Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , strictly this finding was obiter , since it was held that the sale was a consumer sale and the clause was therefore ineffective .
2 What they are offering through this framework are checklists to aid the development of a curriculum .
3 The reward for this support was Huddersfield 's first FA Cup .
4 The main reason for this change is money , and the consequent pressure on hospital beds .
5 This change is part of a concerted effort to raise our profile with our international customers .
6 Probably one immediate result of this change was Vincent 's growing rebellion against the restrictions that went with the use of his home as a base .
7 This watch is gold ?
8 This grave was earth 's limit , Heaven is our home . ’
9 Another name for this trick is art . "
10 The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry .
11 The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry .
12 I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to .
13 Of this kind are Bilbo , Bungo , Polo , Lotho … and so on .
14 Fine examples of this kind are MacMillan 's Song of the Earth and Ashton 's Persephone and The Wedding Bouquet .
15 It should not be forgotten that in general , statistical tests of this kind are aids to interpretation .
16 One of the most fully documented projects of this kind is Dorothy Heathcote 's ( 1980 ) work with a nine-year-old class on Dr. Lister ( see also The Treatment of Dr. Lister by John Carroll ( 1980 ) ) .
17 An example of this kind is Dornford Lane , which runs parallel with the Banbury to Oxford road for some miles north of Woodstock .
18 Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect .
19 The machineheads on this guitar are copies of big-buttoned chrome Schallers , and though they work well enough , they could be better finished , and some players might prefer something subtler and more in keeping with the general style .
20 Like I said , if this guitar were mine I 'd rewire it like an ES335 .
21 Has this coverage been hype or does DTP really represent a new application that will continue to develop and expand during coming months ?
22 Written up by playwright Peter R. Newman , this story was David Whitaker 's own inspiration , aiming to show that not all the alien races in the Universe were hostile killers like the Voord and the Daleks .
23 Yet all this time this heart is Pamela .
24 One of the pioneers in this field is Dr Ben Feingold who , in the 1960s , was the head of the allergy department at the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Centre in San Francisco , California .
25 One of the best-known figures in this field is Dr Hilary Jones , TV-AM 's resident doctor .
26 The specialist company in this field is Aviation Ideas , 0634 251402 .
27 One of the earliest workers in this field was L. Kolisko in Switzerland , who published the results of her observations of various potencies on plant growth in 1923 .
28 Principal workers in this field were Watson , Pavlov , Thorndike , Hull and the contemporary psychologist , Skinner .
29 The traditional occupation of this caste was cultivation .
30 FTA Ind ; this is the FT Actuaries industry classification which in this case is insurance composite .
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