Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now of course the stories are about people caught in this way . |
| 2 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I would n't be in order to go into this but I do n't agree at all , as the honourable gentleman 's well aware , that filthy protectionism of the C A P forces up prices of food for the average family in Britain by twenty eight pounds a week . |
| 3 | Although we were in fact exempt from this , our management wisely decided that we should fall in line with the principle of the new regulations . |
| 4 | It is of interest to refer in this context to Beckett 's ( undated ) empirical work on the adoption practices of Torres Strait Islanders where adoption has traditionally been open . |
| 5 | And , in the preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis written in this year , he declared that " Understanding begins in the sensibility " . |
| 6 | Because English solicitors have always been regarded as ‘ competent persons ’ in this and similar contexts , the familiar common law practice of effecting service via a solicitor in the state of destination is in fact covered by this provision , but it is very doubtful if this strikes the consciousness of anyone concerned in the operation . |
| 7 | I do n't know if any of you saw very recently , the horrific programme which was on television dealing with this problem in some of the London boroughs and god forbid if we ever reach that stage erm because it is quite horrific so I do think that although we have a problem , our problem is mainly confined to the weekend . |