Example sentences of "this [be] an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an attitude of life which the twentieth-century Church urgently needs to recapture . |
| 2 | This is an approach to gardening which looks good because it is good , common sense . |
| 3 | This is an exchange of views and opinions . |
| 4 | If a section of the population is held to live below a minimum economic standard because of the selfish aspirations of the rest of the community , this is an act of exploitation and a reason for communal guilt . |
| 5 | This is an army of soldiers from many different nations who can be brought into a country to preserve law and order and to stop two opposing sides from attacking each other . |
| 6 | It may be wondered both whether it is actually open to a group of Member States to enter into an agreement on a matter which would appear to fall within Community competence ( at least if Maastricht comes into force ) and how far this is an indicator of things to come if some Member States do not ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 7 | This is an exercise in persuasion , and requires composers who will focus their art on the simple and fundamental act of communication with their enthusiastic but tired , inattentive , restless , distracted and easily bored fellow human beings who none the less long to hear themselves in a not necessarily flattering mirror of music . |
| 8 | It 's certainly our responsibility to provide education , but this is an issue of shortage of teachers , and so we 're faced with that major problem . |
| 9 | ( This is an idea of genius , by the way . |
| 10 | This is an increase of £200,000 on last season when John Fourie not only celebrated his 53rd birthday here , but led South African golfers to a splendid 1-2-3 on the scoreboard . |
| 11 | Although this is an increase of £28 million over the figure for the previous year , Lord Hanson commented : ‘ We believe the recession has reached its nadir , but its effects will be felt longer than most anticipated , probably for another 12 months . ’ |
| 12 | The immediate and obvious impact of all this is an increase in speed and accuracy at the checkout . |
| 13 | So what I 'm hoping that this Council will do is send a message up to White Hall that this is an abuse of executive power to stifle the challenges of t to the authority . |
| 14 | This is an alliance of neo-fascists and communists known by most Russians simply as ‘ the reds and browns ’ ( browns after ‘ brown plague ’ , the term for the xenophobic hysteria that swept through Russia in the late 19th century ) . |
| 15 | This is an analysis of countries ' environmental characteristics , and the classification of countries as ‘ hot ’ , ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ cold ’ on the basis of these characteristics . |
| 16 | This will be investigated to see whether this is an optimism bias in which individuals perceive they are less vulnerable than other people to negative life events or whether this is an illusion of control bias which people overestimate their own abilities . |
| 17 | This is an attempt by Government to bring help to the traditional type of industry . |
| 18 | This is an end of year statement if you look , er giving the erm the income of a hundred and twenty five thousand and ninety nine pounds , and the expenditure there on the on the back page , of eighty two thousand seven hundred and eighty three pounds . |
| 19 | This is an appeal for solidarity . |
| 20 | This is an appeal by Swansea City Council against a decision of Judge Michael Evans Q.C. , given in Swansea County Court on 6 February 1991 . |
| 21 | Answer guide : The first part is straightforward as this is an injection of capital by the owner where the amount is certain . |
| 22 | This is an example of folklinguistics regulating real linguistic behaviour . |
| 23 | This is an example of doubt which comes from a deficiency at the fourth level of understanding , the only one which actually overlaps with the experience of becoming a Christian . |
| 24 | This is an example of government efforts to foster new initiatives by creating an agency outside of direct central political control . |
| 25 | Treating contaminated groundwater in an above-ground biological reactor — this is an example of pump-and-treat . |
| 26 | I can not explain the meaning of " joy " by pointing to someone with glowing eyes and a smile on his face , and saying " This is an example of joy " , as I might explain the meaning of " tree " by pointing to a tree and saying " This is a tree " , or " This is an example of the kind of thing that we call a tree " . |
| 27 | This is an example of manipulation of antecedents . |
| 28 | This is an example of opportunism by middle managers , due to their superiors ' inability to check their claims about what is actually in the best interests of the firm . |
| 29 | This is an example concerning religion : |
| 30 | Good this is an interview with Douglas from Blackwood part of Motherwell . |