Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | all that Tippex Is this Tippex ? |
2 | Yes , the back page is this thing here of that blue hand-out booklet , right , if you can just , if you can see one or somebody else 's , instead of rummaging through that 'll be fine . |
3 | ‘ The most interesting thing is this plan . ’ |
4 | One of it 's most famous clocks is this one in Cheltenham 's regent arcade ; another one-off is this replica of Big Ben — destined for an American client . |
5 | What a beauteous thing is this cover of Bob Marley And The Wailers ' militant ‘ Survival ’ , which contained all the flags of the independent black African nations . |
6 | Thatcher 's great advantage is this laser sight which fixes in a very narrow , straight beam on one thing at a time . ’ |
7 | While the WTTERC , based at Oxford Brookes University and anxious to hear from more UK hotels with active environmental programmes * , continues its task of establishing a research base , identifying problem areas and probing ways of improving environmental practice , how bad an environmental offender is this industry ? |
8 | The role of the lonely outsider with an aching heart but crusty exterior is this time taken by Irish actress Brenda Fricker , grimed up to her red eyeballs as a bag lady with a pigeon fetish . |
9 | A VEGETARIAN restaurant is this weekend presenting more than 100 different South Indian meals as part of a special Hindu festival . |
10 | One example is this Kalt ‘ Longranger ’ body , fitted with Heim mechanics . |
11 | Charming at first sight is this picture of the warm-blooded sailor who sets out to win a girl because he has been told he is beneath her . |
12 | The front line is this taxi rank in the town centre . |
13 | WELSH Water is this year 's main sponsor of the Chair competition at the Vale of Conwy Chair Eisteddfod , being held at Llanrwst later this month . |
14 | ‘ And the weird and wonderful thing is this week 's ‘ Jottings ’ … |
15 | Or they 'll push you under a subway train or force feed you kiwi fruit whatever the new thing is this week . |
16 | the major potential confounder is this analysis is pH , because pH values of oesophageal fluid are about 1.0 log point lower than pH values of saliva . |
17 | The next target is this race next year . ’ |