Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [verb] [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy . |
| 2 | With great respect to the learned Lord Justice I am disposed to think that this reasoning rests on an ambiguous use of the word ‘ duty . ’ |
| 3 | We are fortunate to announce that this year George Hatfield will be demonstrating on the Woodworker stand , at the Woodworker Show for the Saturday and Sunday ( 19–20 October ) . |
| 4 | Nowadays you are likely to think that this involves transport moving backwards and forwards . |
| 5 | Such changes are hard to describe and this is not the place to discuss them . |
| 6 | I am glad to say that this act of faith has since been amply rewarded and the blazer 's fit is perfect . |
| 7 | Locke 's defenders are unwilling to admit that this might be so . |
| 8 | ( I 'm sorry to say that this is a true story . ) |
| 9 | I 'm interested , thank you , I 'm interested to notice that this nineteenth century attitude is being repeated now by er , our friends over there in the Labour party , erm and I must say , that really confirm what I 've always thought that a lot of their attitudes and their mental furniture do in fact belong to that century . |
| 10 | ’ Most of us I 'm sure agree that this kind of work , although pioneering and unproven , if it does some good that 's super . |
| 11 | I 'm happy to say that this , this matter which arose from a misunderstanding on the basis of a grant from the European Social Fund . |
| 12 | I 'm inclined to believe that this probably happened after the guitar left the Hamer factory ; any quality control worth its salt would have picked it up , otherwise . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I am pleased to see that this budget recognises that education and training are a high priority in job creation . ’ |
| 14 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 15 | We are pleased to say that this Policy is one of the best in the market to meet the requirements of Policyholders . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When you have seen an egg broken into a frying pan of hot fat so that it turns from a clear fluid into a rubbery opaque solid , you are inclined to believe that this is quite a good way to cook an egg . |
| 18 | Such a measure means accepting that compulsory powers are necessary to ensure that this circumscribed group of detained patients are encouraged to maintain their continued care in the community , rather than to be frequently detained in hospital or to become a casualty in the community . |