Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Opponents of the resort to force , and others who regarded it as premature , maintained that the effectiveness of sanctions required their application over a longer period ( this being broadly the position adopted in early January , i.e. before the military conflict began , by the opposition Labour Party in the UK ) . |
2 | This is normally the purchaser proceeding with due diligence and thereby incurring the costs of its professional advisers or , alternatively , a vendor may demand a cash payment in return for the exclusivity period . |
3 | This is surely the self spoken of in modern terms as the ego , the lower nature which St Paul urges Christians to crucify , so that the true self , created by God and nourished by the Spirit of Christ , may take over . |
4 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
5 | This is when the lorry comes round the corner , and immediately you 've got to respond . |
6 | This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile . |
7 | The burial of Jesus had to be completed by 6.00 pm since this is when the Sabbath began and it was forbidden to bury on the Sabbath . |
8 | This is not a problem reserved for eventers or endurance horses , this can and does frequently occur in unfit animals used excessively in the summer . |
9 | This is not a problem confronting policemen . |
10 | This is not a call to glorify suffering for its own sake , but to realize that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ , whatever it may be . |
11 | This is not a technique restricted to India . |
12 | This is not a scholar emerging into the world . |
13 | This is not a reason to avoid them for drama more than any other activity in school can help children find a mature approach to such topics . |
14 | This is not a book written in a superior know-it-all way . |
15 | As this is not a book dedicated only to twentieth-century harmony , it is important not to get too involved in lengthy harmonic discussions . |
16 | Ah , are you suggesting that , that you have a system of requesting a yellow plastic wallet from , sorry this is not a suggestion to do with the procedures anyway . |
17 | This is not a diet to do in a hurry and it is certainly not a crash diet . |
18 | This is not a diet to launch into as soon as you have finished reading about it . |
19 | This is not a failure to understand resulting from the difficulty of the material , but from attention being on matters other than the content of the text . |
20 | This is not a party dominated by technocrats who have fearlessly built great industries , but ‘ Increasingly politicians without a great deal of first-hand experience of the world outside politics are running the country , including the economy , in conjunction with civil servants who similarly lack first-hand experience of the world outside politics , ’ Anthony King noted as long ago as 1981 . |
21 | As with other tax allowances , this is not a cash benefit that can be claimed at the post office . |
22 | This is not a definition coined by an educationalist . |
23 | This is not the flip comment it might seem . |
24 | This is not the doctrine adopted by Finnis and I would have to show that the arguments applied here could be applied equally effectively to the very much more sophisticated account presented in Natural Law and Natural Rights . |
25 | With the Sparcstation 10 costing what is does , this is not the machine to bring ISDN to everybody 's desktop , however it will serve as a valuable platform for demonstrating its potential . |
26 | The corresponding Jamaican word is [ bada ] , with RP / / /d/ , but this is not the adaptation made by the speaker , who bases her adaptation on the London form " bovver " ( [ del> ] ) . |
27 | This is not the Gospel according to Scrooge . |
28 | However , that this is not the case had been pointed out by Professor Lodge , of the Department of French Studies in Newcastle University , in a letter to the Guardian , in which he argues that it is a matter of concern that ‘ A level presentations in modern languages are falling away sharply , particularly among boys ’ . |
29 | In order to design and send an intentionally ambiguous message and have it look as if this is not the case requires skill . |
30 | As a general policy the University expects all its departments and faculties to be rated highly in terms of their research , and where this is not the case has reviewed , and will continue to review , the position to see how research standing can be improved . |