Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 150 wolves are likely to be killed this year in the region , which is home to the Delta herd of caribou , whose numbers have fallen from 10,700 to 4,500 . |
| 2 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 3 | What can be wrong , however , with fantasising , treating a woman as an object , if there is no connection between the fantasy and real life and if she is depicted as wanting to be treated this way ? |
| 4 | Besides , the girl has done nothing wrong , and I can not allow her to be treated this way . ’ |
| 5 | Up to 1.2 million cubic metres are expected to be cut this year — three or four times as much as in 1991 . |
| 6 | After pledging £20,000 for wheelchair races , the region 's support increased to £95,000 after a substantial shortfall in the commercial sponsorship which now appears certain to be repeated this year unless additional major supporters can be found . |
| 7 | Performance did not improve — road and air increasingly cut into the rail markets — and the railways were now in the political arena , to be tugged this way and that with every change of government . |
| 8 | The very poorest , who depend on state benefits , will be relieved of paying much of the charge , but those with just enough income to be denied this relief will suffer severely . |
| 9 | Now patients are to be denied this choice — a complete contradiction of the commitment given by Government . |
| 10 | PISCES Whether or not you are going to be able to fully exercise your ability to earn a high income is likely to be revealed this week ! |
| 11 | However , many clay sized particles , whether organic or inorganic , become structurally altered at temperatures approaching 100°C so if any further study is to be undertaken this method is not recommended . |
| 12 | At the present speed of work on the EDDR — when it is finished it will provide much relief for traffic going round the city — the road is unlikely to be completed this millenium . |
| 13 | As I have said , that stretch of road is not likely to be completed this millenium . |
| 14 | The installation is due to be completed this month . |
| 15 | According to Vladimir Smirnov , manager of the Tyumen intercity exchange , the installation of the new equipment was also due to be completed this month . |
| 16 | I was working on a basic cable pattern , but now I 'm wondering if there are other clever cables to be made this way . |
| 17 | The propane/butane fridges use no chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFCs ) in their production ; 285,000 are expected to be made this year . |
| 18 | If it goes as well as expected , decisions will have to be made this year on how best to scale up the operation and where to site the next expansion , he said . |
| 19 | Your replies will help decide the final recommendations of the working group , to be made this Autumn . |
| 20 | What would the Minister say to a constituent of mine whose business has been wrecked by the Government-created recession , whose home is to be repossessed this week because the Government 's rescue scheme is too late and inadequate , and whose family face bed-and-breakfast accommodation because the local council has no council houses to offer because the Government have cut council house building in Wales by 90 per cent ? |
| 21 | Scaffolding is expected to be erected this week , marking the start of work to halt the tower 's tilt , which is growing by up to three millimetres a month . |
| 22 | THE Northern Ireland Women 's Football Association has released details of two competitions to be played this month . |
| 23 | THE Northern Ireland Women 's Football Association has released details of two competitions to be played this month . |
| 24 | He was crazily frightened and awfully ashamed , so that , when he heard voices , men speak outside the cubicle , he could not yell out to be seen this way . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a pity it has to be done this way , ’ Sandor observed . |
| 26 | There 's serious talking to be done this week , especially is it now seems you are n't going to be able to escape an intense situation as quickly as you 'd hoped . |
| 27 | I mean er what I mean is it needs to be done this week sort of thing . |
| 28 | All teachers need now to be given this experience , and all those in a position to provide it — because of their own good experience and expertise in meeting children 's special needs — have themselves to be enabled to share it effectively with fellow professionals . |
| 29 | It is the 35th area in England to be given this designation . |
| 30 | They were the first state concerns to be given this go-ahead since July 1989 , although private companies had from January 1991 been allowed to make direct payments of foreign commercial debt . |