Example sentences of "[subord] this [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we should like to see an authoritative source of comparative APRs : both typical rates and the extremes of the range of rates , for different types of credit and ( where this makes a significant difference ) different types of purchase financed by the same type of credit . |
| 2 | Although this involves a delicate piece of balancing , it is not Iran 's only such balancing act . |
| 3 | Although this varies a great deal from patient to patient , all post-operative patients are likely to have some degree of anxiety and/or pain . |
| 4 | The LCP are recorded more closely ( note entirely to the violins ' advantage in the busier moments of the outer movements ) , and although this lends a welcome clarity , I find the results almost totally devoid of charm . |
| 5 | One method ( Ingersoll et al. , 1984 ) obviates this by identifying minerals within the clast , rather than the complete clast , although this produces a modal composition based on total mineralogy rather than based on detrital grain mineralogy . |
| 6 | Although this has a militant reputation , the abbess is a Chinese appointee and nuns have been known to climb out of windows to take part in the demonstrations . |
| 7 | Socialists have long fought for security of tenure for council tenants , so this represents a major gain in the housing struggle . |
| 8 | Although it has tended during its fairly-long aquarium history to virtually disappear from time to time , it is currently fairly commonly available , so this seems a good time to take a detailed look at this fish and its requirements . |
| 9 | By contrast , a curriculum for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties often centres around a ‘ preparation for adulthood ’ as if this constitutes a recognisable area of study . |
| 10 | If this represents a true transformation , then other aspects of the segmental Hox code should also be altered . |
| 11 | But these have a natural resonant frequency , ideally around 4Hz , and if this matches a natural resonance of the pickup arm , there is a disastrous amplification of background noise or rumble . |
| 12 | If this sounds a tall order , it is . |
| 13 | If this sounds a tall order , it is . |
| 14 | If this sounds a strange gospel coming from a theologian , let me say immediately that there is so much in the Bible about the awfulness , the cruelty and the unfaithfulness of human kind that we may be sometimes justified in wondering why God continues to love us at all . |
| 15 | If this seems a brutal judgement , it is a realistic one . ) |
| 16 | If this shows a lethal mutation it is classified as a presumed mammalian mutagen . |
| 17 | I should like to put the contrary view that an understanding of theory is of primary importance because this provides a general perspective on the nature of language which influences pedagogic principles and indicates how different descriptions might be adapted for classroom use . |
| 18 | It is partly because our Western diets are varied ( and healthily so , because this ensures a wide range of necessary vitamins and minerals ) that we are tempted to overeat . |
| 19 | Arguably the appointment of an administrator for the more advantageous realisation of the company 's assets than a winding-up has this effect since this constitutes a virtual cessation of business . |
| 20 | Their predilection for keepers who can contribute in the middle order is understandable since this permits a full hand of bowlers , and Downton , of course , vindicated the policy in admirable fashion . |
| 21 | The +3 is better value at £200 , since this includes a built-in disc drive . |
| 22 | But since this demands a different sense from the one appropriate to its first occurrence , the result is zeugma . |
| 23 | Whether this represents a preparatory drawing for the finished painting or a different version of it , remains to be established . |
| 24 | Whether this represents a fair balance between the interests of the individual and those of the State I beg leave to doubt . |
| 25 | It remains to be seen whether this becomes a modified form of dispersal power . |
| 26 | Before this becomes a realistic proposition some developments are necessary . |
| 27 | When this happens a new fang quickly grows to replace the lost one . |
| 28 | More generally , the emphasis was on securing a ‘ speeding up of the system ’ and ‘ to ensure that development is only prevented or restricted when this serves a clear planning purpose and the economic effects have been taken into account ’ . |
| 29 | Agreed that their exact requirements should be clarified and detailed cost schedules should be prepared , as this seems a reasonable source of income which would not conflict with the current work-load . |
| 30 | As this has a limiting value of unity , a more useful quantity is the specific viscosity |