Example sentences of "this [is] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of female homosexuals , the difficulty lesbian mothers have in retaining the custody of their children when this is contested by the children 's father is further evidence that lesbian sexuality is not accepted on a par with heterosexuality . |
| 2 | In addition , member states are allowed to exempt from the notification requirement what are termed ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ if they do not use the securities acquired to interfere in the company 's management ; the expression ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ may be confined to market makers ( as under the 1985 Companies Act ) but the expression does seem wide enough to include own account dealers as well and this is supported by the fact that the exemption applies even to professional dealers who are not members of a stock exchange , provided that they are authorised or supervised by a competent authority ( an investment bank , for example ) . |
| 3 | This is supported by the morphology of the postcrania , which is more similar in Dryopithecus fontani to the living great apes and humans than that seen in any other fossil hominoid . |
| 4 | This is supported in the air , level with the girl , by several balloons . |
| 5 | This is analysed in the notes to the accounts as salary £503,000 ( v £443,000 ) and incentive compensation £492,000 ( v £203,000 ) . |
| 6 | This is grown in the Coteaux du Languedoc , the hillier part of the unfashionable Midi . |
| 7 | The trustees make a capital payment of £65 and this is assessed upon the settlor . |
| 8 | Practically , this is ensured by the governments being composed of parties which have to compete for votes at elections , on the basis of promises about what they will do if they get back into government next time . |
| 9 | This is followed on the afternoon of Shrove Tuesday by processions of individuals in fancy dress — adults and lots of children . |
| 10 | This is followed by the drinking of the second cup of wine , the ‘ Hallel cup ’ . |
| 11 | This is followed by the Netherlands ( 97 per cent ) , France ( 96 per cent ) , Belgium ( 94 per cent ) and the UK ( 93 per cent ) . |
| 12 | This is followed by the ventilation tube only group and the adenoidectomy only group , whose survival curves are not significantly different . |
| 13 | This is followed by the development of a syntactic typology for the meaning descriptions , and the subsequent creation of parser-grammars for each part of speech . |
| 14 | This is followed by the statement that the testator ‘ knows ’ that everything Pamphilus receives from him will pass to the testator 's sons at Pamphilus ' death . |
| 15 | This is followed by the formulae of the anionic ligands and then neutral ligands in the alphabetical order of the donor atom ( see chapter 14 ) . |
| 16 | This is followed by the SYS number ( a machine code version of the old RUN command ) to get the game moving again . |
| 17 | When this is fired into the slot in the lower ball it brings together the critical mass of Plutonium 239 in two millionths of a second . |
| 18 | Now , what are you doing to really see this is getting off the ground ? |
| 19 | Then one teaspoonful of this is given to the patient . |
| 20 | This is given to the research respondents to look through . |
| 21 | Ample , if often contentious , evidence of this is given in the literature on urban social movements . |
| 22 | The theoretical underpinning for this is given by the theory of portfolio balance . |
| 23 | Some support for this is given by the nature of the pre-Permian encountered in the Wytch Farm well X14 ( Colter and Havard 1981 ) , which consists of phyllites with micas dated at 357–337 Ma . |
| 24 | This is done through the exchange equalization account . |
| 25 | This is done under the auspices of the Japanese firm 's subsidiary , Facom Korea . |
| 26 | This is done at the headquarters in Johannesburg while the play is on tour . |
| 27 | The other issue arising here is whether you take the cost of the chairs out of the asset account and show them as an expense each time a sale is made or whether this is done at the end of the month . |
| 28 | This is done at the expense of the external validity , i.e. the applicability of the results to the population as a whole . |
| 29 | The Left in the Labour Party use the House to register their protests against Right-wing members and measures , whichever party is in power , though many of them consider that once this is done on the floor of the House and the outside public has been informed of their dissent , they will support their leaders in committee and in the division lobbies . |
| 30 | This is done on the basis of the objects of feeling which are mapped in our inner worlds . |