Example sentences of "this [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure . |
| 2 | We thought this rather a joke but his concern was academic , not snobbish . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 5 | In general this only a problem if you want to change leads with a weaker climber . |
| 6 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Is this perhaps a comment on the inadequacy of the law and the difficulty of policing and getting convictions ? |
| 9 | the movement which , at the close of the colonial era , led it to be asked of the West what entitles its culture , its science , its social organization , and finally its rationality itself , to be able to claim universal validity : was this not a mirage associated with economic domination and political hegemony ? |
| 10 | The Kenyans have gone to enormous trouble to make this not a murder . ’ |
| 11 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the print echo is only active whilst the CLI indicator is present , so this not a lot of use to us ! |
| 13 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 14 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 15 | Could I be bisexual or is this just a fantasy ? |
| 16 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 17 | Nor is this just a problem that is eating away the character of historic towns and conservation areas . |
| 18 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is this just a game for you ? |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ So , Firmin , is this still a joke ? ’ |
| 22 | It rec , received a report therefore , from the Central Council of the World Counc , Council of Churches which meets I think , once a year Noel can correct me on this once a year , or a at least once every two years . |
| 23 | With Britain in the midst of a supposed punk revolution , Gedge followed this up a year later in swashbuckling style with an appearance in another G and S production , The Pirates of Penzance . |
| 24 | He followed this up a couple of years later with Sophie 's Choice opposite Meryl Streep . |
| 25 | Turn this up a bit cos my missus |
| 26 | Surely we should toughen this up a bit and say , I mean I 'm probably getting |
| 27 | I 'm also gon na open this up a bit . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | So they say , oh okay we 've sorted this out a bit now each group just has five pound to share out between fifteen of them . |
| 30 | or we might have to bring this back a bit |