Example sentences of "this [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 2 | Programmes which seek to do this are referred to as ‘ visual enhancement ’ and aim to give encouragement and motivation to pupils with defective vision to use this with maximum ‘ visual efficiency ’ . |
| 3 | More instances that this are required to be certain that the possible parts of speech of the word are found . |
| 4 | This possibility can not be discounted , but it must be borne in mind that Szulc 's sources for this are confined to interviews with Blas Roca , Fabio Grobart and Alfredo Guevara , all of whom are ‘ old ’ Communists who might well be anxious to give an enhanced impression of their role in the early stages of the revolution . |
| 5 | I have a Turner drum winch ( ex-MOD 1964 ) which i-powered from the starting handle dog Can this be fitted to a 90 County diesel ? |
| 6 | But how far can this be applied to the people of Roman Britain ? |
| 7 | If there is a positive covenant , not only should this be referred to but also the buyer should be required to enter into an indemnity covenant in the conveyance to him or her in respect of the future observance thereof . |
| 8 | But how may this be said to be a Christology ? |
| 9 | How could this be turned to advantage ? |
| 10 | How could this be happening to him ? |
| 11 | How could this be happening to her ? |
| 12 | How can this be happening to his grammar ? |
| 13 | Oh sweet Jesus , how can this be happening to me ? |
| 14 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 15 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 16 | The reparations on this were going to be cosmic . |
| 17 | The reasons for this were linked to the financial relationship between central and local government . |
| 18 | If the court appoints an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report , a copy of the order and the petition and statement of affairs must be sent to him , and the court must also fix a venue for the report to be considered with notice of this being given to the practitioner and the debtor ( r 6.44 ) . |
| 19 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 20 | These crash boats made a great noise , and part of the plan was to fly Anson aircraft overhead as the run was made to the beach , this being timed to a nicety . |
| 21 | It is often equated with the explanatory social survey ( as we shall see in Chapter 4 ) and although this may well be its prime expression , the logic and the impulse of variable analysis is somewhat wider than this being devoted to securing a more general basis for quantification in social research . |
| 22 | The study is based upon both statistical sources and on a detailed questionnaire , concerned with materials handling activities , this being distributed to a cross section of South Wales Companies . |
| 23 | Negligence can be thought of as an early form of product liability and has developed over the years to its present wide scope , although this is tempered to some extent by the growth of insurance . |
| 24 | Yeah , but I mean I think this is sticking to us |
| 25 | In hyper-text systems , this is overcome to some extent through various composition techniques for representing isPartOf relationships . |
| 26 | On the next clock pulse this is transferred to Q i.e. Q = 0 and . |
| 27 | ‘ Just tell me where all this is getting to . ’ |
| 28 | This is getting to be quite widely used nowadays , especially from the skin specialists , . |
| 29 | This is given to every one of your employees on 5th April . |
| 30 | Then one teaspoonful of this is given to the patient . |