Example sentences of "this is [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is but the reverse side of the Janus face of justice , for in their eyes it happens more often that criminals are released or are not put in prison for long enough . |
| 2 | This is but a particular example of a new truth . |
| 3 | This is but one way of reminding ourselves what an extraordinarily good job they did of the ‘ conceptual framework ’ , as they called it . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly this is but the first of competing efforts to develop ever more tempting animal/plant combinations . |
| 5 | This is but one variation on a theme — other legends state that the relevant time is midnight , cock crow , sunrise or noon . |
| 6 | Aragorn sings his song of Beren and Lúthien some fifty pages earlier with a certain reluctance , explaining that it is ‘ in the mode that is called ann-thennath among the Elves , but is hard to render in our Common Speech , and this is but a rough echo of it ’ . |
| 7 | The ‘ glass ’ is hard as steel , and this is but a magical source of illumination . |
| 8 | This is but one example of what can happen . |
| 9 | And all this is but a prelude . |
| 10 | This is but a small selection of events and festivals taking place in a few of our worldwide destinations — an ideal and enjoyable way to appreciate the culture and local traditions in each country . |
| 11 | ( This is but one aspect of the possibilities of the micro as a research tool in education , a subject of importance which we shall discuss further elsewhere . ) |
| 12 | It is not certain how important this is but it might influence mood , hormone function , and resistance to infection . |
| 13 | In each novel the specific configuration of the two discourses , authoritative communist on the one hand , disorientating existential on the other , is the product of two overriding influences : first , the economic , political , ideological and cultural forces that together produced each particular text ; secondly , and this is but a super-structural reflection of the first point , Nizan 's divided ambitions as a novelist , attempting at one level to exploit bourgeois culture in order to disseminate communist ideology effectively ( the communist project ) , and at another level to create a cultural product of value beyond its immediate moment of production ( the bourgeois project ) . |
| 14 | This is but a stumble on the way , we shall make good what we have vowed , in spite of all . ’ |
| 15 | This is but the opinion of one prosecutor expressed not long after the legislation had come into force . |
| 16 | However , I believe this is but a drop in the ocean compared to the vast number of communities that could play some form of active role , however modest . |
| 17 | Anyone who has heard it will declare that this is but of a piece with all the rest ! ’ |
| 18 | This is but an extension of the expertise which Max Weber claimed to be the foundation of bureaucratic power . |
| 19 | PS : This is but the first in a series of dumb questions … |
| 20 | This is but a tip of the formidable Octoberfest iceberg . |
| 21 | Sometimes I have a fear in me that this is but the first of many engagements in a struggle which is new , in scope if not in kind . ’ |
| 22 | Ask them why this is and they will reply that should they die during the night they do not want the person who finds them to feel they were dirty or slovenly . |
| 23 | First you must cut out the airy speculation inside the brackets , then you must examine in what ways this is and is not a new kind of play , and then rephrase juvenilian , which at present totters between juvenile and some reference to that difficult writer of Roman satires , Juvenal , who may be an influence on Marston , but hardly on Shakespeare . |
| 24 | Once again one comes back to the fundamental question of how much use all this is and whether the NSA really provides good value for money . |
| 25 | Rick points out that the Manson features a compound radius fingerboard , and goes on to say what an excellent idea this is and that it is a pity that only custom builders are able to implement this feature properly . |
| 26 | And again if the signs are the same , I mean I know they 're not exactly the same this is and add and that 's a positive , it 's the same as adding a positive number . |
| 27 | I suppose Mother had been telling her what a poor parish this is and what a pity Mark had n't taken a more wealthy living . |
| 28 | Gracious me it 's ten to two now yakking on a lot today er Beverley Craven this is and er Love Scenes we 'll get er chunk three of Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang on before two . |
| 29 | Now this is and I must admit when he pulled the trigger then I thought that was going to go right in the back of the net . |
| 30 | Okay well the only thing about this is and we 're going to send this to you and er you take it out and get Rita 's address . |