Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] [prep] the [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 | ‘ Vicious Killer at Large in Quiet Market Town ’ — this 'll be on the front page of the tabloids ! ’ |
| 6 | This might be at the local golf club , the WI , the church , the Ratepayers Association , trade union , bird-watching club and so on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What did Freud call it first time round , in the , this would be in the late eighteen eighties ? |
| 9 | It is also very difficult to say how successful this would be within the current recognition system . |
| 10 | If June came in , this would be round the entire company within seconds . |
| 11 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 12 | What a rock this can be in the shaky marriages around us . |