Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we are fascinated to know that this approach has been shown to be so effective in a remote part of the Far East where our cassettes are transported on the back of a motorcycle ! |
| 2 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 3 | And , ultimately , you 're bound to realise that this amount of money would go a long , long way towards buying your own small PA system — cabs , mixer amp , processor , parametric , vocal mike and all . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile . |
| 5 | This is not a suitable case in which to reopen the matter but I am bound to say that this case seems to show that there is room for an exception where examining the proceedings in Parliament would almost certainly settle the matter immediately one way or the other . |
| 6 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 7 | Erm what I was trying to do was be candid about what kind of er inquiries of the strategic kind might be expected to come if this county had that kind of policy . |
| 8 | To protect themselves , they were to be permitted to say that this differential was being implemented ‘ at the Minister 's request ’ . |
| 9 | Although religious history may be interpreted to indicate that this struggle has been undertaken at the behest of , or in support of , some extraterrestrial ‘ god ’ , this is not really correct , and none of those ancient ‘ gods ’ must be allowed to usurp the rightful place of the emerging Created God . |
| 10 | Long term studies will be needed to assess if this effect is maintained . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'm going to see that this sort of thing never happens again , ’ I said . |
| 12 | I 'm going to see if this thing is still erm Yep , we 've still got some on that side , so that 's okay . |
| 13 | However , this should not be taken to imply that this approach does not have its critics or that all researchers working within the developmental paradigm are in agreement regarding the more detailed aspects of language development . |
| 14 | One could be tempted to say that this evening was no exception but that would be a little harsh . |
| 15 | But so long as no resources used in ‘ selling ’ or in producing are owned monopolistically , we are forced to conclude that this activity is essentially competitive and can not result in any kind of monopolistic control over production or any impairment of the competitive process . |
| 16 | Those who love their cricket history were forced to concede that this kind of combat could not be surpassed for entertainment . |
| 17 | In the long run it is by making efficient investment decisions that capacity is adjusted to ensure that this price also reflects long-run marginal cost . |
| 18 | But Sony is expected to argue that this contract has moral and legal force , was freely negotiated and is of a type common in the industry . |
| 19 | An attempt is made to demonstrate that this reasoning is faulty and that the disintegration of the Byzantine state was accompanied by economic growth in the provinces which reinforced the power of the provincial aristocracy in relation to the state . |
| 20 | You also write out of the realisation that the world you know is going to end and this sense relates directly to my response to my mother 's death . |
| 21 | This remarkable transformation is believed to occur because this zeolite has highly acidic surfaces ; they create carbonications from the methanol that polymerise . |
| 22 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 23 | His friend Lauder once attended such a service and was moved to comment that this assembling of the deaf was an affecting spectacle : |
| 24 | Ann was helped to see that this problem originally resulted from displaced resentments about Charles 's infidelity . |
| 25 | I was beginning to realize that this diet could in fact be a breakthrough for all those who were still left with the typical British ‘ pear ’ shape , even after losing weight successfully . |
| 26 | She was beginning to think that this Gus Hambro was a good deal more ingenuous than he supposed ; but if so , it was an engaging disability in him . |
| 27 | The surgeon was forced to admit that this operation would leave Dawn paralysed and wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life . |
| 28 | Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible . |
| 29 | Topaz was trying to pretend that this man was n't making her weak at the knees . |