Example sentences of "this [be] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is partly to say that Richard Chandos and his frequent companion-in-arms , George Hanbury , are commonplace adventurers compared with Rudolf Rassendyll , in spite of the resonance of Chandos 's name . |
| 2 | This is partly to ensure that any increase in profitability can be identified as the result of improved efficiency rather than a change in the method of compiling the accounts . |
| 3 | This is simply saying that each market participant , in laying his buying or selling plans , must pay careful heed not only to the prospective decisions of those to whom he hopes to sell or from whom he hopes to buy — as an implication of the latter — also to the prospective decisions of others whose decisions to sell or to buy may compete with his own . |
| 4 | This is basically to ensure that the , the branches are complying er to legislations . |
| 5 | Perhaps this is merely to say that the pluralist has a theory of language , whereas the monist does not . |
| 6 | This was implicitly acknowledged that same evening by Mrs Thatcher 's appointment of George Younger to run her election campaign . |
| 7 | Although the Canadian parent did send an accountant over to Belfast , this was only to ensure that Short 's accounting methods were harmonised with the group . |
| 8 | The look that McAllister gave him when she said this was so killing that Dr Neil decided to remove temptation by removing himself . |