Example sentences of "[conj] this [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond whatever limits of cover are commercially obtainable the choice would seem to lie between limiting liability by agreement ( where this is possiblesee Chapter 2 ) with the client and exposing the private assets of the partners . |
| 2 | While listening to Mrs Wimbush 's diatribe , Juliet had slowly come to realise that although this was Thorn House it was no longer the maternity home Elaine had known . |
| 3 | From Janet 's Foss my way led across the road and through a gate where the Dales Park have placed a plaque telling me that this is Gordale Scar and to keep to the path . |
| 4 | But the word is out that this is Claudio Chiappucci 's year . |
| 5 | I meant that this is Maria Luisa 's home too — ’ |
| 6 | Although there might be several more R. K. 's in Overclyst , she felt certain that this was Roger Kenyon 's property . |
| 7 | John told Anne that this was embarkation leave and he would soon be going to France but warned her not to mention it to anyone . |
| 8 | Instead , they were faced with a statement from a Scotland Yard spokesman that there was no indication that this was terrorist activity , while the IRA had denied all involvement . |
| 9 | At first John imagined that this was relief food on its way to a Commissariat depot , for it was guarded by a large body of troops , about eighty infantry and fifty cavalry as well as two field guns and their crews — half on one bank , half on the other . |
| 10 | Now I mentioned that this was Chest Week and it 's the first time that the er Chest , Heart and Stroke Association have had a , a , a week specifically aimed at people with chest problems , or , or looking at chest problems . |
| 11 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 12 | It was soon clear , however , that this was broadsheet television . |
| 13 | There was no other sign that this was Wyvis Hall . |
| 14 | Now in planning the series of centenary lectures for this session , I was very delighted to discover that this was James Joyce 's centenary year , and therefore had the chance at last to promote a lecture on him . |
| 15 | Fox slipped delicately into her mind , confirming that this was Seren Haminh , and stood up , dropping the newssheet into a wastebin nearby . |
| 16 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 17 | Left alone , Breeze crouched over the dying embers and tried to realize that this was Christmas Eve . |
| 18 | She did not need Jacques 's laconic , ‘ We have arrived , mademoiselle , ' to tell her that this was Les Hiboux . |
| 19 | ‘ And this is Captain Baker . |
| 20 | There 's a pier here which we 've put on the new map erm and this is south promenade . |
| 21 | And this is Rob Davies , a year to the day after his revolutionary operation to cure him . |
| 22 | ‘ And this is Señor Mitchell , ’ he introduced as Mitch came up , his eyes riveted on the girl 's face . |
| 23 | And this is Basil Blessington-Dalrymple . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm David Kent , I 'm a registrar at Riverside General Hospital , and this is Juliet Avery , she 's a nurse . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Shannon , I 'd like you to meet the man I mentioned to you earlier , Josh Thayer , and this is Marianne McCall , our leading lady . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm the Doctor and this is William Blake . |
| 27 | and this is distance learning ? |
| 28 | Then , to the other man : ‘ My name 's Mackay , by the way , and this is Rose Fenemore . |
| 29 | I present to you my deputy , Surveyor Scientist Markov ; and this is Surveyor Scientist Grigoriev . |
| 30 | " Yes , and this is Mr. Henniker . |