Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is little wonder that this policy , coupled with their reliability , soon established the popularity of Japanese cars , and such product specification rapidly became the norm throughout the market . |
| 2 | It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen . |
| 3 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 4 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 5 | So really it 's only right that this council should follow up on such a motion . |
| 6 | OsO4 vapour is highly toxic and this manipulation is best undertaken by incubating embryos in small drops of 0504 under oil in plastic Petri dishes ( set up in a fume cupboard ) . |
| 7 | It is highly likely that this agglutinin is fibrinogen ( Gartner et al , 1980 ; Berndt & Phillips , 1981 ) . |
| 8 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |
| 9 | It is somewhat ironical that this position was carefully constructed by earlier Republican presidents and that CITES was primarily the brainchild of the Nixon administration . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the greenhouse effect is so efficient that this energy becomes trapped to the extent that it drives up the surface temperatures to the observed values . |
| 11 | Second , if we accept that such adjectives , unlike predicate qualifiers , are genuinely equivalent to a modified clause in conjunction with the noun phrase which they follow , then it is entirely predictable that this construction will demand , as the preceding main verb , one which customarily supports a predication expressed in an explicit subordinate clause ; this will not , however , be demanded of the verb preceding a predicate qualifier . |
| 12 | It is entirely possible that this mechanism does operate , and that the members of a herd do use these clues when looking at one another . |
| 13 | It is extremely rare when this sort of occasion arises . ’ |
| 14 | It is terribly important that this country takes vocational training seriously . |
| 15 | It is abundantly clear that this God will never let his people go . |
| 16 | It is perhaps ironic that this tablet is one of the few on the market which can be interfaced with the Dragon computer as the company which makes it is the remnants of the firm which designed and built the Dragon . |
| 17 | We shall shortly see that pragmatism is less radical than this description makes it seem , for it recognizes reasons of strategy why statutes should generally be enforced in accordance with their plain and intended meaning and why past judicial decisions should normally be respected in present cases . |
| 18 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 19 | Saturday night dinner at Keele is always special and this year proved to be no exception . |
| 20 | That was true when this century began ; it is still true as this century draws to its close . |
| 21 | I found the game easier to play than the EGA version and the graphics are much better , which is hardly surprising as this game requires a VGA graphics card . |
| 22 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |
| 23 | Greenpeace is deeply concerned that this development will lead to monopoly control over genetic resources and an even greater dependence on herbicides . |
| 24 | The oral shield of A. bellis is slightly rounded triangular while in A. tritonis it is distinctly arrowhead-shaped and this disparity can not be attributed to differences in size . |
| 25 | The owner of the estate in the fourth century would thus have been a Firminus , since it is reasonably certain that this building stone belonged to the house built c . |
| 26 | The Department of Health is also keen that this formula should be used as the basis for sub-regional distribution . |
| 27 | It is also likely that this view is a departure from earlier law , in which it is not attested . |
| 28 | And , as it is also obvious that this tendency is becoming a worldwide one , it means that the game will in due course suffer everywhere as it has suffered in South Africa . |
| 29 | The use of the Bosch injector pump and having the head drilled for heater plugs is as good as this engine is going to be and , as such is a reasonable conversion , in relation to the cost . |
| 30 | Philip , no , that 's an exaggeration , come on , it 's about as wide , it 's as long as this room |