Example sentences of "and this [noun sg] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the interrogative form of the first utterance might be claimed to encode a question , that is not all that is intended : it would be strikingly uncooperative if B were to say yes ( meaning just " yes I am able to come " ) and then not go to A. Somehow , the interrogative form can also convey a request , and this interpretation is strongly reinforced here by the presence of the word please ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 2 | Similarly , early humans are always portrayed as hunters , surviving largely on a diet of meat , and this interpretation is still being taught to schoolchildren . |
| 3 | What is common to all , however , is that an emphasis is placed on peaceful interaction among the members of the society , and this emphasis is cosmologically constructed and morally embedded in a cosmological universe of meaning . |
| 4 | This gives it an even more marked excess longitudinal velocity and this feature is particularly apparent in the inner half of the boundary layer . |
| 5 | The HNC links directly with the new Post Graduate Diplomas and this feature is already being used in colleges to provide a clear career path for management development . |
| 6 | Strike-slip faulting also usually leads to the displacement of stream channels ( Fig. 3.25 ) and this feature is often useful in determining the magnitude and frequency of individual movements along the fault ( see Section 16.3.2 ) . |
| 7 | At the beginning of this chapter I noted how the distinctions made between political systems often emerged from current political conflicts and preoccupations , and this feature is very much in evidence in the political sociology of recent decades . |
| 8 | Annie Fischer 's version of the Schumann was originally coupled with Liszt 's First Piano Concerto , and this recording is now re-issued with Johann Strauss 's Die Fledermaus Overture and the classic 1960 account of the Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night 's Dream by Mendelssohn ( ) , to make what amounts to a delightfully planned orchestral concert . |
| 9 | Today , with less than 2½ per cent of Britain 's people left on the land ( and this percentage is still falling ) , the destruction of the ‘ bold peasantry ’ might be considered complete ; that it is too late to revive and rebuild it . |
| 10 | The whole figure is subject to the element of reasonable future probability and this factor is commonly reflected in the multiplier ( but sometimes is reflected in a reduced multiplicand ) . |
| 11 | For every person who experiences what this student did ( and this experience is far from rare ) count . |
| 12 | Theory is no substitute for practical experience and this experience is often only bought at a high price . |
| 13 | I have decided the horse is an inclement beast , and this land is hardly friendly to travellers . ’ |
| 14 | Molar masses from 10 2 to 10 6 g mol -1 can be measured and this range is much wider than any other existing technique . |
| 15 | Al Mutahm has been off since springing a big surprise in a Group Three at Ascot back in April and this trip is probably a bare minimum for him over hurdles . |
| 16 | And this independence is further supported by the existence of the ‘ velar-raising ’ rules in other Ulster varieties : they are carefully described by Gregg ( 1964 ) for Larne , and by Patterson ( 1860 ) for nineteenth-century Belfast , and so in this case they are plainly of some antiquity . |
| 17 | In the past , it was often assumed that all babies who could not tolerate milk were lactase-deficient , and this idea is still current in some quarters . |
| 18 | In practice , the egalitarian individual always occupies a position in a well-defined hierarchy , and this position is repeatedly asserted by the way he behaves towards others and by the way the others react in response . |
| 19 | Evelyn , who is also due to give a performance at Dumfries young offenders institution , said : ‘ I always enjoy playing in my native Scotland , and this tour is particularly special . ’ |
| 20 | The fall in profitability in 1991 was the first since 1982 , and this trend is clearly set to continue . |
| 21 | Certainly it has exhausted the works explicitly credited to Carver in the great Scone Choirbook , and I suppose that is why Dr Elliott remarks , in connection with Pater Creator Omnium , that any music which ‘ may have intervened between the Mass Fera Pessima … and this work is sadly lost ’ . |
| 22 | Certain aminoacid residues at critical points in the peptide sequence ‘ anchor ’ the peptide in the groove , and this interaction is moderately specific for each of the different allelic forms of MHC molecules . |
| 23 | Tomato deal in the riper side of UK House , of which the more familiar name of Pascal 's Bongo Massive will be the stormtrooper with most , and this release is really worth it for the AA facet , where ‘ Carried Away ’ is a slow shuffling number that could equally serve as more of a chilled refreshment . |
| 24 | Handling and ride in the 5-Series is already legendary , and this engine is better able to make the most of it . |
| 25 | Molecules thus take up a specific shape , and this shape is particularly important in the complex organic molecules formed by living systems . |
| 26 | However , as the industry grows factoring is becoming better understood and this attitude is gradually changing . |
| 27 | When any supply of magma is present below a volcano , it usually contains a great deal of gas , and this gas is often at high pressure . |
| 28 | The utterance ‘ I sentence you to death ’ performs the function of sentencing someone to death , and this function is only performed ( within certain legal systems ) by this utterance . |
| 29 | It is well known in linguistics , for example , that languages vary in the way they encode perceptual phenomena such as colour ; and this variation is probably greater still in the conceptualization of abstract and cultural phenomena . |
| 30 | They use the internal chamber of the mouth as a kind of crude proto-lung , and this cavity is sometimes enlarged into a breathing pocket rich in blood vessels . |