Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this testifies to the extreme importance attached to every status-symbol in an avidly status-conscious age . |
| 2 | This goes beyond the intrinsic error due to the device ( about 2% when measuring an inanimate object ) and is not random . |
| 3 | For a £1 ‘ Each Way ’ bet , you stake £2. £1 of this goes on the same horse to win and the other £1 goes on the same horse to finish in the first three or four places , depending on how many runners there are in the race . |
| 4 | This goes to the Inland Revenue Accounts Office along with the NI contributions and tax deducted in the previous month . |
| 5 | I resume my explanation of the Bill , and this goes to the very heart of the issues raised by the two hon. Gentlemen . |
| 6 | This goes against the general trend of the rest of the survey ( which suggests that these groups are less well informed and less accurately informed about credit ) . |
| 7 | This goes against the general rule that says the bigger the band , the longer and more excruciatingly dull , the soundcheck . |
| 8 | Therefore the flower is ultimately linked to the earth itself , which is thought of as part of a ‘ sphere ’ — this refers to the Ptolemaic system , already out of date in the seventeenth century . |
| 9 | This differs from the moving average in that it does not use equal weightings for the past values chosen . |
| 10 | This differs from the previous exercise in that you are not looking directly at skills , but at the theoretical knowledge you require to undertake those skills safely . |
| 11 | This points to the second record that randomized to the home address . |
| 12 | This points to the real worry about 1991 : not that it will not be good enough , but that it will be too good . |
| 13 | Surely , all of this points to the urgent need to define a common strategy and a corporate working agenda . |
| 14 | Easthope concedes , ‘ Spoken performance of pentameter is accordingly open to variation in a way accentual verse is not ’ , and this points to the massive lacuna at the heart of his book . |
| 15 | One fails to see what relevance this has to the present issue at hand which is to deal with the present-day traffic using the estate . |
| 16 | ‘ This looks like the ideal time to push ahead . ’ |
| 17 | This looks like the same tape as Uncle Pauls erm is it ? |
| 18 | This looks after the day-to-day running of the Campaign , leaving the executive to consider major policy initiatives . |
| 19 | This adds to the substantial shareholding MDH bought in 1991 . |
| 20 | ( This adds to the dramatic tension . ) |
| 21 | The picture is in black and white — there is never enough night light for colours to emerge — and this adds to the unreal quality . |
| 22 | Part of the reason for this lies with the decentralised nature of the party membership records but it has also been conventional political wisdom that Conservative party members play an insignificant role in the determination of the party 's policies . |
| 23 | Part of the responsibility for this lies with the innate friendliness and courtesy of the peoples of Burma , and behind that the long record of the Buddhist tradition . |
| 24 | This lies in the northern part of the Empire and beyond it is Ostland , the northernmost of the Empire 's provinces . |
| 25 | This defaults to the current module owner . |
| 26 | This defaults to the current module manager . |
| 27 | This corresponds to the boiling pressure of C at this temperature . |
| 28 | This corresponds to the boiling pressure of D at this temperature . |
| 29 | This corresponds to the main character 's own personal situation of being without a man . |
| 30 | This corresponds to the Archibenthic Zone of Transition in the eastern Atlantic and to the Abyssal Province in the west . |