Example sentences of "to this [noun] [be] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting twist to this issue is that it was Japan , clearly now a First World country , and in the opinion of many now the most dynamic economic power , that was often identified in the United States and in Europe , as the worst offender , with the four East Asian NICs not far behind . |
| 2 | 5.10.3 Not to use the Premises as sleeping accommodation or for residential purposes nor keep any animal fish reptile or bird anywhere on the Premises A tenant would find it difficult to resist a covenant against nuisance and the only objection to this clause is whether there should be a restriction against using the premises for a sale by auction . |
| 3 | One reaction to this style is that it is merely game-playing , and rather tedious at that . |
| 4 | The twist to this story is that it was only when the gods lost patience and threatened to draw a veil of darkness across the proceedings , leaving me stranded high and wet ( and rather chilled ) on one of the most rugged landscapes in the land , that I at last took the chance and accepted the offer that had been proffered . |
| 5 | The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work . |
| 6 | The simple answer to this question is that there may be lots of ways in which anxiety may develop . |
| 7 | The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport . |
| 8 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 9 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |
| 10 | The key to this paradox is that they were talking about different kinds of capitalists . |
| 11 | The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan . |
| 12 | The obvious reply to this argument is that we need a reason to accept a decision reached behind this veil of ignorance , and the claim that no decision would be reached behind a differently constructed veil of ignorance is not such a reason unless it has already been shown , as it has not in fact , that we are bound by the results of some veil of ignorance , whatever it may be . |
| 13 | The only exception I would make to this rule is if there are special guests who actually should be ‘ on-show ’ because they enhance the programme , for whatever reason . |
| 14 | But the answer to this riddle is that they have a receptor , most probably in the brain , that enables light detection to bypass normal , ocular channels . |
| 15 | The major drawback to this method is that it can be very time-consuming sorting through the piles when you start a new picture . |