Example sentences of "[be] this [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were this not the case , the buy-in would be tax free to a corporate shareholder because , by virtue of s208 , the corporate shareholder would not be liable to corporation tax on the distribution , unless it is taken into account in the shareholder 's capital gains tax computation ( the latter not being precluded by s208 ) . |
| 2 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 3 | Could I be bisexual or is this just a fantasy ? |
| 4 | Nor is this just a problem that is eating away the character of historic towns and conservation areas . |
| 5 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Is this just a game for you ? |
| 7 | Is this just an aberration , if you look at the road markings , you 'll see it seems to be official , cos the road is marked out for driving on the right , and the reason is that er , traffic law in this country says , that vehicles drive on the left , except in Savoy Street . |
| 8 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 9 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 10 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 11 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 12 | At least , is this not the tendency in the beginning with most very young children and certainly with lively , healthy ones ? |
| 13 | Have the political and creative aspirations of the sector been abandoned in the climate of new realism ’ , or is this simply the beginning of a new phase ? |
| 14 | Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure . |
| 15 | Is this why the myth swims through our memory ? |
| 16 | Is this why the Unit and all its works seem to have disappeared from the records — because it was unthinkable that such a document should officially exist ? |
| 17 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 18 | But neither is this necessarily the case . |
| 19 | Is this actually a book that er is going to be of any assistance to me ? |
| 20 | Is this now the age of ‘ lies , damn lies and journalism ’ ? |
| 21 | Is this how the head of the security police was passing his time ? |
| 22 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 23 | Is this merely a definition of the limits of a gratuitous promise ( as in Thomas v Thomas , infra ) or is it an offer to contract , the consideration being P's forbearance from marriage ? |
| 24 | ‘ So , Firmin , is this still a joke ? ’ |
| 25 | The clarifying question is : " Is this really a problem or am I just choosing to look at it as a problem ? " |
| 26 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
| 27 | Now of course it may be that the child has caught a worry about schooling from the parent , but I think that 's the first thing to sort out — is this really a problem in the child , or is it a problem in the parent 's mind ? |
| 28 | Is this really the case ? |
| 29 | But this is a fine company , and with the shares already down by half from their peak last year is this really the time to sell ? |
| 30 | Similarly , it is reasonable to suppose that many of the haves will be among the most ruthless of society , and will pass on their inhumane ethic to their children , thereby perpetuating it : is this really the future we wish for our species ? |