Example sentences of "[verb] this [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other aspects of the package were fundamental to the successful development of a high-performance system , and distinguish this approach from previous applications of quality-of-working-life techniques . |
| 2 | If we study the annual function of social capital — hence of the total capital of which the individual capital forms only fractional parts , whose movement is their individual movement and simultaneously integrating link in the movement of the total capital — and its results , i.e. , if we study the commodity-product furnished by society during the year , then it must become apparent how the process of reproduction of the social capital takes place , what characteristics distinguish this process of reproduction from the process of reproduction of an individual capital , and what characteristics are common to both . |
| 3 | A number of factors have been identified which distinguish this sort of country : |
| 4 | The Royal Flying Corps aerodrome at Rendcombe near Cirencester is playing host this weekend to a display of vintage aircraft , and some vintage flying . |
| 5 | The museums and art galleries of England 's Midlands will be playing host this spring to a series of exhibitions featuring the often bizarre collections of local residents . |
| 6 | I met this Frenchman at Masstricht who kissed me on both cheeks . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I do n't know , ’ says Charles , ‘ but I met this girl in television the other evening , and she said people are going to be dropping off your Matterhorn thing like fleas off a dog . ’ |
| 8 | The industry met this threat in 1922 by appointing its own censor , Harding 's former Postmaster-General , Will Hays . |
| 9 | What is more , Celtic and German dialects received very early the Greek verb in the sense of " to graft " : it has given " enter " in French , " impfen " in German , and I like to remember that I first met this word in my childhood as a current term of Piedmontese agriculture . |
| 10 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 11 | SHE MET THIS BLOKE ON HOLIDAY IN SPAIN — HER FIRST BOYFRIEND . |
| 12 | I met this bloke in August who said , ‘ I 'll only consider going out with you if you lose three stone ’ . |
| 13 | He met this challenge by manufacturing a sense of drama through his theatrical style of rule and through his ambitious policies . |
| 14 | We met this distinction between controlled and uncontrolled X in Section 6.1 . |
| 15 | I sa , as I say , I met this morning with the three members from Potter Street erm we do have various alternative proposals for sa ways forward should the village back out and what I can say to you at this stage is that we have another meeting scheduled for next week , we will be meeting with the Resident 's Associations keeping them fully informed erm we will ensure that the letter goes back to Mrs who and the other Resident 's Associations who expressed concern there and that we will be taking , I hope , I hope because I 'm gon na have to say if Woolwich back out we 're going out we 're going have to move very fast and do some quite erm in-depth work . |
| 16 | Then one night I went out and I met this DJ from Taboo , which was a club at the time . |
| 17 | She points to the newcomer and explains , " I met this woman at the council housing department and she said I could stay with her . " |
| 18 | Anyway , this mate of his and his wife — things went from bad to worse , seems he met this woman from Dundee who travelled down regular on the same train and one day he just Got Off with her and the upshot of the whole thing was a Dear-Jeannette-Letter from Sullom Voe . |
| 19 | Yeah I am making it up , it 's not me making it up , mathematicians had things like erm you , you , you met this sort of earlier on in school . |
| 20 | I met this fellow from Newmarket when we were at The University Arms in Cambridge . |
| 21 | If the nurse neglects this part of her role the amputee may fall and injure himself or lose confidence in his ability to adapt and cope with this problem . |
| 22 | In some districts it was due to the death of an older generation who were , often for reasons of religious belief , philanthropically disposed and whose successors lacked this combination of religious commitment ( evangelicalism in particular had lost much of its mid-nineteenth century hold ) and social responsibility . |
| 23 | Form 86 or a quite informal letter is then sufficient — such as : We hereby consent to the property known as [ shown edged red on the accompanying plan ] being part of the land comprised in the above title being transferred free from the [ Intended ] Notice of Deposit registered on the But some banks ( which favour this type of security in appropriate cases ) have their own favoured form of withdrawal ; acting for a seller you 'll satisfy yourself on this point and obtain the necessary withdrawal in time to hand over on completion . |
| 24 | In fact , many blues-rockers favour this mode for their melodies . |
| 25 | One company who particularly favour this method of drying is Paul Mitchell Systems whose professional styling range includes Sculpting Lotion . |
| 26 | An emotivist will think that Butler is merely expressing and inviting an attitude whereby we favour this sort of system of self control , while an intuitionist will think that there is tacit appeal to an intuition as to what ought to be . |
| 27 | The concept of the generic worker is still in its infancy , but some voluntary organizations and statutory services now favour this sort of employee and this may be a more satisfactory way to staff community services in future than by increasing the numbers of specialist professional posts . |
| 28 | He sadly posted this letter on a wet Sunday afternoon in Leeds . |
| 29 | I hate this thing about you know you 're making a tt er er you 're setting an example for the rest of the school , you know . |
| 30 | The best thing to do is to channel this concern in a positive way by helping them practise revision and exam techniques at home . ’ |