Example sentences of "[be] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | And taken his soul — how sad be this strife ! |
| 2 | Soft , now what be this hum ? |
| 3 | DROP DEAD FRED is set to be this year 's A FISH CALLED WANDA ! |
| 4 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 5 | It is suitable for even the smallest gardens , and if you can only accommodate one daisy-flowered perennial it should be this . |
| 6 | The most critical period will be this winter 's round of wage negotiations . |
| 7 | Ask yourself which politician you would rather be this fortnight , Chris Patten or Nigel Lawson , and the answer is easy : John Smith . |
| 8 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 9 | I think there is always going to be this element in business . |
| 10 | The idea that there is something of a lag between terminology and social system is interesting and there does indeed sometimes seem to be this type of gap . |
| 11 | Few doubt that the Escort/Orion will eventually be this country 's best seller , as yet more new versions are introduced and the new Zeta engine becomes available from the end of this year . |
| 12 | If you just deal with politics at a surface , organizational level , you never understand how things have got to be this way . |
| 13 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 14 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 15 | Just because Hawks were going to go to Iran and I was wondering how many planes it was going to be this time . |
| 16 | Liley , on Leicester 's behalf , also scored all their points , the try being a six-man effort which owed much to the common sense of Boyle and the alertness of Rory Underwood , whose final Twickenham appearance , after all , will be this Saturday when the RAF meet the Army . |
| 17 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 18 | With this in mind , when considering situations where there are questions about very long term service lives , I suggest that current construction methods should not make it too difficult to incorporate any presently unthought of developments that might materialise in the future — be this in 20 or even 100 years time ! |
| 19 | Last summer we counted over thirty bars in all on our various refreshment excursions to Faliraki , but things are happening so fast that who knows how many there will be this summer ? |
| 20 | The intuitive idea behind it seems to be this : since morality is an expression of one 's rational nature , it is essentially self-determined . |
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| 22 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |
| 23 | If the wind had been stronger or the tide just a touch faster it 's broken on it we 'd be this minute ! |
| 24 | I want to be this , I want to be that . |
| 25 | If you only buy one book , let it be this one ; you will be lastingly enriched . |
| 26 | One thinks back to Morrissey in the early days and wonders why it has to be this way . |
| 27 | It does n't have to be this way . |
| 28 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |
| 29 | A fundamental part of it has to be this recognition : animals have the right to be left alone . |
| 30 | This is needed because the triumph over the fear of death is a fundamental human need and without it there will always be this fear looming in the background of the mind . |