Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However true this may be for the economic development of the United States — and even there such contentious hypotheticals are highly dubious — it certainly can not hold good for European expansion and supremacy in the later nineteenth century . |
| 2 | Sotheby 's have estimated its value at $10m-$14m , but this may be on the low side to ensure a sale . |
| 3 | They suggest that this may be through the perceived control an individual has over his goals , as compared to that when goals are externally assigned . |
| 4 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 5 | This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time . |
| 6 | As I have argued previously , this should be through a national market for research , which would be open to research hospitals all over Britain . |
| 7 | This should be of a fine grain size to allow the female to do the small amount of digging necessary to convert her cave into an ideal home for herself and her fry . |
| 8 | ‘ Vicious Killer at Large in Quiet Market Town ’ — this 'll be on the front page of the tabloids ! ’ |
| 9 | This might be at the local golf club , the WI , the church , the Ratepayers Association , trade union , bird-watching club and so on . |
| 10 | This might be in a direct indictment , as at the end of 147 , where after twelve lines describing the poet 's state of fever and madness ( ‘ frantic-mad with evermore unrest ’ ) , the couplet finally reveals the cause of his derangement : ‘ For I have sworn thee fair , and thought thee bright , /Who art as black as hell , as dark as night . ’ |
| 11 | This might be in the long-term interests of English football , if the FA exercised their authority to discourage greedy club chairmen from out-shouting moderate colleagues , and so prevent acceptable reform from deteriorating into a reckless gold rush . |
| 12 | This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency . |
| 13 | But this would be at a great price for the many to deal with the problems of the few . |
| 14 | This would be on a charitable basis and any cash surplus would be made available to fund research projects . |
| 15 | What did Freud call it first time round , in the , this would be in the late eighteen eighties ? |
| 16 | Translated into terms of visual experience , this would be like a semi-transparent door with extra light coming in around all the cracks . |
| 17 | It is also very difficult to say how successful this would be within the current recognition system . |
| 18 | If June came in , this would be round the entire company within seconds . |
| 19 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 20 | If they are retained by the liquidator , this will be under a new contract of employment . |
| 21 | This will be by a single tube three foot long which will be held in the standard plastic clips screwed to the back wooden frame of the hood . |
| 22 | Although I regularly travel through it , this will be in a professional capacity . |
| 23 | This can be as a senior executive , trainer or educator |
| 24 | What a rock this can be in the shaky marriages around us . |