Example sentences of "this [vb -s] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question that this begs is simply then , what are predictive studies claiming to predict ? |
| 2 | Any person who can not appreciate the obligation this imposes is not a competent witness . |
| 3 | The best way to show what this involves is by examples . |
| 4 | The noise this produces is greatly amplified for most of the abdomen behind the vibrating plate is also hollow and two large rectangular sections of the abdominal wall are stiffened to form resonators . |
| 5 | However , the number of organizations this produces is unmanageable , and it also tends to emphasize differences rather than similarities . |
| 6 | The effect this has is illustrated once again by chromium hexacarbonyl . |
| 7 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 8 | I 've never entirely agreed with the policy of restricted entry , although one knows all the arguments why this has been necessary . |
| 9 | This has been assisted by the continuing process of urbanization and delocalizing of religious experience . |
| 10 | This has been taken to mean that teaching children together with the aid of a definite programme to reduce prejudice would not work , thus invalidating any proposed integration of schooling . |
| 11 | This has been the experience of the Thirties Society in fighting for the retention of the main plan features of the Nag 's Head , one of the few listed pubs of the period . |
| 12 | This has been initiated by BBC Television , Drama Group and the Writers Guild and is coordinated by Women In Film . |
| 13 | The result of all this has been that proponents in the press of the fashionable pro-government doctrine of ‘ new realism ’ have somehow found themselves spending most of their time constructing and then reporting on a fantasy world . |
| 14 | Where income such as an occupational pension or Retirement Pension is paid into a bank or building society account on , for example , a monthly or four-weekly basis , in some cases this has been treated as capital resulting in a possible reduction of benefit . |
| 15 | The best example of this has been the deployment of the HST fleet . |
| 16 | This has been a major demand by the National Licensed Victuallers Association , who hailed the decision as a victory for their campaign . |
| 17 | This has been a focus of his first year and will be of his second . |
| 18 | Perhaps the nearest the British have got to a building like this has been in the pages of The Eagle . |
| 19 | This has been the cry of Lebanon 's distress since 1945 . |
| 20 | ‘ This has been the worst year for me , ’ Leconte said , recounting his six months out of the game with back trouble . |
| 21 | The United States sent $65m ( £40m ) of military aid to Colombia , but this has been called inappropriate and is alleged to be more suitable for fighting Colombia 's left-wing guerrillas than the cocaine mafia . |
| 22 | This has been recognised for some time , perhaps most articulately in France , as one of the attainments to be expected from a top-class academic teacher and researcher , with an outstanding ability in accurate communication with the men ( and women ) in the street : haute popularisation . |
| 23 | But sources have confirmed that this has been ruled out by the Treasury in the current round of public expenditure talks . |
| 24 | ‘ This has been done in a very formal and proper way . ’ |
| 25 | The book has the weight of research behind it , though this has been unobtrusively stitched into the narrative . |
| 26 | As this has been achieved with a style of football that owes little to romantic idealism , Charlton is not in trouble-free waters although even his most vigorous detractors are now inclined to take a pragmatic stance , appeased by success and forced to accept his widespread popularity . |
| 27 | Admittedly , this has been achieved , in part , by the kind of chicanery and double book-keeping which would earn a jail sentence for the treasurer-secretary of a small glue factory . |
| 28 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 29 | The most immediate effect of all this has been the announcement of increased mortgage rates . |
| 30 | By his flamboyant standards , this has been a disappointingly low-key year for Snow Bride 's trainer , Henry Cecil . |