Example sentences of "[conj] this [be] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though most people recognise that this is only fiction there nevertheless remains a feeling that the work is rather exciting , possibly because it lacks any clearly defined morality . |
| 2 | Some may argue that this is merely abdication of responsibility ! — I prefer to consider that LM system is more sophisticated in removing any need for the practitioner to make such a judgement . |
| 3 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 4 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 5 | It can end in silence , this being considered preferable to choosing an incorrect word or phrase , and this is clearly nonsense . |
| 6 | Well , in the last ten years , and this is only history , what really matters is tomorrow , Ferrari won one driver 's title and Williams and McLaren won the rest . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , rumour , and this is only rumour , mind you , has USL president Roel Pieper becoming president of Novell Inc . |
| 8 | in some areas there is a specialist home nursing service for the terminally ill and this is sometimes part of the services of a hospice ( these are usually called Continuing Care or MacMillan nurses ) . |
| 9 | Full skirts — goodness knows how many petticoats made walking very hard , so all this almost enforced leisure upon them , and this was again part of the duty of the woman to show that she did n't need to work , she did n't in fact even have to lift a finger because the man or her servants would do all this for her . |
| 10 | The coven will also employ magic , but this is only secondary to its beliefs and worship . |
| 11 | Fluka is known world-wide as a supplier of high quality chemicals and bio-chemicals for research and development and intermediates for industrial manufacture , but this is only part of the picture . |
| 12 | But this is only part of the story and can be very misleading . |
| 13 | It must be clear that improved liaison between these parties will help , but this is only part of the requirement . |
| 14 | But this is only part of the disagreement . |
| 15 | The British legal system is already in a bit of a sorry state but this is only part of the story because we are faced with a creaking Government bureaucracy that has often been shown by the Higher Courts to be acting in an illegal and unfair manner . |
| 16 | But this was surely fantasy . |