Example sentences of "this [adv] a [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 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 8 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | He followed this up a couple of years later with Sophie 's Choice opposite Meryl Streep . |
| 11 | 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 . |