Example sentences of "and this [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both pockets have two retaining straps with quick release buckles and this does mean a lot of excess strapping when the pockets are n't full . |
| 2 | There is some evidence that relationships between local government and business interests have become closer and more institutionalized , and this seems to support an interpretation which identifies a significant shift ( or structural change ) between the late 1960s and the late 1980s . |
| 3 | There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 . |
| 4 | ‘ We are already behind on our non-professional staff training programme and this has necessitated a review of training methods . |
| 5 | The interior of Hermiston Village , once torn apart by unremitting heavy traffic has now been bypassed by the realignment of A71 and this has provided an opportunity to improve the local environment immeasurably by the adoption of various hard and soft landscaping measures . |
| 6 | GRIST regulations ( section 9 , DES , 1986 ) allow the curriculum component of advisers ' work to be a charge against DES funds and this has released a number of posts frozen by local government cut-backs . |
| 7 | This leaves pension funds with a very wide range of powers over the selection and management of investments and this has attracted a degree of adverse attention in recent years . |