Example sentences of "this [noun sg] be [adj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Combining Scandinavian comfort with a rewarding performance , this yacht is traditional rather than innovative |
| 2 | This condition is satisfied even though the minimum size of the oscillator is quite small ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 3 | This file is self-extracting so when you run SS31 , the program automatically extracts all the files which make-up Screen Scenes . |
| 4 | This behaviour is possible only because of the difference in diffusivities . |
| 5 | This conflict was uncharacteristic both because judges usually avoided speaking against the Government on matters of party policy and because judges usually worked behind the scenes to advance their own causes or to influence legal reforms . |
| 6 | The government maintained that this operation was humanitarian rather than military , but the SPD attacked it as unconstitutional . |
| 7 | At first , studies of the revolution written in this spirit were impressionistic rather than scholarly and the voice of criticism from the Left was barely audible . |
| 8 | This incident was notable only because it was my first seizure made on board a cutter . |
| 9 | In practical terms this concern is relevant only where supervising and senior staff in the agency may learn about a pollution ; by definition these are cases which the agency regards as important , in particular , those which may have implications for the agency 's public reputation . |
| 10 | No statute deals with the subject and the citation of statutes in this book is necessary mainly because of the need to draw a distinction between expert determination and arbitration . |
| 11 | This matter is important partly because of the particular status in religious thought of ideas that God 's existence can be ‘ proved ’ . |
| 12 | On the other hand , this treatment is correct only if there are no redistributive effects on demand : for example , if , then there is a change in the gross factor price ratio ( /r ) , and the standard assumption is not correct . |
| 13 | Evolved for hunting in Africa , the quiet nature of this breed was essential so as not to alert game to the presence of dogs and hunters nearby . |
| 14 | This section is possible precisely because the unity of the whole is an expressive totality , that is ‘ a totality all of whose parts are so many ‘ total parts ’ each expressing the others , and each expressing the social totality that contains them , because each in itself contains in the immediate form of its expression the essence of the totality itself ’ ( 94 ) . |