Example sentences of "[to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women in Love , as Lawrence himself says , is a war book , and that conflict itself helped to induce this conviction . |
| 2 | The best thing to do is to channel this concern in a positive way by helping them practise revision and exam techniques at home . ’ |
| 3 | The more moderate and orthodox Marxists — the Mensheviks — struggled to channel this protest in accordance with their own strategy . |
| 4 | You needed millions to breathe this air . |
| 5 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this Instruction . |
| 6 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this instruction , and I understand that if any direct debit which breaks the terms of this instruction , the bank will make a refund . |
| 7 | 3.3 Any goods and/or work rejected under Condition 3.2 must at our request be replaced or re-performed as the case may be , by you at your expense ; alternatively we may elect ( at our option ) to cancel this order as provided in Condition 10.2 both in respect of the goods and/or the work in question and of the whole of the undelivered balance ( if any ) of the goods and/or the remainder of the work ( if any ) covered by this order . |
| 8 | We also reserve the right to cancel this policy forthwith in the event of non-payment of the premium or default by you under any instalment scheme or linked credit transaction . |
| 9 | We also reserve the right to cancel this policy forthwith in the event of non-payment of the premium or default by you under any instalment scheme or linked credit transaction . |
| 10 | Since school-yard games brought instant history lessons from the PE teacher , all small boys have known that we , the British , ‘ gave ’ football to the world and have a duty to uphold this heritage . |
| 11 | However , despite the fact that Lord Hartington , the Chief Steward , appeared to bolster this view by saying : ‘ We are not forfeiting any power to Mr Haines . |
| 12 | All that was in my mind was to abort this mission . |
| 13 | Finally , confirm that the details are correct and that you wish to abort this DC , and press the RETURN key . |
| 14 | You and I will want to affirm this world and its beauty and its sadness and all the colours of life — the greens and golds , the greys and the blacks — as part of the tapestry which is God 's gift to us all . |
| 15 | The important point is not to try to harmonise this account with that of Luke in the Acts — after all , John in all probability never read Luke 's work , and presents the material in a very different manner and with different aims . |
| 16 | To surmount this problem , the elephants started tearing down trees , which they laid on the fence until it collapsed , allowing them to step over it . |
| 17 | Ladies and gentlemen erm about three years ago we finally decided to restore this car that you see behind us and although it was er an impossible task at times we , we carried on regardless and I hope that you 'll agree that everything you see today , plus the fact that seeing everybody out here , I think we , you 'll agree we made the right decision and er we feel that as long as this car is in this position that nobody 'll erm have any doubts who the Three- Ninetieth Group were and er , I think er , I think we 're all proud of this day particularly . |
| 18 | To the Englishmen who have used their time and talents to restore this control tower , we are most grateful . |
| 19 | Would it be possible for members of the RSC to set up a special fund to restore this treasure to the chemistry world ? |
| 20 | Taking a little live yoghurt or a lactobacillus supplement ( available as acidophilus capsules : the best are enteric coated , which prevent the capsule dissolving in the stomach where the acidophilus would be killed by the stomach juices thus allowing a safe passage to the lower gut where they are needed ) will often help to restore this balance more quickly . |
| 21 | The umbilical cord and the afterbirth were still inside me , so she began to yank this baby and I said " Excuse me , I 've still got a bit inside me . " |
| 22 | There is evidence of asymptomatic involvement of the central nervous system in up to 20 per cent of cases with secondary syphilis but in the majority of these there will only be a transient headache , if anything , to signify this complication . |
| 23 | Moscow wished to cultivate this strand of the policy of the non-aligned states to strengthen their political dispute with the Western powers . |
| 24 | Others of us have to cultivate this talent , and the way to do it is by constantly asking yourself that question , " What will the Reader want next " ? |
| 25 | In early mosques , the focal point for prayer was a sacred stone ( the qibla ) , which was set in a wall facing Mecca ; it later became customary to enclose this stone within an arch-shaped niche known as a mihrab , or prayer niche . |
| 26 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , even in my green and salad days ( Master Shakespeare has asked to borrow this phrase ) , Hampton Court was a diamond of a residence . |
| 28 | To hit this road they had to go north a little from Fort Augustus and then swing to the west . |
| 29 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 30 | The plan which the Governors had in mind — which was carried out with great success — was to demolish this house , build the first phase of the new Junior School where the house had stood , and finally to demolish the then Junior School and replace it with the second phase . |