Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] this [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , we choose Oxford , but only because this is usually given as the place of publication for Oxford University Press books . |
| 2 | Apart from the arguments for or against such a redistribution , it is clear from the breakdown of taxation given above that this is greatly over-simplified . |
| 3 | If urban values lend support to the industrial economy upon which we all depend today and this is further characterised by competition , unemployment , social welfare , and a sharp distinction between work and leisure then it is possible to see rural values supporting an almost diametrically-opposed set of conditions : co-operation , multiple occupations , kin and neighbourhood help and no separation of work and leisure . |
| 4 | An extreme form of the second is the Spanish fighting bull which undergoes considerable pain before being despatched by the matador , even if this is skilfully done , and often it is n't . |
| 5 | The information may become inconsistent , and even if this is carefully watched , the two structures are using more memory than is really necessary , due to the duplication . |
| 6 | Yet millions of Europeans who may never have heard of Freud 's name are now affected by his work , even when this is grotesquely misinterpreted . |
| 7 | Another point to remember is that when weak-form words whose spelling begins with ‘ h ’ ( e.g. ‘ her ’ , ‘ have ’ ) occur at the beginning of a sentence , the pronunciation is with initial h , even though this is usually omitted in other contexts . |
| 8 | There is no such thing as deciding to do something , at least as this is usually understood . |