Example sentences of "[that] this [is] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are we to understand , ’ I cross-examined , ‘ that this is an establishment owned by someone who deems himself a Squire ; or , on the other hand , that this is a location sought out by Squires such as yourself when they desire to quaff ? ’ |
| 2 | Anyone for croquet … it 's the latest popular sport ORMSEBY Hall , on Teesside , is among croquet clubs nationwide which open their doors and lawns to the public this weekend in a bid to put over the message that this is a sport for all . |
| 3 | Dictionary phrases defining adventure as ‘ a hazardous enterprise or performance ’ or ‘ a novel or exciting incident ’ make it clear that this is a kind of fiction offering surprise rather than confirmation , strangeness rather than familiarity . |
| 4 | Erm , what 's worth reading about that , and it comes out strongly in the introduction , is that this is a kind of case stu study of a particular kind of person . |
| 5 | That this is a counsel of perfection I am , of course , conscious . |
| 6 | Erm , the other important point I think , if by way of introduction , is in paragraph two , and that is , just to make it quite clear that this is a transfer of funding where people previously went to the Department of Social Security and claimed Income Support in order to assist them in accessing services that were provided by the voluntary and private sector . |
| 7 | Rees Jones says people have told him that this is a golf course for intellectuals … which means you have to think everytime you a play a shot and that 's what he set out to create |
| 8 | If we house them we need to look after all the people , we make no apologies for the fact that this is a budget slanted towards equal opportunities and to an anti-poverty strategy and that is something that we will fight to preserve and we would expect support from at least some quarters in order to achieve an egalitarian status in this city . |
| 9 | Rifat Efendi gives Rajab 828/May-June 1425 for Molla Fenari 's appointment not to the Muftilik but to the kadilik of Bursa , but it seems likely that this is a slip of the pen and that he means the Muftilik inasmuch as he says that Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 before he became Mufti , an appointment he has not otherwise mentioned . |
| 10 | Any visitor to Ireland does n't have to travel very far before realising that this is a land where religion plays a major role in the life of every city , town and village . |
| 11 | Does the Minister not recognise the dangers of fragmenting the health service and destroying the planning framework ; the cost of ever-increasing bureaucracy ; the reduction in choice for the doctor ; the fear that this is a road that leads to a two-tier system in which money comes first and the Health Service is relegated to a safety-net , fallback provision ? |
| 12 | It must be said , however , that this is a nightmare scenario which the Government does not subscribe to . |
| 13 | The Commission believes that this is a tradition which must be maintained . |
| 14 | It has been argued that this is a description of a patinated alloy . |
| 15 | May I make it clear to my hon. Friend that this is a document that the Labour party simply could not write , because the principle of being critical of the producer is anathema to a party that is totally in thrall to the producers ? |
| 16 | However , the hover fly and poached egg association shows clearly that this is a direction in which a great deal of research needs to be done . |
| 17 | Before he discovers that this is a lie put out by her enemy , he has various practical duties to perform in connection with the wreck of the ship he should have joined . |
| 18 | The characteristic ‘ oily ’ smell immediately tells us that this is a cone of Shetland pure wool . |
| 19 | Excellent use is made of the text of Tom Jones , but it is now less detectable that this is a writer who has done his stint of teaching English literature at university level . |
| 20 | The Hidden Files confirms one 's impressions that this is a writer with a life more varied than most . |
| 21 | We realise that this is a subject which warrants much consideration , as we think about the life and reverence of our churches and look to the future for . |
| 22 | It goes without saying , unless you 're a reader with severe learning difficulties , that this is a corker of a hill to do if you do n't have a car . |
| 23 | But Jim , the chap who lives next door to them came over the other night to collect a pound from me as my contribution to the er , sign on the lamppost saying that this is a watch neighbourhood watch area , now it 's |
| 24 | I would remind you that this is a counter-espionage matter which means it 's strictly an MIS and Special Branch affair . ’ |
| 25 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |
| 26 | We are inclined to think that this is a way of using the structure in principle , but that this is simply the sort of thing that no speaker is ever likely to want to say . |
| 27 | You could suspect that this is a way of making it more rather than less egoistic , could n't you ? |
| 28 | Some believe equally that the institutions are decaying and that this is a part of some general drift towards anarchy which must be prevented at all costs . |
| 29 | One feels that this is a man who could . |
| 30 | It is clear that this is a case of stable equilibrium between society and nature . |