Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of all grey geese identified in Sussex are of this species . |
| 2 | However , only about twenty per cent of residential homes in Flanders are of this type ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | Salmon , who was an intimate friend of Picasso 's at this time , described a few years later his restless state of mind : ‘ Picasso was unsettled . |
| 4 | The Spanish writer Gomez de la Serna , a friend of Picasso 's at this time and an habitué of the Bateau Lavoir during his visits to Paris , recalls that Picasso 's walls there were decorated with reproductions of El Grecos . |
| 5 | Napoleon was at this time trying to push the Russians into war with Turkey , and Czartoryski , aware of this , had no wish to see Russia involved on Serbia 's side in a conflict with the sultan . |
| 6 | Charles Laughton was on this morning at nine twenty five . |
| 7 | Gorbachev was at this time on an official visit to West Germany , which was curtailed somewhat in view of domestic developments . |
| 8 | Richard Eaton was in this car . |
| 9 | I think most of England are on this adventure with me and a lot of Europeans , ’ said Mansell . |
| 10 | Such species as The Harlequin and Dwarf Rasbora are in this category . |
| 11 | FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW POOR THE ASHLEYS WERE AT THIS TIME BUT THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING MATCHING SWEATERS . |
| 12 | oh you missed Only Fools and Horses the other night , its the funniest one ever , its the one where Del was in this wine bar pretend to be a yuppy |
| 13 | As indicated above , it is possible to have an option on a future — indeed all of the options traded on LIFFE are of this variety . |
| 14 | The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was of this kind , although the four explosions that took place at its climax were so stupendous that a separate type of eruption , the Krakatoan , is sometimes referred to . |
| 15 | She was amazed how much easier the tube journey to Mornington Crescent was at this time of the day . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know Mr Jacobsen was in this play until I arrived here today . ’ |
| 17 | The pressure of events is pushing Lloyd 's in this direction . |
| 18 | Unigate and Allied Lyons have now joined Tarmac and Cadbury 's in this respect . |
| 19 | Above all , the conducteur is prominent ; he is not telling the band to stop , since Duport is at this moment ‘ dancing lightly around the hero laid low . ’ |
| 20 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 21 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 22 | All the Leapors in Brackley are in this area . |
| 23 | Gabriel is in this house . |
| 24 | ‘ I swear to God that Gabriel was in this room mending the television . |
| 25 | He knew that Katelina van Borselen was in this city , along with the sister 's son of Simon , her husband , while alone in Nicosia was Primaflora , the lovely woman Nicholas had taken in marriage after Marian , the simple widow who had founded his fortune . |
| 26 | Liz was at this stage engrossed by the dramatic , blinding , smoky disaster of her own marriage , which after only six weeks managed to transform herself and Edgar into mockeries of their former selves , loud puppets mouthing insults on an unreal battlefield . |
| 27 | As a result Camberwell was at this time one of the most fertile art schools in Britain . |
| 28 | The attendees were mainly those responsible for the running of large office and retail complexes and several were surprised to discover that Rentokil were into this sector as well . |
| 29 | ‘ Anne is on this shift work now , and Dad and Maureen have their duties with Civil Defence . |
| 30 | Nathan is behind this time which means I can have the occasional shouted conversation with Tony . |