to have produces falsas ( chromatic ‘ wrong notes ’ ) by pressing a finger against a string to shorten its sounding length — King uses instead a type of double harp that was known at that time — and this device is still used by folk harpists in South America . |
| 15 | Because it is used in the passive , ‘ said ’ in the Japanese text is understood to mean something like ‘ criticized ’ , and this meaning is correctly rendered in the English translation . |
| 16 | But because the demand for central control has arisen out of a general dissatisfaction with education , and this dissatisfaction is often directed towards an excess of ‘ creativity ’ in the classroom , a lack of a disciplined work-force , it is generally assumed that the central common curriculum to be nationally accepted would be down-to-earth , factual , able to be assessed , and marked by a tick or a cross . |
| 17 | Leg ulcers require a high degree of diagnostic skill in selecting appropriate treatments , and this task is often left to district nurses . |
| 18 | Experiments with ‘ hard ’ radiation such as gamma irradiation have been conducted and this method is occasionally used for the packaging of some high risk foods . |
| 19 | OsO4 vapour is highly toxic and this manipulation is best undertaken by incubating embryos in small drops of 0504 under oil in plastic Petri dishes ( set up in a fume cupboard ) . |
| 20 | The strong linear flavour emphasizes , of course , the flatness of the picture plane and this effect is further strengthened by the fact that the entire picture surface is broken down into angular forms of almost equal size , which are all dealt with in the same vigorous technique . |
| 21 | It is the purpose of training to instil in the child mind a conscience that will be his guide , and this training is best done , and usually is done , by the various processes involving reward , and in this respect it must always be remembered that there is little greater reward that can be offered a child than the knowledge that it is loved . |
| 22 | In the former exhibition , George Mackie , DFC , RDI , RSW , one of this century 's leading graphic artists , confronts the challenge of explaining to layman and bibliophile alike the nature of his ‘ invisible ’ craft and the intellectual and emotional considerations which underline it , and this theme is further elaborated in the accompanying catalogue , Books , mostly scholarly and some Ephemera , designed by George Mackie , which was produced thanks to the generosity of The Stinehour Press , who printed it . |
| 23 | And this fella 's just ran , this Piggot 's , all got a head man to do it for them . |
| 24 | They appreciate that B because A and A because B are different in meaning , and this understanding is probably based on causal direction rather than temporal order . |
| 25 | The stock of bills is shown by and this stock is willingly held at an average rate of discount of . |