Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be the concern of the court of the state to which the child is to be returned to minimise or eliminate this harm and , in the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary or evidence that it is beyond the powers of those courts in the circumstances of the case , the courts of this country should assume that this will be done . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland might attempt to terminate or modify this agreement ; or the government of either or both States might attempt to introduce legislation without seeking the views of the population , or against their expressed will . |
| 3 | If it is lost or broken this week the Tories will lose by 100 seats . |
| 4 | BY OPENING OR USING THIS PACKAGE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS . |
| 5 | For that 's what a relationship is for me — the making of a promise , albeit rarely uttered , that I will strive never to hurt , damage , betray , demean or disappoint this person I claim to love . |
| 6 | While it is impossible to either prove or disprove this estimate , as a matter of observation it is true that a high proportion of churches seem to attract ‘ their kind of people ’ . |
| 7 | Illness may be what motivates or causes this behaviour . |
| 8 | Is chemistry still all test tubes and bad smells , or has this subject too changed from the days when perhaps some of us were at school ? |
| 9 | indicates the shoe is recommended for this purpose or has this feature |
| 10 | Or has this issue never previously been on the Church 's agenda because the majority of women did not — until our century — have the education , the freedom or the position in society to enable them to take a priestly role ? |
| 11 | Have the flora and vegetation always been as species-poor as today , or has this poverty developed over thousands of years during the post-glacial as a result of habitat loss , soil deterioration , or land-use change ? |
| 12 | Choose a game or exercise which leads into or complements this work . |
| 13 | She did not depend upon the views of others to form her own , or bend this way and that according to the fashion of the day . |
| 14 | He hesitated over recognizing or dismissing this thought . |
| 15 | Area Health Authority to apply on four hours ' notice to all parties ( such notice to be sufficiently given by telephone ) to vary or discharge this injunction . |
| 16 | What 's more , a reviewer 's design would have to be seen to work in every respect , not simply look outrageous , or match this tour 's stage set . |
| 17 | One reason for this , I would suggest , is that Brief Encounter is not simply the tearful tale of heterosexual romance that it appears to be : beneath , or alongside , or overlapping this narrative is another , quite specifically related to the homosexuality of its author . |
| 18 | In terms of knowledge of design then , knowledge which merely describes , attempts to objectify or to naturalise this kind of practice does so in asocial terms . |
| 19 | 9.1 You may not assign or transfer this order or part thereof to any other person without our written consent . |
| 20 | This study can not provide data to confirm or refute this hypothesis , however . |
| 21 | Equally , it is important to know where the manufacturing and design processes take place and whether the vendor packages the paperclips itself or sub-contracts this service externally . |
| 22 | We remember who first performed that deed or developed this technique . |
| 23 | Sometimes diplomats stretched or abused this right to support dissident religious minorities , to the annoyance of the governments with which they had to deal . |
| 24 | When it was learned that Stratford was convening a provincial council to oppose or denounce this annulment , he and other bishops received writs of prohibition forbidding them to do so . |
| 25 | It might only postpone the day , but even one day is breathing space , and I fancy he 's sharp enough to make up a plausible story , once he knows the odds , or to persuade this witness to a different tale . |
| 26 | Once this trend for the relaxation of the 1970 legislation began , the EPA considered that the only way in which it could slow down or stop this erosion , short of a resurgence in the environmental movement , would be to show more flexibility in its administration of the Act , especially towards new industry . |
| 27 | Barkerend is a similar unit that operates in Bradford , where there is no provision of home tuition , so pregnant school-age girls have only the choice of continuing at school or attending this unit . |
| 28 | During employment the employee could not use or disclose this information without breaching the duty of fidelity . |
| 29 | I am not going to insult your intelligence and beg you to vote or oppose this vote . |
| 30 | No doubt many readers will wish to expand or amend this list , and many more will want to argue with the points made and perhaps contradict some of them . |