Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem strange to include this chapter , but there are two reasons . |
| 2 | He was due to attend this year 's Ryder Cup match at The Belfry , but illness prevented him . |
| 3 | In fact we made rubber stamps for people in the office — the departments to go in , the bureau , and the stamp was the J because they were all photostated to that made this stamp just loved it . |
| 4 | The result , however , and the second contradiction , was that given this freedom local authorities behaved in a very similar fashion to each other . |
| 5 | The building programme , the largest undertaken this century , provides for the construction of 26 new prisons between 1983 and 1995 , at a total cost of £870 million at current prices . |
| 6 | Even with these forecasts , the programme is the largest undertaken this century . |
| 7 | All that I have said in the last chapter about preparation and being able to sort out important issues is again not possible given this scenario . |
| 8 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 9 | Very high storage rates are possible using this type of technology . |
| 10 | How has the CSA 1985 attempted to embrace this distinction ? |
| 11 | Whilst PageMaker does not itself support the condensing and expanding of type ( a feature that we hope will be included in version 4.0 ) it is possible to perform this trick on the Macintosh — sadly not on the PC . |
| 12 | Five thousand people paid a shilling each to see this show . |
| 13 | I hardly ever browse through the jazz section in a record shop ( I have usually been scalped in the classical section , in any case ) , and I would have been very sorry to miss this cracker of a CD . |
| 14 | His position is that we should think of rules as practices , as ways of behaving , and not suppose that to support this way of behaving there must be some internal interpretation of the rule which tells the rule-followers how to work the rule . |
| 15 | It is possible to conduct this debate without either side maintaining that the internal organization of the units matters ( witness what will be said about Game Theory in Chapter 6 ) . |
| 16 | It is possible to attend this course from a minimum of one week to as many weeks as the student wishes . |
| 17 | All this variety of opinion , assessment and recommendation will be considered by The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice , which is due to report this month . |
| 18 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
| 19 | It would be preferable to perform this process once only . |
| 20 | Parliament is due to meet this week . |
| 21 | The Bundesbank is due to meet this morning , and the cost of borrowing is likely to remain unchanged to keep a lid on the German economy . |
| 22 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 23 | Ritchie has made only eight starts this season . |
| 24 | With practice it is possible to increase this speed considerably , bearing in mind the following points : |
| 25 | ‘ Love of God is the greatest virtue a man can ever cultivate , and through that develops this love for the creation of God ; kindness , compassion , tolerance , and helpfulness to others emanate when the love of God grows in the heart . |
| 26 | However , Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also . |
| 27 | It is , however , not possible to accept this judgement in view of the consistency with which either sign appears in very specific musical contexts . |
| 28 | It is not possible to provide this ordering for users of ORACLE RDBMS . |
| 29 | Meyer are claiming that a number of competitive snowboarders are switching to this binding this winter . |
| 30 | It would be wrong to see this development as involving the replacement of the working class by the new urban left . |