Example sentences of "this [is] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is to the benefit of both parties .
2 No , the order seems to be fairly haphazard — and I feel that this is to the benefit of the patient .
3 Yeah , I just er , like to , just to welcome the ongoing commitment to the Treasurers Department , to keep down the er , charges to the public service units through C E C. Obviously this is to the benefit , and gives them the , a greater chance of succeeding out there , in what is a difficult market place .
4 Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent .
5 Nevertheless their aim was the expression of the experience of a knowledge which integrates human faculties , not a scholastic dissection of its separate parts , important though this is to the history of thought .
6 What you want to do er what you want after that , including marrying again is a separate matter , his primary responsibility and I 'm sure he would agree with this is to the wellbeing of those children
7 This is to the extent of the amount repaid .
8 This is to the effect that General Loehr prefers to surrender his forces to an Anglo-American command and not to Marshal Tito or Russian command in order to " save members of Croat armed forces and his own troops from Tito and the Bolsheviks " " On 7 May this appeal had been firmly rejected .
9 Overall during last year , this is to the end of , of November actually because fin figures are n't available for the end of the year , the reduction was four point nine percent , which compares with four point three percent in the previous year , so not only are they still going down , they 're actually going down slightly more than they were in the previous year and that must be encouraging .
10 This is to the rent is ?
11 It will be aware of its master , in that it hears and smells him , and of its own exertions , in that it is awake , but it will not be aware that it recognises him , for this is of the order of tomorrow 's delayed return — a linguistic belief of which dumb brutes are incapable .
12 This is of the form A-BC ( which would be meaningless at levels of more general affinity , and is excluded by the homogeneity of style at the unitary level ) , where some of the mosaicists responsible for mosaic A worked on B , and some of the mosaicists responsible for B worked on 6 , but where few mosaicists worked on both A and C. At each step in such a " distributed relationship " some craftsmen are " lost " .
13 However , this is on the way to casting doubt on Butler 's whole tendency to divide the person , along lines rather similar to Plato 's , into different faculties .
14 This is a letter er submitted by on behalf of who I believe is and this is on the question of the absence of an agricultural appraisal so we will be carrying that out prior to the decision of the Planning Committee .
15 Perhaps the most interesting example of this is on the Burroughs B6700 , illustrated in Figure 2.10 .
16 Um now of course when they 're talking about things like physiological responses , when they 're talking about things like having orgasms and the like , erm this is on the part of the victims , it 's not too difficult to detach these physiological responses from pleasure .
17 This is on the project quality plan now is it ?
18 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis .
19 All this is on the assumption that the proposed issue is exclusively for cash ; when it is proposed to allot shares as consideration payable to the vendor on the acquisition of a business or real property it would be impossible to make an offer to the existing shareholders on the same terms .
20 ‘ Of course , ’ she continued , avoiding his eye , ‘ all this is on the assumption that he 's going to be charged . ’
21 This is on the assumption that everything is going ahead all right ?
22 This is on the motion of a minister but can be prevented if 20 members object .
23 This is on the tape .
24 And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape
25 I imagine this is on the grounds that there can be no profitable reclamation of the goods in default of settlement !
26 This is on the grounds that people who value services ‘ will consume as much as they are willing to pay for ’ .
27 This is on the grounds that there are no high-temperature incineration facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and no plans to build any .
28 ‘ I presume this is on the itinerary for the royal tour . ’
29 And this is on the bus going in to Clearwater on the free trolley as they call it .
30 This is on the basis that the acquirer is entitled to profits and responsible for losses .
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