Example sentences of "this [noun sg] is [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The secret of this trick is in the preparation of the rings by cutting and resticking them . |
| 2 | ‘ People understand this ox is in the ditch in a way I 've never heard before . |
| 3 | This unity is on a level above anything else we can experience : it is Trinity unity . |
| 4 | Now this story is about a boy who lived with his mother . |
| 5 | This story is like a battle between the storyteller 's mother and Death . |
| 6 | Thus article 10 requires a balancing exercise to be conducted : the balance in this case is between the right to freedom of expression and such restrictions as are necessary in a democratic society for the protection of the reputation of a non-trading corporation which is also a public authority . |
| 7 | ‘ In my opinion , the use proposed for the Official Report of Debates in this case is beyond the meaning of the ‘ reference ’ contemplated in the Resolution of October 1980 . |
| 8 | The handwriting in this case is of a type known as batarde , i.e. mongrel or mixed in style . |
| 9 | This case is at an extreme of its own : fortunately , for it is an unwelcome departure from clear principles and clear thinking . |
| 10 | This case is like the case in which I am lost in cloud and shout out , ‘ Here ’ to let my wife know where I am . |
| 11 | sort of thinking , Ah this prayer is for the children , I 'll pray for the wonderful world that God 's created . |
| 12 | This interaction is under the control of the Chart parser : an existing framework which allows the exploration of various search strategies and input conditions . |
| 13 | A variation on this technique is for the Bank to announce a Minimum Lending Rate which , for a short period ahead , it will apply in any lending to the discount houses . |
| 14 | Rentokil would not have won the coveted Business Enterprise Award as company of the year had it not been for individuals playing their part , as our Chief Executive Clive Thompson reiterated ‘ this award is for the Rentokil people and the contribution this Company has made to improving the environment ’ . |
| 15 | The concern of this course is with the creation and design of beautiful things and the exercise of a high degree of skill in the handling of materials . |
| 16 | The guardian ad litem takes the view that this decision is against the interests of the child and that in some way the inconvenience of the decision ought to be got round . |
| 17 | This Election is about the future . |
| 18 | This damage is to an idea , the idea of nature , and all that descends from it . ’ |
| 19 | However , this crossing is on a route from the town centre to housing areas and schools which is heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists , so the opportunity was taken to reconstruct the junction to meet the needs of soft traffic ( Figure 6.12 ) . |
| 20 | This review is about the use of external information by strategic decision makers in enterprises . |
| 21 | The concern in this chapter is with the impact of weak owner control on management efficiency . |
| 22 | The focus of this chapter is on the government side of the equations . |
| 23 | Although we shall return to unit costs briefly , the main focus of this chapter is on the use ( and abuse ) of demographic and related data , which feature in population estimates and in the derivation of specific deprivation indicators and of estimates of risk groups or client populations . |
| 24 | While our discussion in this chapter is of the doctrine of neutrality as such , Rawls ' treatment of it will serve to illustrate the problems involved . |
| 25 | This chapter is about a number of the problems you may face in writing words ( e.g. spelling ) and in writing sentences ( e.g. punctuation and " grammar " ) . |
| 26 | This chapter is about the significance of such a concatenation of development activity , and of the potential for links between them . |
| 27 | This chapter is about the way in which the existing predicament of teachers leads them to become stressed , and it is also about whether stress is inevitable in such circumstances or not . |
| 28 | This chapter is about the way one part of the brain communicates with a different part of the brain . |
| 29 | This chapter is about the extent of government involvement in the economy . |
| 30 | This chapter is about the possibilities for creating learning environments which encourage children to work and learn collaboratively . |