Example sentences of "and [adv] this is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important events require some preparation if we are to make the most of them and arguably this is more true of retirement than of any other stage . |
| 2 | And perhaps this is just as well , for were it not so , and were we to believe that personality became irreversibly set in the first two ( or three , or five ) years of life we should have to believe , first , that any child harmed then was beyond help and thus clinically not worth bothering about ; and , second , that children in later years were not vulnerable and that experience then was of no consequence . |
| 3 | Many homes , in Great Britain at least ( and perhaps this is more true of the private sector ) , still offer no privacy for the elderly who do not have their own rooms , who have no locks on the lavatories and who have to suffer the indignity of being bathed and examined by a non-qualified member of staff of the opposite sex . |
| 4 | They 've actually gone from a full service back to this level because this is what they 've found is what people need and obviously this is surely what we should be able to do , erm I think that you know by providing the extra ten thousand my concern now is that we actually make sure that our offices are fully covered here . |
| 5 | Catching the first ‘ wee ’ in the potty is an important milestone and usually this is more by luck than judgement . |
| 6 | The discussion is more neutral only in so far as it is assumed that the curriculum ( such a global phenomenon ) is no-one 's responsibility in particular , and clearly this is so in an individual sense — but it is however the responsibility of the profession to take a leading role in this area and at the moment it is not fulfilling this role . |
| 7 | Second , never do it in type of less than about 10-point ; and even this is really too small in newspapers . |
| 8 | Instead they should work via logical objects , and indeed this is particularly encouraged by the SGML standard . |
| 9 | These effects can be interpreted as the effects of people 's choices , and indeed this is often so . |
| 10 | In an ideal world each news outlet would receive a release tailored to its particular needs , and indeed this is sometimes possible . |
| 11 | And yet this is just what we must do . |
| 12 | And yet this is hardly fair . |
| 13 | The particulars must also be confirmed by or on behalf of the clearing member , and again this is usually done for him by the exchange 's electronic system . |
| 14 | The chargee is unlikely to provide the release before completion and therefore this is invariably the last condition precedent to be satisfied . |