Example sentences of "of [v-ing] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the hope of rectifying this unsatisfactory state of affairs , Hobbes aimed to lay bare ‘ elements ’ or seeds from which ‘ pure and true ’ philosophy might grow , if carefully cultivated by a method which he will describe . |
| 2 | Thus one way of handling this dilemma is to share group maintenance with another member of the meeting who seems to do it well . |
| 3 | Because these routines are already in the video processor , the main chip is spared the slog of handling this information . |
| 4 | Maybe the only way of handling this situation , she told herself , fighting for calm , was to refuse to be provoked . |
| 5 | A GIS should be capable of handling this problem . |
| 6 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 7 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 8 | They had ‘ got into the way of singing this song ’ , he explained , and it was ‘ by degrees that he hopes to break down this habit ’ . |
| 9 | The task of recovering this piece from disaster fell to David Woodward who promptly rented time on a thicknessing sander owned in another workshop locally and sanded the original veneers off . |
| 10 | The significance of using this starting point , outside of the actors ' consciousness , can not be exaggerated , because it set Marx , Engels , and other Marxists on an analytical course which was fundamentally different from other social analysts of their time , and which to a certain extent still distinguishes Marxist analyses from many others . |
| 11 | Still , they are about to discover the very real difficulties of using this medium during the delivery of their first course . |
| 12 | The idea of using this matter-of-fact item as a matter of fashion has been slow to catch on in this country . |
| 13 | A sleeve as used for the Aramid lines , Spectra and Dyneema would help , but do n't think of using this material for the flying line ! |
| 14 | ‘ Then you 'll have to go over the heads of the military and Sir Martin , for he 's thinking of using this house as a convalescent base for officers . ’ |
| 15 | Those who want the FA-18s accuse their opponents of using this issue as the thin end of a wedge designed to abolish the Swiss army . |
| 16 | The difficulty of using this form of patronage whose scarcity could give offence to those who were unlucky is illustrated by the difficulties of the Duke of Montrose and his son , Lord George Graham , in 1739–40 , when Lord George , who hoped to combine a career as a naval officer with membership in the House of Commons , first obtained command of a ship , and was thus enabled to offer places in the line of command to the sons of freeholders in the area of Montrose influence in central Scotland . |
| 17 | Millward Brown use their own proprietary system of analysis — a form of mathematical modelling — to translate the data for each individual brand into a so-called ‘ awareness index ’ ; and many of their clients have fallen into the tempting habit of using this single number as a measure of the effectiveness of a commercial or campaign , rather than taking the trouble to make a more detailed study of the data underlying the index . |
| 18 | No , but I was thinking of using this one here . |
| 19 | Some way of using this . |
| 20 | ( b ) Discuss the merits and demerits of using this form of note to reveal the ways historical information can inter-connect ( e.g. the direction of the relationship ) . |
| 21 | Various ways of using this loophole are under current investigation . |
| 22 | I think the idea of using this in the foreground er , as I was saying , with landscapes , and the same thing applies to seascapes as well , it 's nice to have a bit of detail lower down , but I do n't think that the the background , the sort of , main part of the photograph is terribly strong . |
| 23 | The advantages of using this measure are that it is independent of the subfield , and of the year of citation . |
| 24 | A great advantage of using this procedure is that the court can order substituted service on MIB even where the defendant vanishes after the accident and is never found , provided he was properly identified . |
| 25 | Really that brings out one of the benefits of of using this sort of network because you can analyse it . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you accusing me of … of using this mix-up to try to gain some advantage for Chester Fabrics ? ’ |
| 27 | Rita Horton led a pre-Halloween Training Session through an interesting experiment , researching the many ways of using this simple item to aid good movement . |
| 28 | Instead of using this flue gas desulphurisation ? |
| 29 | But the impossibility of drawing this distinction may be bad for the arts . |
| 30 | In section 3.4 , in particular , we shall see the theoretical significance of drawing this distinction . |