Example sentences of "this is [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On learning of a prospective sale , the conveyancer should call the client on the telephone , or to the office ( this is better where the client is unknown to you ) and ask the seller for details of the whereabouts of the title deeds . |
| 2 | This is essential if the head is to be free in relation to the rest of the body , so that the Primary Control can perform its natural function . |
| 3 | This is essential if the statement is to be unambiguous . |
| 4 | The intensity of the enhanced bands also varies in a time dependent fashion , but surprisingly this is slower than the disappearance of the footprint , so that some enhanced products are still evident even after 30 minutes . |
| 5 | An important aspect of the teacher 's job is the size of the class he or she is expected to teach ( on average , this is greater than the pupil/teacher ratio , as calculations of the latter include staff who do little or no classroom teaching ) . |
| 6 | ( This is incorrect as the law says the claim must be presented before the end of the period of three months beginning with the EDT i.e. in this case on the 8th October at the latest . ) |
| 7 | This is wider than the scope of present UK law . |
| 8 | If repeated showing is desired , this is possible until the idea is fully understood . |
| 9 | This is possible because the ability of even very young children to engage in reflective thought has now been recognized in many educational circles ( see Chapters 5 and 7 for discussion of this ) . |
| 10 | This is useful if the retailer wants to introduce a new product , or line of products . |
| 11 | This is useful if the user can not remember the precise range of options on each page ( enter the option number or letter at ‘ Your Option : ’ ) . |
| 12 | This is useful as the path involves very few synapses . |
| 13 | To devote five chapters to intonation may seem excessive , but I feel that this is necessary since the subject is difficult and complex , and needs to be explained at considerable length if the explanation is to be intelligible . |
| 14 | This is necessary because the light in , say , an artificially lit room is warmer in tone than daylight outside , even on a brilliantly sunny day . |
| 15 | This is important since the brief was always to destroy anything that may leave incriminating evidence . |
| 16 | This is important as the area is still young and both theorist and practitioner will benefit from mutual and current awareness of each other 's achievements and problems . |
| 17 | Certainly this is desirable if the Target shares have accrued a substantial gain . |
| 18 | Sometimes this is desirable because the expression seems awkward or inadequate ; sometimes it signals that the expression does not fit in with the rest of the style ( e.g. because of its register ) . |
| 19 | This is permissible although the chair of the conference , usually a senior social worker from the local authority or the NSPCC , must clarify the lawyer 's role . |
| 20 | If to ease pain , the doctor must take measures which may hasten death , this is permissible provided the doctor 's aim is only the relief of pain . |
| 21 | Although most writers favour Melanie 's avarice as the cause of the delay , this is unlikely as the manuscript was not released , even though she was over 80 when she died , and her greed was thus left unsatisfied . |
| 22 | There may be slight damage to the tips of leaves actually in contact with the fleece but this is acceptable when the alternative of the crop being ‘ cut to the ground ’ is considered . |
| 23 | This is evident when the bird coils its neck ( D ) and is suggested even when the neck is straight ( B ) . |
| 24 | This is more than the change that inner London received , and I think it 's quite unbelievable that York 's population , base population is actually starting of from the figure of er a hundred and three , a hundred and four thousand , and I think York City Council will agree with that in any case , erm , the new major estimates for nineteen ninety two would already suggest that that population 's declined by a further thousand , which I think emphasizes that these major estimates are estimates , and because of the differ the difficulties within the census for nineteen ninety one , with under enumeration , some problems may have occurred . |
| 25 | And this is more than the ambition with which I began , and more than my son 's inheritance . |
| 26 | This is more than the note I intended . |
| 27 | This is inappropriate because the burden of showing the reason for dismissal rests with the employer . |
| 28 | This is longer than the lifetime predicted by the simplest grand unified theory , but there are more elaborate theories in which the predicted lifetimes are longer . |
| 29 | This is true whether the story is an epic with a cast of thousands or nothing more elaborate than a simple family situation . |
| 30 | This is true whether the end product is a manufactured item for sale or a production process for producing it . |