Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And sometimes this fits the ethnographic facts in a quite straight-forward way . |
| 2 | This constitutes a ritualistic burning of the books in which the characters were conceived ; they are thus taken out of the ‘ old world ’ of their origins and made to embark on an adventure in the ‘ new world ’ of Brooke-Rose 's novel . |
| 3 | In terms of historical explanation the last difficulty is particularly important since TFP analysis pulsates to the rhythm of the sub-period and , as subsequent discussion will show , this constitutes a major problem for the so-called war period of 1937–51 . |
| 4 | By contrast , a curriculum for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties often centres around a ‘ preparation for adulthood ’ as if this constitutes a recognisable area of study . |
| 5 | Arguably the appointment of an administrator for the more advantageous realisation of the company 's assets than a winding-up has this effect since this constitutes a virtual cessation of business . |
| 6 | This constitutes a fundamental challenge to the basis of the British planning system , and raises a host of thorny questions about the nature and efficacy of the system . |
| 7 | Mr Hurd said ‘ this constitutes a different situation from that implied ’ by Mr Garel-Jones . |
| 8 | The first demarcation is between what is and is not ‘ higher education ’ ; this constitutes the general boundary within which knowledge and curricula are structured . |
| 9 | This constitutes the Bajocian Stage of the Middle . |
| 10 | This encourages a balanced view of Catholics , something which , as we shall emphasize in later chapters , can be absent amongst some policemen beleaguered behind their reinforced stations in areas of high tension and conflict . |
| 11 | But the agencies prefer to avoid complaints wherever possible , and this encourages an administrative inclination for equity of treatment , even though ‘ scientific ’ judgment may dictate otherwise . |
| 12 | For example , the adjective ‘ stone ’ modifies the noun ‘ bridge ’ in the expression ‘ stone bridge ’ , and this denotes a subordinate type of noun class . |
| 13 | This subdivides the whole field of science and technology into about 60 000 subdivisions . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Following the PERT conventions this displays the logical dependences of the project activities very clearly , as indicated in Chapter 6 . |
| 17 | All this imposes a powerful constraint on language acquisition from the allegedly scanty data available to any child . |
| 18 | A debate such as this imposes a special obligation on those who take part in it . |
| 19 | This imposes no real burden in small problems solved by hand . |
| 20 | This imposes an additional demand on the system of levels . |
| 21 | If the explanation for the violent outburst lies in something which might understandably lead a person to be so angry as to lose self-control , then this supplies an added reason for mitigating the offence and the sentence . |
| 22 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
| 23 | There is a problem with pollution with visual intrusion and noise intrusion which needs to be solved and this goes a long way towards solving it . |
| 24 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 25 | Their role is invariably calcium uptake into the cell , that is the prevail when they open they will admit calcium into the cytosol , and this plays a crucial role during signal transduction processes , where elevation of cytosolic free calcium mediates in stimulus response coupling . |
| 26 | This plays a vital part in achieving results and the weight of clubhead will be relevant to the flexibility of the shaft . |
| 27 | The introduction of inflationary expectations into the Phillips relationship created what is known as the expectations-augmented Phillips curve and this plays an important role in the monetarist approach to inflation . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | This involves a major change in shape , for the cells that will form the gut are a small patch on the outside and so must move inwards ; this infolding of the wall will move right across the hollow interior to meet the wall on the other side where the mouth will form . |
| 30 | For many operators this involves a complete reappraisal of the nature of their enterprise , and underlines the importance of attaining more permanent occupancy of their site . |