Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 2 | ASTONISHING ‘ It would be astonishing , given the standards , not to apply them in this case , ’ said Mr Bartlett . |
| 3 | In those gardens he would , no doubt , have noted new plants from America and how best to grow them in this country . |
| 4 | ‘ They decided not to use it on this trip because opening it might disrupt the passengers . |
| 5 | What is called the ‘ moral sense ’ is on this account being able to recognize that if , even against my present will , I let myself become aware of how someone in trouble feels , I would be moved to help , and that I ought not to close myself to this awareness . |
| 6 | Trees return once more to help us in this endeavour . |
| 7 | When linguists became involved , with a few notable exceptions , it was mainly to distance themselves from this current of ideas and to introduce the second phase . |
| 8 | So , basically what I 'm here to ask you for this evening is your support of the project , and specifically , if the town council could buy us another one of these shipping containers . |
| 9 | When you have got the idea of how to tighten them in this way , you can do the exercise anywhere . |
| 10 | Given that price wars are observed , the question arises of how to explain them within this type of approach . |
| 11 | They went to big hotels as if determined never again to experience anything like this house wedding in all their mortal lives . |
| 12 | Thomas seems however to contradict himself in this matter , presupposing elsewhere that orders relate to the body , as when he writes : ‘ Since in matters pertaining to the soul woman does not differ from man as to the thing , … it follows that she can receive the gift of prophecy and the like , but not the sacrament of Orders . ’ |
| 13 | There is an i there is an idea afoot to bring them to this country , to let policemen , cos the policeman 's truncheon is only short use them someone has to be close but these pacifiers can be a offensive weapon and a defensive weapon . |
| 14 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |