Example sentences of "this [be] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Less than this is probably a self limiting viral throat .
2 If you think of a less developed country , you might find some big industry , this is just a way to divide the .
3 Also Tore-Andre Flo — the young brother of Jostein Flo is supposed to train for a week or two at Sheff Utd ; but this is just a training stay — nothing to do with Sheff Utd offering him a contract or so .
4 but that 's in Aran and this is just a double knit but
5 Instrumental theorists ultimately conclude that while the state may have a degree of political neutrality , this is just a sham to mask the dominance of the state by the interests of the dominant class .
6 This is also a belief held by my squad and so , neck-high in wallop , come three o'clock we were eleven hangovers in search of a kick around .
7 This is principally a path following a narrow undulating ledge which runs across the northern face of Pillar .
8 This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process .
9 I know climbers are not always the most considerate of folks , but this is definitely a place to adopt a ‘ softly softly ’ approach , even if you are finding your chosen route a little hard going .
10 This was probably a man called Michael Sidnell , from Bristol , who had carved a memorial tablet in Alderly Church in 1732 , and had later gone on to make designs for the court-house at Westbury on Severn .
11 I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts .
12 This was usually a person undergoing great emotional strain , such as a girl experiencing a particularly traumatic puberty .
13 This was once a world reserved for specialists .
14 This was originally a flexiblestrip used by railwaymen to get smooth curves when laying railway lines .
15 Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot .
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