Example sentences of "this [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How precious would this car be to him ? |
| 2 | How can this development be of any personal interest to you ? ’ |
| 3 | ( 5 ) Neither our client nor this Firm be in any way responsible for the professional charges levied by your Consultant . |
| 4 | So wo n't this information be on SIMS and can it ju not just be transferred ? |
| 5 | Leaving aside any suspicion that people might tend to agree with any suggestion put to them that they should have more information , how helpful can this information be in practice ? |
| 6 | And may this book be at least a small stepping-stone on your way . |
| 7 | The particularly high rate of loss of manufacturing jobs in the UK and the consequent problems for inner cities and manufacturing regions would therefore on this reading be in part due to the relatively fragile development of Fordism , which means that certain manufacturing industries had remained relatively backward and therefore less competitive . |
| 8 | Why should the extent of this activity be of concern to the public authorities ? |
| 9 | If , on the other hand , the golem is already working , then Haberup ( who may not this time be in a position to claim the patent rights ) has presumably done something to annoy it , and in this case ( 10 ) may be used in the sense of an answer to the question : ( 11 ) what did Haberup do to his golem ? |