Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been crucified on to the floor and , like the last victim , had been alive when this had occurred . |
| 2 | Swamps of wild rush-beds and sloughs ' squashy traces , Grounds of rough fallows with thistle and weed , Flats and low vallies of kingcups and daisies , Sweetest of subjects are ye for my reed : Ye commons left free in the rude rags of nature , Ye brown heaths beclothed in furze as ye be , My wild eye in rapture adores every feature , Ye are dear as this heart in my bosom to me . |
| 3 | And I am sorry that this day has come . |
| 4 | There are several places which I have no intention of visiting , and I am sorry if this will cause some to respond with incredulous rage — the infinitesimally tiny village of Great Splitting , for example , with its medieval Adverbial Inn here each night they call Hurry Up Please It 's Timely ) , or the hamlet of Little Cayce , lying between Ewe and Eye . |
| 5 | Both Geoffrey le Baker and Murimuth are clear that this was the crucial issue under discussion in the parliament , and both record that the king refused to agree to such a proposal . |
| 6 | That 's OK as a rough guide but I think that , at this level anyway , the routes are easier than this would suggest . |
| 7 | But I am afraid that this experience will be denied me . ’ |
| 8 | I am afraid that this does not answer G. I. Smith 's predicament . |
| 9 | I am afraid that this is rather like asking ‘ How long is a Piece of string ? ’ as there is no hard and fast answer . |
| 10 | I am afraid that this war , which started for all the reasons I have mentioned , is turning gradually into a similar kind of war to the Lebanese . |
| 11 | Until now I have always thought that it is such a big city with so many people that my family may be safe but tonight I am afraid because this shelter was in an area where they are living . |
| 12 | Several studies have shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide was as little as half the present concentration at the peak of the latest Ice Age , but it has not been clear if this is cause or effect . |
| 13 | I am clear that this policy remains appropriate . |
| 14 | An engineering plant and an advertising agency are different and this difference will be reflected in their organisational design . |
| 15 | Again this is a distortion of what is generally happening in the courts , where sentences are lighter than this average , so newspaper readers have contrasting images of many acquittals and many long sentences . |
| 16 | The College and its staff and graduates have made many significant contributions to the science and practice of veterinary medicine and I am delighted that this history has been written to coincide with its bi-centenary . |
| 17 | The then Conservative Opposition roundly opposed that , and I am delighted that this Conservative Government have been able to correct that smear of dishonour . |
| 18 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 19 | Director Bill MacDonald said : ‘ I am delighted that this beautiful Victorian building has been rescued and restored to its former glory . |
| 20 | ‘ I am delighted and this caps a memorable week . |
| 21 | That 's the overall and rather special context of this year in , in the year of the youth but every year is an important from the point of view of commodores and clubs and the amount of work that ac goes on on the ground through supporting causes and the effort to recruit membership and it 's in that rather mundane day to day part of R Y A membership that I would like to congratulate you first I think all of you have worked extremely hard and the reports reflect the success achieved and I would particularly highlight the increase in membership , now that obviously has n't been easy and this does require a huge effort of , a consistent effort and it 's not something you can just apply every now and again . |
| 22 | ( Of course , it you are convinced that this is nonsense , the book might mirror that belief , and give you gobbledygook . |
| 23 | ‘ Our area has been pedestrianised , and while we are convinced that this benefited us in the summer , it worked against us in the winter . |
| 24 | The Museum is a registered Charity with no public funding and Mick Miller , Finance Trustee , said : ‘ This sponsorship is a very generous gesture and we are delighted that this has come from an enterprising local company which has pledged support for our activities for the next three years . ’ |
| 25 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 26 | A sign : ‘ We 're sorry that this escalator has been out of use for so long … ’ |
| 27 | I mean , having heard criticisms of how lawyers behave , and having heard people say , how can you defend someone when you know jolly well they 're guilty and this kind of thing . |
| 28 | Working out just who 's who in Shakespeare 's ’ Twelfth Night ’ is complicated enough — especially if you 're 12 and this is your first encounter with Shakespeare . |
| 29 | The er work which has preceded at er British Aerospace in the the cockpit , to bring together all the information , displays and controls erm has been tested on er a team of eighteen pilots from , drawn from the four nations , to see whether they believe they can cope with that sort of pilot work load in in simulated operations and they 're content that this kind of cockpit is ideally suited for the task and they can cope . |
| 30 | ‘ And you 're sure that this Bermuda company controlled by you will lend me the half-million pounds in cash to buy these shares , at no interest ? ’ |