Example sentences of "this be [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the waves run into shallower water they are retarded , this being noticeable when the depth of the water is reduced to one half of the wave length . |
| 2 | This is payable when a copy of a writer 's or composer 's song is made mechanically ( or these days electronically ) . |
| 3 | This is viable because the statistical proportions of such strata are well known , the information coming from basic sources like the Census of Population and , in the UK , the Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods ( ACORN — see later chapter ) . |
| 4 | This is essential if the head is to be free in relation to the rest of the body , so that the Primary Control can perform its natural function . |
| 5 | This is essential if the scientific quality of studies of biodiversity at the ecosystem and genetic level is not to be compromised . |
| 6 | This is essential if the statement is to be unambiguous . |
| 7 | This is ironic because the parties , having chosen expert determination , presumably wanted to avoid court proceedings . |
| 8 | In one way this is surprising since the post-war record has been distinctly superior to the pre-war one : it took twenty-five years to double real wages in contrast to fifty years previously . |
| 9 | This is surprising since the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) has ruled in that the refusal to engage a pregnant woman and a dismissal on grounds of pregnancy are a form of direct discrimination covered by Council Directive 76/207/ EEC without the necessity to resort to comparisons with the treatment which would be meted out to a man in a comparable situation . |
| 10 | This is feasible because the panels were prepared from radial sections of the timber rather than tangential ones , since the latter would warp . |
| 11 | This is understandable because the Gospels were written at a time when the Church had to exist in a Roman world . |
| 12 | As it is among your flowers , the best thing is to keep pulling it out ( this is easy as the roots are very shallow ) and hoe between plants weekly to remove new seedlings . |
| 13 | ( This is incorrect as the law says the claim must be presented before the end of the period of three months beginning with the EDT i.e. in this case on the 8th October at the latest . ) |
| 14 | But this is incorrect because the " Although … processes " clause is adverbial ( see below under discussion of commas , ) , and so should be separated from the " She … predator " part by a comma . |
| 15 | This is intolerable because the two societies and cultures are utterly different . |
| 16 | If repeated showing is desired , this is possible until the idea is fully understood . |
| 17 | This is possible where a target 's management are bargaining on behalf of their shareholders . |
| 18 | This is possible because the ability of even very young children to engage in reflective thought has now been recognized in many educational circles ( see Chapters 5 and 7 for discussion of this ) . |
| 19 | Answer guide : Once again this is new so the students need to be encouraged to discuss this . |
| 20 | As far as the goods returned are concerned once again this is new so the students need to be encouraged to discuss this . |
| 21 | This is useful if the retailer wants to introduce a new product , or line of products . |
| 22 | This is useful if the user can not remember the precise range of options on each page ( enter the option number or letter at ‘ Your Option : ’ ) . |
| 23 | This is useful as the path involves very few synapses . |
| 24 | This is necessary since no complete analysis of intonation can be done without having studied these ‘ extended tones ’ . |
| 25 | To devote five chapters to intonation may seem excessive , but I feel that this is necessary since the subject is difficult and complex , and needs to be explained at considerable length if the explanation is to be intelligible . |
| 26 | The symptoms are moving in the opposite direction to suppression and this is necessary if a long-lasting cure is to be achieved . |
| 27 | This is necessary because the psychological action on many bodily processes can be so great that even a sugar pill can have striking therapeutic effects if the person believes it will . |
| 28 | This is necessary because the light in , say , an artificially lit room is warmer in tone than daylight outside , even on a brilliantly sunny day . |
| 29 | This is important since the brief was always to destroy anything that may leave incriminating evidence . |
| 30 | This is important when the fish are in the swim and perhaps ready to bite as soon as they see the bait sinking through the water . |