Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fits well with the pain-avoiding hedonistic and utilitarian elements of modern consumerism . |
| 2 | This fits in with the general tendency among much of the elite population in Shetland ( and Dunrossness ) to avoid raising ‘ issues ’ ( this has obviously happy consequences for those who are benefitting most from oil-related developments ) . |
| 3 | 250 They 've become accustomed What they 're forgetting is that this fits in with the stated local plan and with original proposals set out in 1989 which is n't so long ago but people tend to forget that sort of thing 328 |
| 4 | This allies closely with the contemporary conception of the professions as among the most stable elements in society ; A. M. Carr-Saunders and P.A. Wilson ( The Professions ( 1933 ) ) consider that the professions |
| 5 | This goes well beyond the past practice of small-scale fundraising through ‘ raffles or fairs ’ . |
| 6 | This goes well with the new corporate dynamism at Peterborough . |
| 7 | This goes back to the very infancy of the cinema , when the camera was hand-cranked and therefore almost instantly variable in speed . |
| 8 | This veers dangerously towards the old method of ‘ paid ’ support acts . |
| 9 | ‘ This refers specifically to the assumed facility of a wholesaler to order in bulk , and to be able to recycle and place previously purchased stock so as to minimise returns . |
| 10 | This differs radically from the popular image of penetrating falsehood by perception of the liar . |
| 11 | This points strongly to the decreasing profitability of upland sheep farming in that the labour and machinery costs of maintaining the drainage system can not be justified against the potential income from the land . |
| 12 | This corresponds well to the high pitch of mouse sounds , which can be emitted up to this same level . |
| 13 | This owes much to the static profits expectations . |
| 14 | This says much about the worthwhile underlying values of social work and provides grounds for hope . |
| 15 | It seems likely that access to signing in school prompts the development among children of a ‘ natural ’ sign language which forms the language code , and that this occurs independently of the visual mixture offered by teachers . |
| 16 | This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status . |
| 17 | This leads on to the final point . |
| 18 | The Americans could take this a little further , but after Schweinfurt they had to stop and lick their wounds ; and so this leads on to the inevitable topic when I am confronted with the audiences I meet in all those places . |
| 19 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 20 | We have just defined the general equivalent transformation , and this leads naturally to the important concept of equivalent matrices . |
| 21 | This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham . |
| 22 | This varies little from the main route . |
| 23 | Last year 's deficit was about £125 million ( although this compares well with the comparable figure for the UK which is almost three times higher ) and this year the deficit will probably be about the same . |
| 24 | This compares directly with the global approach to the description of real objects . |
| 25 | I personally feel that this ties in with the ruined temple comment . |
| 26 | This applies even to the lean season in January and February . |
| 27 | This applies also to the religious use of metaphor . |
| 28 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 29 | Assignments must be relevant to current industry practices and should wherever appropriate relate to the individual students ' work places ; this applies particularly to the technical areas of food , beverage and accommodation operations/management . |
| 30 | I have to say , however that , in the end — and this applies particularly to the right hon. Gentleman 's peroration — I thought that he was rather ridiculous . |