Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] this [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know when this piece of nonsense first became currency but it is as prevalent as ever : a recent poll of literary luminaries in France placed Simenon in the category of most under-valued prose writers of this century . |
| 2 | Clearly , if we are expecting our advertising to work in a particular way , against a particular sub-group of consumers , we should do our research in such a way that it will show up this sort of effect . |
| 3 | As a consequence , only laboratories with immediate access to particle accelerators can carry out this sort of work . |
| 4 | Why do we not throw off this hangover of socialism and instead celebrate a free enterprise day , a British export day or , better still , a low taxation day ? |
| 5 | Most girls would n't hesitate over this sort of thing . |
| 6 | We can sum up this discussion of exam questions with the following pieces of guidance ( in Chapter 5 , we consider in more detail how you actually write the passages which perform the functions we suggest here ) : * Write an introductory paragraph , but do n't use it as a way to put off answering the question . |
| 7 | Again we can see how this process of modernity aids philosophical secularism . |
| 8 | Of course taking some responsibility for providing personal care does not always demand quite this level of commitment , but examples of this kind are valuable in specifying just what responsibility towards one 's parents can mean . |
| 9 | It was natural , therefore , that the assembly should take up this kind of understanding . |
| 10 | Further controversy was prompted by a manifesto issued from the self-styled South London Ratepayers ' Association which called for a ‘ display of fearless strength ’ by local people , advising that ‘ a discriminating application of the ‘ cat-o'-nine-tails ’ ’ will soon sweep away this reign of terror' . |
| 11 | And nothing that takes place within the nervous system can explain why this property of intentionality should emerge there . |
| 12 | If , as you claim , medical sociology , and your ethnographic methods , can really open up this realm of process and tell us what is going on in the ‘ black box ’ then you 've got to be more entrepreneurial . |
| 13 | It simply scraps away at the rabbit 's hindquarters but a rabbit can sit out this sort of treatment for quite long periods before feeling any need to react . |
| 14 | But you will find particularly this size of ad , although it does n't matter what size the copy is |
| 15 | You may well imagine how this type of rumour enhanced Will Darrel in Sir Henry 's eyes . |