Example sentences of "this is [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of this is to disapply some of the more onerous administrative procedures which would otherwise be required to be carried out . |
| 2 | This is of particularly lively concern in those Eastern European countries where the churches have only recently gained access to the mass media . |
| 3 | This is of even more moment if , instead of acts of real violence , displays of weapons or aborted action-sequences are produced within a ritual framework . |
| 4 | In any case , for the moment all this is of merely academic interest . |
| 5 | This is at least consistent with the source being less than one milli-light-second ( i.e. 300 km ) across . |
| 6 | Usually this is at least 38 cm ( 15 in ) deep , but benefits from being deeper , particularly if you are considering overwintering fancy goldfish out of doors . |
| 7 | This is at least untrue in the USA , where there is a comprehensive system of further education for deaf people in which the medium is an accepted form of ASL which hearing instructors use . |
| 8 | This is at least ten times as many as to any other country ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 9 | This is above all important today , when the process of disarmament is at a turning-point . |
| 10 | These days , this is about as innovative as Hollywood gets , of course , but when the result is performed with the pace and panache of Russell Mulcahy 's Ricochet , maybe we should be grateful for small mercies . |
| 11 | This is about as convincing as claiming that her signing ‘ clock ’ manifests her mastery of ‘ time ’ . |
| 12 | There 's an old saying that there 's not such thing as a free lunch , but this is about as close as you can get . |
| 13 | However , to someone facing the weak poverty trap , and again with the illustrative numbers above , this is worth only 30 per cent of £40 , i.e. £12 , because the explicit tax rate applies only to the net-of-transfer income ; i.e. . |
| 14 | Spend time defining this is in as colourful terms as possible . |
| 15 | Shadow Welsh secretary Ron Davies said : ‘ This is in very bad taste . ’ |
| 16 | With the change in wording necessitated by the inclusion of ‘ disorderly , ’ this is in virtually identical terms to the provision in relation to section 4 , and would therefore seem to open up the same possibilities for argument that that section does through section 6(3) . |