Example sentences of "this [noun] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the other Judaean coins of the Persian period have non-Jewish symbols ; there is no particular reason to believe that this coin bears a Jewish symbol . |
| 2 | This finding has an anatomical correlate : the dendritic fields of cells in the octopus optic lobe tend to be elliptical with their major axis oriented predominantly horizontally or vertically . |
| 3 | This finding suggests a direct interaction between NSAIDs , synthesis of LTB 4 , and mechanisms of subsequent mucosal injury . |
| 4 | This progress has a fraught history , however . |
| 5 | The Labour government lost office in 1951 , however , to be replaced by a Conservative one , and with this change came a different approach to economic policy which included the revival of monetary methods of control — in particular the manipulation of bank rate and associated interest rates . |
| 6 | This change created a new structure , with the former local authority health services integrated with the rest of the service . |
| 7 | One final point to consider is that this computer has a variable rate ascent warning . |
| 8 | What is significant for understanding why to is used with the infinitive of reaction is that the notion of " evaluation " implies a judgement as to whether the event was opportune or not , and this judgement involves an implicit reference to the situation as it existed before the infinitive event occurred , i.e. to the factors making its occurrence either opportune or inopportune . |
| 9 | 2911 built in 1920 was No 45000 , a saloon for Railway Officers , and originally the Chairman 's saloon , an LNWR body fitted to a MKI underframe and mounted on B4 bogies in 1967 ; this saloon has an all-wood body . |
| 10 | Binoculars of this aperture cost a great deal of money . |
| 11 | All in all , this camp had a peaceful atmosphere . |
| 12 | The five employees who make up this branch have a combined total of 61 years of wellhead experience , 51 of which have been spent at the Williston branch . |
| 13 | As The Corporate Report ( 1975 , p. 49 ) says , value-added statements of this kind offer an alternative view to the profit and loss account , showing the Post Office as ‘ a collective effort by capital , management and employees ’ ; it also identifies the financial flows into Government . |
| 14 | Seating arrangements at conferences , forms of address and other issues of this kind remained a continual source of potential difficulty . |
| 15 | Mytho-history of this kind provides a cosmological setting for the time and space of ordinary experience but , in addition , by exhibiting the contrast of possibilities , it offers a rationale for the complex rules and conventions which characterize " our " particular way of doing things . |
| 16 | This function converts a real number ( one with a decimal part ) to the nearest integer ( whole number ) less than the number supplied . |
| 17 | This guitar has a two-piece alder body with the join well off-centre , but because alder is such a plain-looking wood , the join is hard to spot — something the Manson shares with most Fenders . |
| 18 | It is doubtful whether this index provides an appropriate basis for measuring the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | This story has a happy ending , because we learned later that the peregrine had been paired up with another Russian visitor of the same species . |
| 20 | This story has an added interest . |
| 21 | Fears that this proposal would lead to Federal interference in this field brought a further defeat for the President . |
| 22 | This field has a fixed length of 2 characters . |
| 23 | and this chappie had a double hip replacement operation , it 's been on the television here and er , he said they started off dancing with Sammy Davis , you know , er what 's it called , Tip Tap Toe or something like that , they , they act Sammy Davis and his , and his parents and then these two chaps I , I mean they had n't made it big time |
| 24 | Will he also use this opportunity to give a categorical pledge that under no circumstances will he lift the ceiling on national insurance contributions , because that would , in effect , claw back the extra pay that teachers gained yesterday ? |
| 25 | Will he take this opportunity to give a categorical assurance that none of the agencies will be allowed or encouraged to derecognise any of the civil service trade unions ? |
| 26 | On the same day the Israeli embassy in Washington stated that the decision would " enhance and promote the peace process " by encouraging " those Palestinians seeking peace with Israel to seize upon this opportunity to begin a direct dialogue with Israel " . |
| 27 | On balance it is well worthwhile for the voluntary organizations to seize this opportunity to play a fuller role . |
| 28 | It is important that the people of Northern Ireland take this opportunity to play a major part in deciding the future pattern of government in the area . |
| 29 | This opportunity provided a welcome break from the purely botanical work to which I was accustomed , as well a s a chance to make the most of my botany/zoology background . |
| 30 | This case concerned an improved plan for underground service distribution schemes for housing estates ; that is , the layout of the gas , sewerage and water pipes and electricity cables . |