Example sentences of "this is [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is fast ground |
| 2 | All I can say is , this is either bullshit , or it 's the biggest story in the history of mankind . ’ . |
| 3 | This is both noun and adjective . |
| 4 | This is partly thanks to the free insurance provided by one of the World Cup sponsors and partly historical perspective . |
| 5 | If , as Hugh Kenner believes , Pound never ceased to love Dorothy even while he loved Olga , this is surely part of what he loved in her , an aspect of what she meant to him ; and so Pound 's feelings for and about England were , right to the end , not much less tormented than any English reader 's can be . |
| 6 | This is surely arrogance on a pretty preposterous scale . |
| 7 | This is when Sardinia has its most persistent winds . |
| 8 | This is when scalp skin sheds excessively , leaving tiny flakes showing on hair and shoulders . |
| 9 | This , supposedly , is when students are most committed to independent study and this is when students ' weaknesses in study skills techniques are most readily exposed . |
| 10 | This is when misunderstandings arise . |
| 11 | Unless a Gatt agreement is reached soon , Washington has vowed to target a further $1.7 billion of EC exports — and this is when Britain will start hurting . |
| 12 | As previously explained , this is when keyboard input is expected . |
| 13 | This is when members are divided into two squadrons and allocated either an 8.30am or 12.30pm session on either day . |
| 14 | If you 're not careful , this is when lines start to creep up on you . |
| 15 | This is when Harry starts to prepare the house for its winter storage role . |
| 16 | This is when pomposity and pedantry seem to get off the leash . |
| 17 | This is when time drops into bottom gear . |
| 18 | Perhaps the most dramatic example of this is when people meet for the first time . |
| 19 | L3 increase markedly from mid-summer onwards and this is when disease appears . |
| 20 | This is when Beta Testing starts . |
| 21 | This is when disbelief actually suspended later . |
| 22 | So that , this is when fractions come into it and everybody starts getting a bit ooh I 'm not very sure of what I 'm doing here because it 's not , you know , it 's not obvious , it 's not very real |
| 23 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |
| 24 | ‘ Nonna , ’ he said gently , ‘ this is not Arianna . |
| 25 | ‘ This is not Africa , ’ is an exclamation often heard . |
| 26 | ‘ This is not London , you know , and the local girls are happy-go-lucky , so the relationships when you 're living in the same house tend to be even more happy-go-lucky . ’ |
| 27 | This is not London but the South-West of England . |
| 28 | This is not coincidence . |
| 29 | It would seem to follow from the Committee 's proposals that this is not rape , but no other offence would cover the defendant 's conduct . |
| 30 | A beautiful woman , Simone Weil said , seeing herself in the mirror , knows ‘ This is I. ’ An ugly woman knows , with equal certainty , ‘ This is not I. ’ Maud knew this neat division represented an over-simplification . |