Example sentences of "this [verb] that [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This shows that for each sales area there may be a number of representatives . |
| 2 | You can then use this to ensure that on each wall your tiles will be centred accurately on major features such as window reveals , with a border of cut tiles of equal width at each side . |
| 3 | This meant that on some occasions they would be conducted by Busacher , on others by Anton , the old répétiteur , and in emergencies by their own lead violinist . |
| 4 | This meant that for some countries the CET was lower than national tariffs . |
| 5 | This meant that in each case a secondary modern school which would have been too small to survive was absorbed quietly and without fuss into the grammar school , which did not bother to change its name . |
| 6 | This meant that in some cases people were now cultivating a single furrow on a field . |
| 7 | This implies that for any investment asset the marginal rate of exchange between the expected return and the risk ( standard deviation ) of that asset must be equal to the marginal rate of exchange for the market as a whole . |
| 8 | This means that at any frequency , sound waves in water are nearly five times as long as they would be in air , and so provide poorer resolution . |
| 9 | This means that at any frontier anywhere in the world a border official who has at his disposal a piece of equipment which is already widely and internationally available will be able instantaneously to record the personal details from a passport without the holder realising it , and the record will be automatically read into and stored by a computer . |
| 10 | And this means that for such sentences meaning is determinate and translation is determinate ; we can hope to find a sentence in another language with exactly matching assent conditions . |
| 11 | This means that for any claim by a researcher , a warrant must be produced by demonstrating a relevant response by the participants within the conversation itself . |
| 12 | This means that in all states where they are evaluated , unc ( say ) is always strictly larger than |
| 13 | This means that in many ways we become like God , and yet in others we remain unlike him . |
| 14 | This means that in such areas as environmental science the National Library is unique in Scotland in having collections covering all aspects of environmental issues , from ecology to legislation . |
| 15 | This means that in some areas water from the mains may have to be treated chemically to neutralize the additives before it is safe for fish . |
| 16 | This means that in some cases , the HE speaker must " lose " or neutralise a contrast which is normally expressed in HE . |
| 17 | This means that in most cases it is more likely to be a matter of relaxing the forward pressure to allow the aircraft to level out rather than pulling it out with a positive backward pressure on the stick . |
| 18 | This provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the articles ( so that no changes in the company 's constitution are required ) , one member present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum . |
| 19 | Mates estimated that the total uncovered foreign exchange liabilities of the banks at the end of 1985 amounted to $ 12.5 billion , and this suggests that at that time their total gross liabilities were substantially larger than $ 14 billion . |
| 20 | This suggests that in this example the role of the first segment ( the original ) is to provide assumptions which facilitate the understanding of the second ( the reformulation ) . |