Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves breathing in the air you have just breathed out . |
| 2 | This has held back the development of voice operation . |
| 3 | This has speeded up the flow of information on companies to the regions . |
| 4 | When this happens work out the effect just as if it were an enemy unit . |
| 5 | This tends to slow down the body 's metabolic rate , and for that reason weight-loss diets should have plenty of protein . |
| 6 | This tends to bear out the point raised above about the level of Phase 3 staffing . |
| 7 | This includes breaking up the worm clumps by agitation with a stick and then thoroughly washing the worms under a slow-flowing tap for at least five minutes . |
| 8 | This helps to break down the pockets of cellulite , thus releasing the toxins into the circulatory systems from which they can be eliminated . |
| 9 | This implies splitting up the data for each time period ( each day , say ) , into that relating to the individual outstanding futures contracts . |
| 10 | I call the subject ‘ Jesus — our pioneer ’ because that seems to sum up the thrust of the idea . |
| 11 | That means looking up the tide tables to see the times of high and low water and the tidal stream list to find the maximum rates . |
| 12 | The sort of argument just presented emphasizes that large organizations are not monolithic and that attempts to tighten up the system to make them so do not necessarily yield improvements . |