Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This drives out a great deal of air through the porous clay of the mould producing a partial vacuum which helps to suck the metal quickly into place when the arrangement is inverted . |
| 2 | Ah … well this goes back a LONG time … well back to 1980 I think . |
| 3 | This represents only a small proportion of the structure . |
| 4 | All mountain rescue medical equipment is paid for by government funding , but this represents only a small percentage of our total costs . |
| 5 | This represents quite a significant change because it signals that the authorities were inclined to let market forces have a greater influence on the volume of credit ( and therefore the stock of money ; see Chapter 5 ) as well as the recipients of credit . |
| 6 | Actually , with the exception of Oldham , and 4 home and only 2 away matches , this looks quite a tricky fixture list for them . |
| 7 | Slightly better is to use the test followed by study of the words spelled incorrectly ; but this causes only a marginal improvement . |
| 8 | This starts along a walled lane which opens out into a field . |
| 9 | It may be reached on foot by using a track leaving the Ullapool road four miles out of Kylesku : this climbs over a high saddle before reaching the stream which can be followed down to the lip of the fall . |
| 10 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 11 | If we wished for a more restful effect we could use far less harmonic change , holding chords for several beats ( Example 35 ) : This shows how a broad area of melody can be accompanied by the same harmony . |
| 12 | Erm now given , what less than five months er before this May the fourth directive , Mao is still saying that , this marks quite an important shift in policy . |
| 13 | As the medical he describes should take around forty minutes , this forms quite a neat equation . |
| 14 | This takes on an added significance when it is remembered that geriatrics and the terminally ill are regarded as the failures of the health service and are often consigned to the young and inexperienced who , as one doctor recently put it , ‘ do strive very officiously to keep people alive because they are interested scientifically and they want to use every method they can as part of their training ’ . |
| 15 | This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around . |
| 16 | But this takes out a philosophical loan that must be repaid in the post-philosophical sciences which explain the affinity in question . |
| 17 | This creates quite a serious problem at shows because he frequently has to be dope-tested after a successful performance . |
| 18 | It is as if Hahnemann takes it for granted that we all understand the importance of quantity , as well as potency , when administering a remedy , but this seems almost a revolutionary concept to us as we rarely consider this factor when using both low and high potency centesimal remedies . |
| 19 | This sets up a desirable chain of movements so giving a correct position at the top of the backswing which allows the player to swing the clubhead back to the ball on the right path , that is , from inside-to-straight , or as a theory has it , from in-to-out . |
| 20 | This gives quite a small buttonhole . |
| 21 | Although it is sometimes simulated by looking through a peephole , this gives only a crude approximation of the condition . |
| 22 | This permits both an effective method of assessing ability and achievement with the minimum of day-to-day interference . |
| 23 | Perhaps not every chord was quite in place , but this remains orchestrally an exciting performance ; occasional poor balance between voice and stage emanates , I think , from the acoustic properties of the set . |
| 24 | This brings out a fundamental issue in such work . |
| 25 | In the case of classical savings ( ) , the steady-state condition also includes the term , and this brings out a significant point . |
| 26 | However , none of this makes up a complete education and training programme for a building surveyor : it is only the first part , the second being the professional training component culminating in the Test of Professional Competence . |
| 27 | Actually this makes quite a good conversion |