Example sentences of "[conj] this [be] [adv] an " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately , although this is clearly an important and interesting exhibition it is not one that we would wish to accommodate here , essentially because — practicalities aside — we are not a general art exhibition venue , and as a matter of policy only mount displays which relate to our collections or , more broadly , to the world of books . |
2 | Entertainment of company clients may take place at the property , although this is just an assumption . |
3 | Although this is largely an innate ability , particularly well developed in a few people , we can all develop sensitivity in general ( which will help our massage skills ) by such means as meditation , deep relaxation and nature attunements ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
4 | Forty-one per cent of the known opioid users were also known to have taken other types of drug , although this is probably an underestimate since some agencies do not routinely record or receive information about all drugs used by people on their files . |
5 | There are many , often very large areas , that are publicly owned and of great value to wildlife but these sites are not primarily managed for wildlife , although this is often an important consideration and some suffer considerable disturbance . |
6 | The first of these screens is a conversion chart showing catch length and weight , although this is only an approximation . |
7 | The difference between established senses and potential senses is not merely one of frequency of use , although this is undoubtedly an important component of the difference : established senses are presumably represented differently in the mind 's lexicon . |
8 | The average number of quarrels per hour was three to four , although this was probably an underestimation . |
9 | The received wisdom about reform came to be that ‘ research shows that nothing works ’ , that ‘ whatever you do to offenders makes no difference ’ , although this was always an exaggeration . |
10 | As much of his work makes clear ( see particularly Labov 1982b ) , the chief objective was not to describe relationships between speaker and linguistic variables , although this was certainly an interesting by-product of quantitative method which for some might comprise its main significance ; it is certainly of great practical interest to a number of professions ( see chapter 9 ) . |
11 | Bulmer concludes that this is probably an ‘ oversimplified view ’ ( p. 71 ) , focusing too strongly on the functional characteristics of the places and ignoring ( relatively , at least ) the nature of the local culture and its institutional structuring ( as , for example , with the nature and role of trades unions ) . |
12 | It is often said that this is just an example of Swiss discretion in business , but in my view we have begun to believe that works acquired abroad are somehow superior . |
13 | They stress , however , that this is just an overall industry average and that , as market share accounts for only about 14 per cent of the dispersion of ROI among businesses , other factors need to be considered . |
14 | For timing purposes it is best to assume a wait of half a revolution , bearing in mind that this is usually an overestimate . |
15 | In relation to the PIC situation , it was felt that this is now an appropriate time to review the overall outcome of the introduction of this package . |
16 | Is it not a fact that this is now an area of very important constitutional dispute , that my right hon. Friend accepted the advice of senior Treasury counsel , that two judges have spoken in his favour and two against , and that the House of Lords may find that he was right and they were wrong ? |
17 | While I accept that this is still an open question in the minds of many local farmers , I thought the article should have been more explicit about the scientific consensus on this point . |
18 | But it should be remembered that this is merely an early indication growth . |
19 | Whilst it may be argued that this is merely an illustration of the duty owed under the OLA 1957 , it may also be said that this exists as a form of liability under the tort of negligence but outside the scope of the 1957 Act . |
20 | I think the number of er er ex I think the fact that this is merely an exception a major exceptions policy that deals only with exceptional cases and the the Humberside structure plan refers to possibly once or twice over a planned period erm might er indicate it 's not intended to open to subvert section fifty four A. |
21 | Martin thinks that this was probably an oversight on my part and suggests that a simple s.p.s.t. toggle switch should be incorporated in the positive supply from the 9V battery . |
22 | Staff agreed that this was probably an area which needed improvement and discussion with parents . |
23 | Figures 2.1 and 2.2 remind us that this was also an era of sporadic , but vicious , feuds between whites and what they saw as the invading blacks . |
24 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
25 | What shows that this was generally an unthinking answer , uninformed by any real understanding of interest rates , is that people were just as likely to give this answer whether they thought it would be a percentage of the amount they borrowed , a percentage per year , or even a percentage per month . |
26 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
27 | It is instantly evident to a visitor to Alford that this was once an elegant and thriving market town . |
28 | Since the Province has a population larger than that of England , this means that this was quite an important personage roughly equivalent to the Minister for Higher Education in Britain . |
29 | In ( 1 ) , a combination of directional and components strategies is being used and this is clearly an effective procedure . |
30 | A more aggressive attitude , of course , might counsel strategic acquisition and this is clearly an approach favoured by such major European publishers as the Maxwell Communications Corporation , Bertlesmann , Hachette and others . |