Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] this is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old lady said , ‘ I came back here because over fifty years ago this is where I first fell in love . ’ |
| 2 | Generally , the owners of a business are free to decide whether to buy or sell , but there are certain situations where this is not the case , perhaps because of the size and nature of the transaction , or the industry sector . |
| 3 | It seems that people take kin , and indeed non-kin , into their households in situations where this is mutually advantageous , but the balance of those advantages fluctuates over time , and varies between different localities in the same historical period . |
| 4 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 5 | There are times when this is quite acceptable , such as for street interviews or music recording , but they are not suitable for drama unless they are mounted on a boom . |
| 6 | The vast majority are performed long before a nervous system is present and in the small number of cases where this is not so , the animal is anaesthetized . |
| 7 | But there is nothing to argue about here , as the act of quantifying is not intended to be predictive , explanatory or theoretical : it is a methodological tool that is used by those who wish to make accountable statements about the distribution of linguistic forms in real speech communities in cases where this is not evident without quantification . |
| 8 | And one of the main reasons why this is so is because we are not threatening him . |
| 9 | The precise reasons why this is so may well be complex , and derive no doubt from considerations of deterrence as well as of legality . |
| 10 | There are two reasons why this is so . |
| 11 | We shall now consider further reasons why this is so . |
| 12 | There are a number of reasons why this is so . |