Example sentences of "[prep] this [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this knowledge will not alone enable us to understand language in use for this is always a matter of realizing the particular token meanings of signs in association with the context of utterance . |
| 2 | One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials . |
| 3 | The reason for this was also the reason for her sorrow . |
| 4 | It is no accident that there is a similarity between the diagnostic test , above , and the claim which used to be advanced in transformational grammar to the effect that an attributive adjective incorporated in a noun phrase is derived from some such structure as : ( 6 ) the N present BE ADJ This proposal was questioned quite early in the development of transformational grammar ( see Berman , 1974 ) , and a major reason for this was precisely the fact that too many phrases with attributive adjectives were discovered where the derivation does not seem to be usable ; as we shall see later , there are other reasons why such a derivation may not work , apart from the issue discussed here . |
| 5 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 6 | Now that herbs have invaded many parts of our lives , and not least our gardens , how much of this is just a fashionable " phase , and how much will remain as a permanent and essential ingredient of everyday living ? |
| 7 | The result of this is sometimes a multi-patterned litter of kittens , which some owners mistakenly consider to be the outcome of ‘ genetic variety ’ within the make-up of their female and an unknown ‘ husband ’ . |
| 8 | The most striking example of this is perhaps the frontier in the Danubian plain between the Ottoman empire and the Habsburg territories in central Europe . |
| 9 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 10 | In front of this was usually the atrium or forecourt . |
| 11 | Speculating like this was always a pointless exercise but it occupied a portion of any day . |
| 12 | One of the fundamental reasons behind this is simply a lack of competition experience , and that 's why regional leading contests like the Yorkshire and North East Indoor Climbing League are so important . |
| 13 | Yet , given the qualifications noted above this is clearly a daunting task . |
| 14 | Implicit in this is both a fear of female competition for scarce jobs and a sense of the need of a woman 's domestic labour at home . |
| 15 | The answer to this is surely a date stamp which will force the disorganised or unscrupulous outlet to sell off old stock cheaply or discard it . |