Example sentences of "this be [adv] what [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly this is not what Lord Hailsham wants . |
| 2 | This is exactly what Thamesdown media Arts have done in order to create the SWINDON DIARIES . |
| 3 | This is exactly what Chancellor Norman Lamont is about to do in order to find the resources with which to give the economy its required boost . |
| 4 | This is exactly what language training for children or adults ( rather than mere translation ) succeeds in doing . |
| 5 | This is exactly what Benjamin Bevan constructed between 1810 and 1813 , except that some reshaping of the middle and lower side ponds took place in 1898 to make room for the inclined plane embankment , and that some reconditioning of the locks took place between 1908 and 1910 in preparation for re-opening . |
| 6 | It is the pouring in of new wine , but the bottles must also be new or they will burst , and this is exactly what Mr. Alexander 's treatment does . |
| 7 | It is quite an achievement to upstage the assembled might of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Rattle , not to mention Maria Ewing as second soprano , but this is precisely what Barbara Bonney , standing in for an indisposed Lillian Watson , did . |
| 8 | But this is precisely what Mr Papandreou is doing . |
| 9 | Indeed , this is precisely what Russell Reynolds himself set out to achieve in modelling his business on top service organisations like Morgan Guaranty — where he had worked before entering search — and Morgan Stanley and McKinsey . |
| 10 | No doubt we shall be told that this was exactly what General Schwarzkopf planned . |
| 11 | But I saw at once that this was not what Mrs Girdlestone wanted to hear . |