Example sentences of "this is the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plastered over this is the 1970s language of identity politics and group empowerment . |
| 2 | This is the mid-Sixties , and homosexuals are being released from the closet by a law enacted by Parliament late in the novel . |
| 3 | But this is the 1990s . |
| 4 | Biblios were handing out travel survival packs which looked as though they would contain condoms , but did n't — come on Biblios , this is the 1990s ! |
| 5 | Producer Curt Hamilton said : ‘ You 've heard of the six million dollar man — this is the 10 million dollar bum . ’ |
| 6 | This is the 1960s . |
| 7 | This is the two hundred and eighty pound stuff I assure you , yes ? |
| 8 | But then again this is the one form of cricket they are reasonably competent at . |
| 9 | This is the one unusual Chinese vegetable that is available fresh almost everywhere . |
| 10 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 11 | I 've been thirty years in the business and this is the one place I have been where there are not petty jealousies or anything like that . |
| 12 | Expressing his delight at being appointed , he said : ‘ This is the one job I had hoped for . ’ |
| 13 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 14 | This is the one kite event that benefits from noise ! |
| 15 | as if explaining away the downright lies and beautiful evasions of his Westerns , this is the one ( echoing Fort Apache , 1948 ) that concludes with the idea that if the legend is better than the truth then you should ‘ print the legend ’ . |
| 16 | It is therefore proclaimed to be lawful , provided always this ( and this is the one limit to the exemption which is conferred ) : it must be ‘ in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute ’ . |
| 17 | After the latest set-back in Spain , and the public mauling for the England manager , this is the one major plus-factor for Taylor . |
| 18 | Surely this is the one area of art activity where ‘ artfulness ’ need not apply . |
| 19 | After nearly a decade down under he was overdue an entirely Australian subject — the Board of Control having disappointed him by refusing to let him write their official history : ‘ This is the one major cricket book still to be written in Australia . |
| 20 | This is the one action remaining . |
| 21 | Buckingham Palace stresses that this is the one and only way to paint a Monarch . |
| 22 | This is the one place in the book where Carter 's enviable fluency is in danger of ceding to superficiality . |
| 23 | this is the one thing that |
| 24 | Paradoxically , this is the one day of the week when there IS some justification for allowing traffic into the Park — so that it can be enjoyed by the aged and infirm whose only means of access is by car . |
| 25 | This is the one combination which lifts the tailored jacket out of the dated power-suit idiom and gives it a contemporary relevance . |
| 26 | This is the one thing with these |
| 27 | This is the one Mark and Deb bought us , the Antiques Roadshow . |
| 28 | New continued survey procedures , this is the one area of our activity about which I am concerned . |
| 29 | And this is the one people seem to like best I think . |
| 30 | This is the one O six bus and it 's the most horrible journey ever . |