Example sentences of "[prep] this [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A debate such as this imposes a special obligation on those who take part in it . |
| 2 | Below this comes a brief description of the type 's role and its ‘ parentage ’ ( ie Imperial Army or Navy ) and its Allied Code Name ( again , if applicable ) . |
| 3 | A gradient of this produces a net acceleration of the fluid in the same way as a gradient of the viscous stress . |
| 4 | All of this forms a central part of Locke 's answer to his initial question about the extent of human knowledge , and whether there is a horizon between what we can and can not know . |
| 5 | In some of these cases the company may be the market leader , that is to say it has the largest single share of the market and because of this has a major influence on market prices and product design . |
| 6 | Processing scratch cards like this needs a central computer system , last year a hundred and fifty million dollar contract to do the job was awarded to a smaller rival , High Integrity Systems , in April Mrs cancelled that contract , after , the company says sixty five million dollars had been spent on the project . |
| 7 | Today a chest like this costs a small fortune if you can find one . |
| 8 | Having spent years ensuring that mounts are cut accurately , and working with the straight lines of frames , I find straight lines just as pleasing in designs as curves , and I think an idea like this makes a pleasant change from the more popular floral compositions . |
| 9 | Behind this lies a fluid-filled tube , called the cochlea . |
| 10 | It is natural for a person who has been working towards a survey for several months to overlook the fact that the respondent has never heard of this wonderful enquiry and may be utterly baffled by it ; but in this lies a great danger of asking poor questions , insufficiently considered from the respondents ' viewpoint . |
| 11 | By this means a male pensioner could choose to provide for any dependants after his death ( Rhodes , 1965 , p. 51 ) . |
| 12 | By this means a single employer is selected for the initial claim and the resultant settlement is then extended to the rest of the industry — an arrangement which , in some respects , may be regarded as a de facto form of industry-wide bargaining . |