Example sentences of "this [is] perhaps " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is perhaps a more useful analogy than might at first sight appear . |
| 2 | This is perhaps one of the most widely used and cheapest of supplements in bodybuilding . |
| 3 | To a large extent this is perhaps inevitably a criticism of the chairman from September 1983 , Robert Reid . |
| 4 | This is perhaps best understood by the way both choreographers frequently show that certain steps can be danced sur les pointes but can also be jumped , e.g. petits changements or sissonnes piquées . |
| 5 | This is perhaps inevitable since deconstruction resists teleology , and it is this resistance that has enabled its enemies to call it nihilist . |
| 6 | Since females reap substantial protective benefits from associating with alpha males , this is perhaps not surprising . |
| 7 | This is perhaps the most important reason why Marx and Engels concentrated so much on Morgan 's work , and by and large accepted the main lines of his account of the early history of mankind . |
| 8 | We started our 1964 test with the words : ‘ Sun-capped Dolomites and the distant roar and squeal of one of the works rally cars scrambling its way up the Gavia Pass — this is perhaps the image that some people have of the big Austin-Healey at work . |
| 9 | This is perhaps not unexpected , given their reverence for the past and their long tradition of scholarship and collecting stretching back over several millennia . |
| 10 | This is perhaps particularly true of Christians . |
| 11 | This is perhaps why many an ageing schoolteacher smiles benignly when his students demand : ‘ Why are you giving us this information ? |
| 12 | The fact that they can do this is perhaps the chief reason why Britain 's constitutional arrangements have stood the test of centuries . |
| 13 | This is perhaps the most important point to make . |
| 14 | This is perhaps symptomatic of the fact that the principle of equal opportunities between the sexes has been so heavily promoted by educationists , in addition to being supported by the DES and politicians , that the law has been viewed as having a very much secondary purpose in this area . |
| 15 | It remains highly questionable why such a sensational and unrealistic play should be thought worthy of attention in the first place , but this is perhaps indicative of attitudes within the theatre that mental handicap is a good basis for plays written by writers who have no understanding of mental handicap but view it as a subject of horror around which some dramatic scenario can be created . |
| 16 | This is perhaps the most difficult question one can answer . |
| 17 | This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes . |
| 18 | This is perhaps the most difficult one and brings up a number of fundamental contradictions . |
| 19 | This is perhaps believed by practitioners rather than being a view that holds up to epistemological scrutiny . |
| 20 | This is perhaps what is most satisfying about the conflagration at the end — the child/ builder/master mason has knocked down his tower of bricks . |
| 21 | This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture . |
| 22 | But I see I am becoming preoccupied with these memories and this is perhaps a little foolish . |
| 23 | ( This is perhaps why those who appointed me enquired rather anxiously whether I , too , meant to enjoy the kingdom for thirty years . ) |
| 24 | And he concludes , ‘ of all the warnings that the inner city has to offer for the direction British society is taking , this is perhaps the most sinister ’ . |
| 25 | While this is not a particularly scientific definition , it is perfectly adequate , and the term ‘ bomb ’ is in common use in vulcanology , although this is perhaps unfortunate since it may suggest to the reader some unpleasant kind of projectile which explodes on impact . |
| 26 | This is perhaps the most urgent demand on schools and institutions of further education ; it is certainly the most natural and obvious cause for complaint against our education system . |
| 27 | This is perhaps a rather dramatic solution to the problem of how you treat gender on television ! |
| 28 | This is perhaps just as well , since White 's informative 1985 survey of interlending in the UK found that the percentage of UK requests satisfied within a period of seven days ( from all sources ) had declined from 50% in 1977 to 32% in 1985 . |
| 29 | All this is perhaps inevitable in a subject which is expanding at the rate of around 1000 research publications a year . |
| 30 | This is perhaps not surprising : their preference for home care at the first interview indicates that they have a stronger commitment to looking after the dementia sufferer than those who said in the first interview that they would prefer institutional care . |