Example sentences of "this [adv] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 3 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 4 | Or is this perhaps a product of the over-excited brain of a middle-aged and somewhat disparaged poet , when he finds that his ignored , his arcane , his deviously perspicuous meanings , which he thought not meanings , since no one appeared able to understand them , had after all one clear-eyed and amused reader and judge ? |
| 5 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the print echo is only active whilst the CLI indicator is present , so this not a lot of use to us ! |
| 7 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 10 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 11 | ‘ Ratners thought this through a couple of years ago and then found itself locked into the game of pushing price to keep volumes moving and everything was put on the back burner , ’ says Richards . |
| 12 | He followed this up a couple of years later with Sophie 's Choice opposite Meryl Streep . |
| 13 | Perhaps he thought that a man , or more than one man , was trying to hurt or kill his mother , and perhaps he thought this nearly every night of his life . |
| 14 | There was a commitment to the maintenance of full employment , with the Keynesian doctrine that budgetary management could achieve this now a matter of economic orthodoxy . |
| 15 | Is this now the age of ‘ lies , damn lies and journalism ’ ? |
| 16 | Is this really the intention of the UN sanctions and , if so , what is the reasoning of it ? |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Is this how the head of the security police was passing his time ? |