Example sentences of "this [is] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is generally called the tepidarium but it is doubtful that it was in fact such a room for it would have been too immense to heat and no hypocausts have been discovered under it . |
| 2 | The effect of this is generally to knock the opponent over and earn you a full point . |
| 3 | Although this is generally considered a thing of the past , there has been a revival in the popularity of the solidly built , veneered Thirties suite with its square lines . |
| 4 | ‘ This is however nearing the end of its useful life and is therefore currently under review . |
| 5 | This is strictly speaking an impossibility , in that it is impossible to do and have what we recognise as a knot without at some point letting go of the rope . |
| 6 | Russell Reynolds himself is in his 50s , and this is already becoming an issue . |
| 7 | Once this is well established the sticker is only awarded for passing a motion into the lavatory . |
| 8 | But this is artificially to restrict the sense of what it is to be a rational institution . |
| 9 | This is also called a time spread , a horizontal spread , an intermonth spread , an interdelivery spread or a calendar spread . |
| 10 | This is primarily to avoid the payment of stamp duty at 1% on those debts . |
| 11 | It is usually convenient to enter all the fieldnames and the easiest way to do this is simply to use the /Copy command to copy them . |
| 12 | This is simply watching the patient who has been given the medicines . |
| 13 | This is simply to oil the skin before you begin the massage ( see Fig. 12 ) . |
| 14 | This is sometimes called a space lattice . |
| 15 | This is sometimes called the centreboard . |
| 16 | This is sometimes called the trigger feature , and I shall shortly show you examples . |
| 17 | This is sometimes called the partition law . |
| 18 | This is often called a curriculum vitae , or CV for short . |
| 19 | This is often called the sublimation curve . |
| 20 | Some lack of enthusiasm is caused by a habitual attitude of boredom and hopelessness , and the simple remedy to this is often to commence a regimen of positive thought . |
| 21 | We can define the unknown in broad terms — " What would increase our margins here ? " — and this is really defining a search area In essence a question tells us the answer with which we would be satisfied : if our thinking can get us to this point we can stop that line of thinking . |
| 22 | This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel , selling off the defence related industries of our country and I do n't believe the people of this country will be prepared to put up with that . |
| 23 | This is gradually strengthening the case of those who argue that Britain should have a Bill of Rights which incorporates the European convention . |
| 24 | The shareholders are thereby given the power to judge for themselves whether the directors are using their managerial powers for their own benefit at the expense of the company and if this is so to veto the transaction or at least hold the director liable for any profits thereby made . |
| 25 | The best way of doing this is perhaps to follow the advice of Ruth Rendell ( Read her books ) who once said , " I try not to make errors in my descriptions of police work : I accomplish that largely by leaving it out . " |
| 26 | The economist 's role in all this is essentially to make the policy-maker aware of these trade-offs and to advise him of the suitability of alternative policy tools for the achievement of objectives . |
| 27 | To assert this is merely to reiterate a point that should be obvious : that science , however sophisticated its instrumentation , can not generate observations that somehow enable us to look at the relationship between experience and the world as it were from outside of experience . |
| 28 | This judgement applies to the I- dominant poems ( 88 , 89 ) as to the Thou- dominant ones , such as 35 , where after the first quatrain excusing the Friend 's faults ( ‘ No more be griev 'd at that which thou hast done ’ ) the second suddenly recoils on itself : This is indeed to bring a plea ‘ 'gainst myself ’ , to become an accomplice or ‘ accessory ’ , plunging oneself in ‘ civil war ’ . |
| 29 | This is usually called a care plan , which may be discussed informally , or at a special meeting . |
| 30 | for by this is usually meant the thesis that ethical statements are reports upon , statements about , one 's own feelings or attitudes . |