Example sentences of "this [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 2 | But the question is how this constitutes a subjective difference . |
| 3 | From Brussels and Strasbourg came the stern warning : ‘ This constitutes a monopoly — get rid of it ! ’ |
| 4 | As you will see , your task is principally to respond to the statements by a number of school children on the kind of meals they eat and to say whether or not this constitutes a healthy diet . |
| 5 | This constitutes a revolution that has , I believe , been very generally welcomed . |
| 6 | D9 ) the batsman must simultaneously press the Bat button to halt the ball on this l.e.d. ; this constitutes a hit and the field display will then indicate his score or his penalty . |
| 7 | The inspector argues that because the directors ( the husbands ) have the right to veto a transfer of shares , this constitutes a condition under s 685(4B) ICTA 1988 , thus taking the gift outside the provisions of independent taxation and rendering the dividends taxable on the husbands . |
| 8 | In our opinion , this constitutes a violation of the Theft Act 1968 subsection 32 ( c ) and we would be grateful if you would consider the following advice : please stop going down Convent St. and entering houses without the owners ' permission . |
| 9 | In a two-person game , if player 1 adopts strategy A and player 2 adopts B this constitutes a Nash equilibrium if neither player would gain by changing his strategy , so long as his opponent sticks to his . |
| 10 | We can certainly agree that political sociologists have not confined their attention to the narrower governmental sphere or believed that this constitutes a part ( albeit an important part ) of the world of politics . |
| 11 | In terms of historical explanation the last difficulty is particularly important since TFP analysis pulsates to the rhythm of the sub-period and , as subsequent discussion will show , this constitutes a major problem for the so-called war period of 1937–51 . |
| 12 | By contrast , a curriculum for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties often centres around a ‘ preparation for adulthood ’ as if this constitutes a recognisable area of study . |
| 13 | This constitutes a ritualistic burning of the books in which the characters were conceived ; they are thus taken out of the ‘ old world ’ of their origins and made to embark on an adventure in the ‘ new world ’ of Brooke-Rose 's novel . |
| 14 | Arguably the appointment of an administrator for the more advantageous realisation of the company 's assets than a winding-up has this effect since this constitutes a virtual cessation of business . |
| 15 | Next it is necessary for the agent to attend before the Examiners in parliament to satisfy them that the General Orders have been complied with , and this constitutes a heavy responsibility because the effect of non-compliance can be serious . |
| 16 | Although this constitutes a piece of anecdotal evidence , it serves to illustrate the point about the value of the information content of dividends . |
| 17 | This constitutes a fundamental challenge to the basis of the British planning system , and raises a host of thorny questions about the nature and efficacy of the system . |
| 18 | This constitutes a penalty to the deserting management by depriving them of any uplift in the market value , and gives comfort to the investors about the level of commitment of the managers . |
| 19 | Inasmuch as this constitutes a methodology , it presupposes learning aims which many students will not necessarily have an awareness of . |
| 20 | Mr Hurd said ‘ this constitutes a different situation from that implied ’ by Mr Garel-Jones . |
| 21 | Madame Speaker , this constitutes a different situation … |
| 22 | In combination with the alkaline lysis method for preparation of bacterial lysates , this constitutes a rapid and effective method for the isolation of plasmid DNA for sequencing and other purooses . |
| 23 | This encourages a balanced view of Catholics , something which , as we shall emphasize in later chapters , can be absent amongst some policemen beleaguered behind their reinforced stations in areas of high tension and conflict . |
| 24 | Together with inevitable involvement with patients and their families over long periods , this encourages a change of emphasis from diagnosis/treatment/cure to assessment/assistance/care . |
| 25 | This encourages a teleological or hierarchical view of the relation between the elements of the structure on the one hand , and its existence as a closed totality on the other : the parts are subordinated to the whole in a manner that conflicts with the principle of différance . |
| 26 | This begs a number of questions . |
| 27 | This begs a question as to what is democracy ? |
| 28 | This turns a pure non-recourse loan into a limited recourse loan . |
| 29 | This denotes a quality or characteristic and answers the question Of what king ? |
| 30 | For example , the adjective ‘ stone ’ modifies the noun ‘ bridge ’ in the expression ‘ stone bridge ’ , and this denotes a subordinate type of noun class . |