Example sentences of "[verb] this [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
| 2 | The Asian Development Bank expected this shift to improve the investment climate in the longer term . |
| 3 | Using this technique to change the constraint , for example , would mean solving the parametric problem starting with θ = 0 and terminating at θ = 1 . |
| 4 | The effect of living with this knowledge and using this skill raises the consciousness of the insider , perhaps giving him his most effective methodological tool . |
| 5 | We must look for a way of establishing a relationship between the key of the record and its address , and using this relationship to retrieve the record rapidly . |
| 6 | ( b ) Draw back the spent punch , using this action to bring the knee forwards and up . |
| 7 | The user of a dot-matrix printer has to simulate this command by ( i ) finding the equation of the line joining the two given points x1 , y1 and x2 , y2 , ( ii ) using this equation to compute the y coordinate corresponding to each x coordinate in the range xmin to xmax , where xmin is the smaller of x1 and x2 and xmax is the larger of x1 and x2 . |
| 8 | Recommended measures to combat this expansion include the planting of cacti in the core periphery and the on-site education of the public via publicity material emphasising the need for core confinement . |
| 9 | ‘ I would love , ’ he said , ‘ to go along with you just to see this horse do the work . ’ |
| 10 | A Curriculum Co-ordinating Committee ( CCC ) was responsible for editing this document to represent the work of each area in a standard format . |
| 11 | ‘ We planned this tournament to improve the image of Royalbion . |
| 12 | But when light-food pairings were given in the test phase , latent inhibition was observed ; subjects given this treatment acquired the CR no more rapidly than control subjects that went straight from pre-exposure to conditioning without an intervening retention interval . |
| 13 | Now I believe that the time has come for us to think again about the theological side , the theological er and I make this proposal consider the feasibility of a theological examination anti- semitism and the convenor is ready to accept it Thank you sir . |
| 14 | In all these cases the minister will write justifying this decision to override the scrutiny reserve to the chairmen of both Scrutiny Committees and will in addition appear personally in the House of Commons . |
| 15 | Since the track authority needs this information to access the capacity and other related constraints on the system , it is best placed to provide or sell timetable information nationally , regionally or at an individual service level . |
| 16 | While I have deliberately exaggerated this example to illustrate the emergence of a pattern or theme , there are a large number of people in our society who would satisfy two-thirds of these items and who are working in large structured organizations in which their search for predictability is reinforced on a daily basis . |
| 17 | The increasing size and complexity of the aircraft maintenance workload coupled with limited availability of resources to meet this commitment provide the catalyst to seek improved efficiency from aircraft maintenance organisations . |
| 18 | ‘ I think to myself ‘ Well , has this company got the expertise to treat to this particular standard ? ’ , ’ said an area officer : |
| 19 | Like the rest of Britain 's many great long distance runners Zarei has this ability to ignore the pain and keep going . |
| 20 | The poll tax is quite rightly played down by the Tories , but what has this debacle cost the nation ? |
| 21 | East Kilbride development corporation has this morning rejected the planning application by Elm Energy in the face of strong public opposition . |
| 22 | He illustrates this point using the life event of separation . |
| 23 | It also has to struggle with the social and economic consequences of the recession vested on the country by central government and of course it is expected this year to meet the costs of what is an unwanted and will be a costly and unsatisfactory reorganisation of local government . |
| 24 | Those who invoked this factor to explain the colour on the outside of a snail 's shell had no way of explaining differences on the inside . |
| 25 | He used this classification to analyse the writing of 9 , 13 and 17 year olds . |
| 26 | King Husayn used this situation to persuade the PLO to embark upon its risky alliance with Jordan in pursuit of a peace solution , which finally collapsed in early 1986 . |
| 27 | ( b ) The other person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is a member of the same household as the victim , the actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the fourth degree to the victim , or the actor is in a position of authority over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit . |
| 28 | ( b ) That other person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is a member of the same household as the victim , or is related by blood or affinity to the fourth degree to the victim , or is in a position of authority over the victim and the actor used this authority to coerce the victim to submit . |
| 29 | A Masai MP , Chief Edward Mbarnoti , used this argument to promote the use of his people 's language . |
| 30 | We used this method to determine the affinities of the holoenzymes for three different strong promoters , the phage T7A1 promoter , the lac UV5 promoter and the gal 9A16C promoter , which carries simultaneously a down mutation in the P2 Pribnow box which abolishes gal P2 activity and an up mutation in the P1 Pribnow box which increases the efficiency of the gal P1 promoter [ 40 ] . |