Example sentences of "this be [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discount supermarkets like this are nothing new . |
| 2 | Examples of this are his fierce-looking lady ( to a heavily armed German soldier advancing over the lawn ) : ‘ How dare you come in here ! ’ , or a placid scene in a country pub where the radio on the bar is tuned to the German propaganda station : ‘ Meanwhile , in Britain , the entire population , faced by the threat of an invasion has been flung into a state of complete panic . ’ |
| 3 | Has this been something special in acting for you ? |
| 4 | Had this been my regular field of action , I too would have made myself hors de combat . |
| 5 | Had this been his dominating characteristic , he could not possibly have retained his position through the vicissitudes and challenges of a decade and a half . |
| 6 | Indeed if this were its intended effect , it is difficult to see why the subsection goes on to say that it is not necessary to obtain the parents ' consent , rather than providing that such consent , if obtained , should be ineffective . |
| 7 | She made it sound as though this were something illegal . |
| 8 | She quoted the example of a mother and daughter who habitually appeared ‘ with dishevelled hair and untidy blouses at 11 o'clock in the morning ’ , and where dirty teacups rested on the breakfast table , but the fact was that both women stayed up until 4 am buttonholing , this being their only source of income . |
| 9 | The average group however choose private provision when G is low or medium , hence preferring the lower level of state spending , but switch to public provision when G is high , this being their overall preferred level . |
| 10 | Yet despite this being his long-term plan , he still thought of England as ‘ home ’ , of Alice and the Pritchetts as his ‘ family ’ , of Aubrey as his best friend . |
| 11 | Harbour was extremely nervous , this being his first professional engagement , and equally determined to seize his chance . |
| 12 | So this being his last free Wednesday for a while , he had decided to give himself a treat . |
| 13 | And if I can take this as , this being your okay , and you 've got this thirty thousand pounds a year coming in |
| 14 | ‘ Everyone was passing judgement on this being my big day but I enjoyed it . |
| 15 | This being our first promising response , I explain briefly our reasons once again . |
| 16 | Ellen and I worked hard that week and , on the Saturday , as though to commiserate with ourselves on this being our last day alone together , we stopped work at midday and took a bus to Mama Sipcott 's Café on the beach where we ate lobster and drank too much of Mama 's sticky-sweet white wine . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to work in public relations in France so this is something new . |
| 18 | But this is something new . |
| 19 | For many years now , legal provision has been made for the importation of workers for the harvesting of fruit and vegetables , there being very specific acknowledgement that this is something native-born Americans can not be persuaded in the necessary numbers to do . |
| 20 | But this is something terrible . ’ |
| 21 | You know this is very much against this is something typical of the seventies this kind of thing |
| 22 | It takes quite a bit of practice to orientate and get the right position for the shot , and this is something worthwhile perfecting during the winter or when you are just flying locally . |
| 23 | Injustice was not only done , but seen to be done and this is something all thoughtful citizens should applaud . |
| 24 | ‘ This is something all local authorities are expected to undertake but I believe Clackmannan are ahead of the field in this respect . ’ |
| 25 | But I mean this is something that we . |
| 26 | Harvey was in a good mood , balancing plates and saying , ‘ This is something those Russkies do damn well ’ and ‘ pip pip . ’ |
| 27 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 28 | Now this is something more from clinical use but again has potential uses in work psychology . |
| 29 | And this is something more than a literary point . |
| 30 | Middlesbrough Council spokesman Mike Clark said : ‘ This is something this council regrets even having to consider but we are struggling to maintain services . ’ |