Example sentences of "[noun] this [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In post-war democratic states this is particularly associated with a high degree of equality of distribution in comparison with earlier periods , and in this way lends plausibility to the assumption that greater equality means greater welfare . |
| 2 | In the middle of a recession this is even more acute . |
| 3 | ( In Leonard 's case this is well marked , sign no doubt of superior knowledge ! ) |
| 4 | Like the merchant — and , indeed , implicitly , his wife — an early-emphasized detail of his character is that he is " " free " " in the sense of " generous " , but in his case this is very much a means to an end rather than an end or a pleasure in itself : Free was daun John , and manly of dispence , As in that hous , and ful of diligence To doon plesaunce , and also greet costage . |
| 5 | In the latter case this is often at the buyer 's expense ( either by way of a lump sum payment , or an amortisation by way of an increase in the unit price of the goods to be manufactured using such items ) . |
| 6 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
| 7 | If you fall into that category this is definitely a shoe you should look at . |
| 8 | I 've found that when the water is heavily coloured after a rain storm this is often the case and fish will be caught in bursts as they pass up and down the swim . |
| 9 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 10 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 11 | For straight text this is generally acceptable but there are inevitable problems with providing special drivers while 300dpi is really too low a starting point anyway . |
| 12 | In Champagne this is normally countered by the selection of highly resident rootstock varieties and through the choice of sites where the chalk is thinly covered by drift or where man has added rich sandy or clayey lignite soils to the surface . |
| 13 | In some cases this is simply because they are not quite good enough . |
| 14 | In some cases this is probably because the cause of acute renal failure itself was associated with a degree of permanent damage , and elderly people ( who formed the bulk of our patients ) may have less renal reserve and be less able to make a full recovery after an acute insult . |
| 15 | In some cases this is apparently not as arduous a task as it may seem , simply because dischargers find it extremely difficult to portray themselves as ‘ similar ’ to their rivals on more than a very few criteria . |
| 16 | In many cases this is quite unlike the vernacular of the parents ' country or countries . |
| 17 | Whereas in many cases this is only one dimension , albeit an important one , in the case of what we might call theoretical ideology it constitutes the main organizing principle . |
| 18 | While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed . |
| 19 | In some cases this is certainly possible . |
| 20 | And in some cases this is undoubtedly so : if he had wished , Winder could have challenged the resolution raising council house rents by way of an AJR . |
| 21 | At one level this is hardly surprising . |
| 22 | Sorry we 're being a bit this is too too surreal for the B B C you 're going to get on the line . |
| 23 | At present this is so . |
| 24 | Erm the erm th this shows Britain 's stockpile of , of uranium this is actually depleted uranium which can be used in the fast reactor but ca n't be used in the present type of er thermal reactors but what you see there is virtually the er all of it , th it 's , it 's erm stored at a place called erm er Capenhurst in , in Cheshire on the Wirral erm and erm there 's a few jars off the edge as you can see but basically that 's er that 's it and what you see there , in energy terms , represents erm the equivalent of our entire coal reserves . |
| 25 | In large fleets where there is so much dirty wind on the layline this is often the best tactic . |
| 26 | Against fast moving shock troops such as armoured cavalry this is also true . |
| 27 | For an international business like ICI this is particularly the case . |
| 28 | In the case of solicitors this is clearly shown in Rakusen v Ellis , Munday & Clarke [ 1912 ] 1 Ch 831 where it was said " A solicitor can be restrained as a matter of absolute obligation and as a matter of general principle from disclosing any secrets which are confidentially reposed in him " . |
| 29 | And of course this is rather like the distinction made by William Goulding in Free Fall . |
| 30 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |