Example sentences of "this is [pos pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is its function as part of the pastoral care attached to Anselm 's office .
2 At the deepest level this is its symmetry with the social order within which it operates , and the ‘ non-market ’ or ‘ subsidized ’ type of production is often an aspect of this symmetry in that by selecting certain kinds of work for partial exemption from the market — kinds valued within the distribution of preferences within a received social order and a dominant social class — it in one sense protects the market from other kinds of social and cultural challenge .
3 The most striking feature of this is its similarity to the ‘ reform , prevention and extinction ’ ascribed to Ferri earlier ( except that the ‘ extinction ’ is replaced by the more moderate ‘ segregation ’ ) .
4 This is its acceptance of a paint decoration without risk of ‘ show-through ’ .
5 This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel .
6 This is her way of escaping from them . ’
7 This is her way of bringing it about . ’
8 This is her method of communication , she uses her left hand mainly to tap the keys and it is necessarily a slow process .
9 But more fundamental than this is her view of the scientist 's and artist 's conception of knowledge .
10 This is her observation of their activity .
11 Phonemes are obviously sensitive enough to make fine discriminations between lexical descriptions since this is their function by definition .
12 The 1988 Education Reform Act extends this power to the point where governors can require the LEA to give notice to a teacher if this is their decision after passing through all due legal processes .
13 So this is their justification for bringing in the childhood .
14 And this is their reward on what 's likely to be their last full scale exercise before amalgamation next year .
15 This is his story as a PoW and his eventual escape ( one of the very few ) from capture .
16 This is his idea of ‘ considerable monitoring ’ .
17 This is his sort of course because he 's a grinder , ’ who succeeded Faldo as champion .
18 This is his inducement to Paddy Ashdown .
19 ‘ And this is his grandson in his livery , ’ said George , appearing at the door with all the pleasure of an actor dead on cue .
20 This is his moment of glory . ’
21 This is our heraldry of dirt :
22 This is our objective in the next chapter .
23 This is our vision of socialism .
24 Well we welcome the latter part of your comment , I was going to make a wisecrack about this is our idea of getting back to basics , family values , but I do n't want , I 'm going to stay out of it .
25 This is our tribute to a young and enthusiastic American fighter pilot from New Jersey , who now lies in Madingley Cemetery , England .
26 Hopefully Wilko is only experimenting as if this is our lineup for the season to put it mildly we 're fucked .
27 This is our way of saying sorry and deepest sympathy to the parents of little James from the people of Bootle .
28 This is our answer to the community around us , ’ said Mgr Holroyd .
29 This is our basis for the following .
30 ‘ Zero incidents would have been better , ’ said Malcolm Hartley , the site safety adviser , ‘ and this is our target for 1993 , but only one incident throughout the year is extremely good news and could not have been achieved without the strong commitment for safe working shared by the site 's work-force ’ .
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