Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I would like to apologize on behalf of myself and my proof reading team for the fact that two calls for nominations that erm that are in this newsletter do n't actually appear to have closing dates on them . |
| 2 | Most of the English are on this side of the river , naturally , since they besiege Berwick . |
| 3 | Some are to this day . |
| 4 | Well I do n't know whether I want let's see what this is in this parcel that came this morning . |
| 5 | Where I think we have tried to do something interesting is in this idea of giving the student a , a whole year 's experience in the school to help them become professionalised , rather than the normal practice , the traditional practice of school practice , which meant going twelve , sixteen weeks into perhaps two bytes , into a school , and this does mean the student can get integrated with the school community and take part in the extramural life of the school , get involved in games and school plays and school outings in a way that 's not possible if they 're in and out on that short basis . |
| 6 | The novels of the 1840s are in this respect a total contrast . |
| 7 | The three-bedroomed cottage was certainly rare in Dorothea 's time , but by the close of Queen Victoria 's reign the majority of those new-built were of this type . |
| 8 | As none of the small libraries with establishments under 100 were in this group , this represents 43% of the libraries with establishments over 100 . |
| 9 | Exactly like these are in this place . |
| 10 | ‘ Incidentally , Daddy , I have n't said how delighted we all are about this West End play . |
| 11 | All were in this sense brethren and capable through redemption of striving to abolish sin . |
| 12 | How many were in this competiton ? |
| 13 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 14 | Who on earth could that be at this hour ? |
| 15 | Most of the contents of the Universal Declaration are not merely nonsense but pernicious nonsense ; and Article 25 is in this respect typical , not least in being both nonsensical and pernicious in several different ways at the same time . |
| 16 | Since Manning and Upward are in this way for the moment denied us , I shall make do with two other names : Maurice Hewlett and Laurence Binyon . |
| 17 | An urgent need in the 1990s is for this professionalism to gain control of all classrooms , in order for the National Curriculum in English to be properly implemented . |
| 18 | First , previous experience had shown some topics to be successful in engaging speakers in interaction ( the danger of death question discussed in 3.1 is of this type ) . |
| 19 | And at the same time , and slightly in contradiction to that , I found it increasing erm , er , perception and indication of dissatisfaction with the way in which the joint er , collaborative structures were actually working , if I may say , especially at the top level in terms of the political erm erm , so I say to you colleagues , that you are required as er , by statute to , to have in place collaborative structures , er , under a statute that goes back to the nineteen seventies , and I should also say to you that up and down the country that authorities like your own are at this stage doing what you 're doing , and that is reviewing the effectiveness of the operation of those structures , and probably coming to much the same conclusions . |
| 20 | Record 119 goes into the next block , if that is on this track , or otherwise into overflow . |
| 21 | That 's up this corner behind me . |
| 22 | Similarly , the projects schemes that elect a member , it 's Councillor , who 's also willing to continue , and that 's for this period of time . |
| 23 | That 's on this Slimming World diet is it ? |
| 24 | That 's before this budget actually started . |
| 25 | That 's in this sector . |
| 26 | I , er , shows you , that 's in this month ? |
| 27 | So I said well , that 's like this Pete , you live the way you want to and I 'll live the way I want to , I said it 's immaterial to me . |
| 28 | That 's like this woman at work |
| 29 | ‘ Er … you have n't seen a blue Honda … er , that was on this corner earlier , have you officer ? ’ we asked levelly . |
| 30 | That was at this end one that er Josie was talking about today . |