Example sentences of "this [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And sometimes this fits the ethnographic facts in a quite straight-forward way . |
| 2 | The first demarcation is between what is and is not ‘ higher education ’ ; this constitutes the general boundary within which knowledge and curricula are structured . |
| 3 | This constitutes the Bajocian Stage of the Middle . |
| 4 | This subdivides the whole field of science and technology into about 60 000 subdivisions . |
| 5 | A phrase from the Conservative 's manifesto last year , we are the only party that understands the need for low taxation , has now returned to haunt them , for an MP in a marginal constituency this evokes the electoral ghost of George Bush , so he firmly rules out increases in income tax , but would n't mind putting V A T on newspapers and books . |
| 6 | This evokes the Nazi pogrom against the Jews in November 1938 , and depicts the burning synagogues , photos of the artist 's own German/Jewish relations , and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse . |
| 7 | Following the PERT conventions this displays the logical dependences of the project activities very clearly , as indicated in Chapter 6 . |
| 8 | This displays the latest version of the module currently known to LIFESPAN . |
| 9 | This underscores the paradoxical nature of these investments : while they invest in notoriously volatile markets , the returns they produce are extremely solid , as befits an investment which is also a hedge . |
| 10 | This involves the controlled conversion of the complex odorous organic molecules into much simpler molecules , ultimately forming biogas , a mixture of methane ( 60–70% ) , carbon-dioxide ( approximately 30% ) some hydrogen sulphide and other trace products . |
| 11 | This involves the two groups plus a host of other musicians pooling their talents and putting out their releases . |
| 12 | For He did swim across the river : This involves the virtual person of the infinitive occupying the same position(s) in time as the actual person which specifies its rank in the auxiliary , and so to is not necessary . |
| 13 | This involves the active use of structures and vocabulary introduced by the video . |
| 14 | This averages the current score of a path over its length . |
| 15 | This represents the largest area of externally contracted testing services . |
| 16 | He recognized that he could be accused of a conservative , ‘ indeed reactionary ’ , direction for the universities , and of condemning the public sector to second-class status , but ‘ unrepentant I shall believe that in the long run this represents the logical development of both the Robbins principle and the binary policy ’ . |
| 17 | The Labour Party claims that this represents the first stage in a policy of full market rents . |
| 18 | In patients without a gall bladder the biliary related complications have been negligible and probably for the elderly and or debilitated patients , this represents the optimum method of management . |
| 19 | This represents the agreed contribution of £250 per year for 1990 and 1991 as outlined in my letter of 13th August 1989 . |
| 20 | To some extent , this represents the current state of NLP system development : there are several examples of programs that demonstrate the effective application of some aspect of linguistic knowledge , but very few practical theories regarding the use of world knowledge . |
| 21 | This represents the literal approach to the construction of the section , which stipulates simply that the court , ‘ after hearing the evidence and the parties , shall convict the accused or dismiss the information . ’ |
| 22 | This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed |
| 23 | This represents the last entry to be proofed , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being proofed . |
| 24 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced with all entries lying between the two headwords also being cross-referenced . |
| 25 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being cross-referenced . |
| 26 | In fact , this represents the precise opposite of the MSC position — the majority of employers think that young workers are either no different or better ! |
| 27 | This separates the individual eggs from the clump , and I spread them out in a layer one egg thick . |
| 28 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 29 | This offers the maximum amount of disc edge to the work and does not overload the motor . |
| 30 | As soon as the delivery is made stocks shoot up again , until further usage reduces them , and this produces the saw-tooth effect on the graph . |