Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thru enacts this strategy of ‘ wild jay-walking ’ between theories by side-stepping their systematicity and making them into stories . |
| 2 | The firm badly needs this market share to buy time , so it can fully adapt to the new Windows world and carve out a place for itself in the growing groupware market . |
| 3 | Thru literalizes this defining characteristic of narrative by constantly thwarting the reader 's attempts to assign the text to a given ‘ voice ’ . |
| 4 | The above table gives a summary of the development processes ; the diagram below represents this in another form showing the roles of the development team . |
| 5 | Thomas ( 1923 , p. 38 ) nicely overstates this point in relation to his postulated needs ( or ‘ wishes ’ as he calls them ) : |
| 6 | Cos I mean , you could say he was biased but I mean he , he obviously thinks this is actually what 's happening . |
| 7 | But the inspired wraparound decor inside transforms this workaday pub into a Tardis-like temple of Caligulan dimensions . |
| 8 | Indeed , regular contact with the state only reinforces this view . |
| 9 | Er you ca n't imagine this I do n't suppose , but nevertheless it 's true and in a time , the men in the shop they was mass-production , you know what I mean and they wanted this or that or the other , well I had the authority to go down the machine shop and tell them , look here , so and so wants this you do that . |
| 10 | It depends on matters such as physical attributes and abilities of individuals , their monetary resources , the availability of mechanized means of transport and the appropriate infrastructure ; but it does not depend on the opportunities that may or may not present themselves as a result of moving : accessibility alone incorporates this feature ( Moseley 1979a ) . |
| 11 | How long has this been going on ? |
| 12 | Out of curiosity , how long has this variation been in your family ? ’ |
| 13 | How long has this been going on ? |
| 14 | Erm how long has this branch been in ? |
| 15 | And erm how long has this shop been going for ? |
| 16 | ‘ And how long has this news about me been known , Parson Tringham ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How long has this — Guild — been in existence , may I ask ? ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ How long has this been going on ? ’ |
| 19 | How long has this traitor been in existence ? ’ |
| 20 | " How long has this affair been going on ? " |
| 21 | How long has this man been living in the churchyard ? |
| 22 | The move towards the Single European Market only highlights this trend but it also presents both problems of conflict and opportunities for complementarity between the developing environmental policies of the EC and the envisaged growth in trade and erosion of trade barriers that the creation of the SEM involves . |
| 23 | well so has this ! |
| 24 | Luckily , one only notices this if one stays sober oneself , so the solution is as pleasant ( at the time , at least ) as it is obvious . |
| 25 | Not only has this industry failed to invest in new-product development in the past , it has had to adopt electronics too . |
| 26 | Chief Inspector Graham said : ‘ Not only has this child 's life been ruined , but also the life of her parents . |
| 27 | Not only has this phenomenon led to a concomitant spread of branches of the major search firms overseas to the major world capitals — which will be discussed at greater length in Chapter 6 — but also the pressure on multinationals to employ local executives has caused a worldwide reverse diaspora . |
| 28 | Not only has this led to a high degree of volatility in the foreign exchange markets , but at the same time trade and capital flows have been undertaken against a greater background of uncertainty than was customary in the 1960s . |
| 29 | Not only has this reduced the operating costs , but it has also meant that for the first time in its history the Central Wales Line has been able to support a Sunday service ; indeed in July 1987 , one Sunday saw fourteen train movements , what with BR 's own service train , the various Recreation Ramblers , sponsored by the Sports Council , and two excursion rail tours . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm expecting something from an old friend and I just remembered he only has this address for me . ’ |