Example sentences of "this [is] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The jargon word for this is synergy . |
2 | This is relativity with a vengeance , and many of us have felt than in a case like this the scales that Eliot measures by are not so much sliding as slithering . |
3 | If this is relativity it is like Einstein 's , by which it is not that you can make any measurement come out as you please , but that from any spatio-temporal viewpoint you can estimate what will be the right measurement from any other . |
4 | This is piecework and it pays next to nothing . |
5 | — this is solitude |
6 | I start off with a Bloody Mary as this is breakfast in a sense , then cleanse the palate with a bottle of Pils . |
7 | Well this is conductance , the inverse , one over resistance is conductance . |
8 | Yeah this is Lieutenant may I help you ? |
9 | This is bliss indeed . |
10 | All this is speculation . |
11 | There is yet another area of intellectual activity that is supported by reading , and this is speculation of the ‘ what if … ? ’ kind , found in science fiction ( SF ) . |
12 | His idea wo n't work , says Beowulf , for the pressure on heroes to take blood-revenge is too strong — it seems , though this is speculation from other sources , that Ingeld 's father Fróda was killed by the Danish king who now wants to make alliance with his son . |
13 | This is bond paying a regular ( usually semi-annual ) , fixed coupon over a fixed period to maturity or redemption , with the return of principal ( i.e. the par or nominal value of the bond ) on the maturity date . |
14 | This is turn generates unrest and disturbance in society at large . |
15 | Some individuals may become unusually sensitive to such foreign non-self substances , and this is turn can cause an allergic reaction . |
16 | So erm this is Mill 's counter-motivation . |
17 | Come on this is Abbey Life , come on . |
18 | This is calcium carbonate , in a different form , aragonite . |
19 | I bet this is runner up for erm gon na take some accessories okay ? |
20 | This is gel permeation chromatography ( GPC ) . |
21 | This is wilderness country indeed . |
22 | This is battle she must fight on her own . |
23 | This is racism that answers the social and political turbulence of crisis and crisis management by the recovery of national greatness in the imagination . |
24 | All this is evidence , if any were needed , that the allies must tiptoe as carefully as possible in this region of broken pride and prickly sensitivities . |
25 | Furthermore , the relative dispersion of the unemployment percentages ( as measured by the coefficient of variation ) was lower in 1985 than in 1975 : this is evidence of a narrowing of the differentials between the regions , possibly a result of recent regional economic policy initiatives . |
26 | This is evidence of continuing support from the family in weathering the changes . |
27 | They argue that this is evidence that the broader war on drugs in the Andes is winnable . |
28 | This is evidence of both extreme and young source enrichments in U and Th relative to Pb ( ref. 7 ) . |
29 | All this is evidence that aggression more than market knowledge can sell shares . |
30 | I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help . |