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

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1 This is across Buckinghamshire on two legs !
2 This is via Northrop Frye 's now-famous book , the Anatomy of Criticism ( 1957 ) , a work which never mentions The Lord of the Rings , but nevertheless creates a literary place for it with Sibylline accuracy .
3 Additionally an optical output is provided ; as supplied , this is via the standard Toslink connector but an AT&T output is available for an additional premium .
4 To imagine this is to be aware that the aggressive term which I have applied to Amis 's novelistic method , ‘ ventriloquism ’ , has the drawback of suggesting that when an author throws his voice , the character who receives it will necessarily be found to be inanimate , a dummy .
5 The physical mark of this is to be seen in the indentation between the upper lip and the nose .
6 This is to the benefit of both parties .
7 When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes .
8 Though its accounts of individual poems are as searching as anything in Davie 's earlier books ( we owe Carcanet a debt : this is to be the first in a uniform edition of Davie 's work ) , Under Briggflatts is also a mordant and compelling history of the social climates to which these poems were a response .
9 This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year .
10 This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year .
11 Turkey with Mexican Mole Pepper Sauce is based on a classic dish , eaten throughout Mexico , of turkey cooked in a fried chilli sauce — this is to Mexicans what curry is to Indians .
12 This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat .
13 They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer .
14 It is in fact the commercially provided infrastructure that is most lacking , and many people live a long way from a shop , although this is to some extent made up for by mobile shops .
15 The client gets help for day-to-day problems , but the price he pays for this is to be the landlord 's follower , to do his bidding and accept his view of the world .
16 As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs .
17 All this is to be found even in the lower classes .
18 Eloquent testimony of this is to be found in John Gay 's magnificent photographs of London terminals , depicting , for instance , the forest of columns , arches , and metallic tracery supporting the roof of Liverpool Street Station and the perfect form and line of Brunel 's ‘ all interior , all roofed-in ’ Paddington , achievements that could leave only the most die-hard curmudgeon unmoved .
19 Internally , the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall , and this is to be retained .
20 This is to 468 yards with a ridge and bunkers on the dog-leg .
21 The earliest extant account of this is to be found in the Works and Days of Hesiod ( c.700 BC ) , who sought to account thereby for man 's present condition and , in particular , for his need to work .
22 How this is to be done , and what ye all have to do , I will leave in the hands of the Bishop Don Hieronymo , and Alvar Fañez , and Pero Bermudez .
23 If this is to be done , despite the number who are brought up in other religions , it is reasonable to do it largely through the medium of Christianity , simply because Christianity exists as an institution in this country , and is by no means dead .
24 The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor .
25 Indeed , it is clear that there will need to be a significant improvement in the conditions associated with part-time work if this is to be seen as a real alternative for older workers .
26 Although they have always had responsibility for trainees , this is to be made more formal within the framework of the basic training common core .
27 This is to be put into operation by concentrating on four themes :
28 One solution to this is to ‘ densify ’ the ground control and another is to use contextually based classifiers rather than the traditional , spectrally based ones .
29 The literature of the last few years is thronged with papers proposing that these must be taken into account — but with few realistic proposals on how this is to be achieved .
30 For example , it was no wonder that scholars have searched in vain for Mount Horeb on Sinai since it should be Harib — and this is to be found in the Yemen area .
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