Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No ghost haunts this apartment . |
| 2 | But on the other hand , a soldier wants someone who he can talk to in complete confidence and I think the padre fulfils this sort of , if you like , avuncular , presence in the battalion . |
| 3 | Turner 's view that migrants move into the city slums and then out to the shanty towns , is not so much the case now since the large number of spontaneous housing settlements and the widespread knowledge of their existence make this sort of housing immediately available . |
| 4 | Opening the case to confirm this suspicion is easy . |
| 5 | The duo face competition from at least five bank-led consortia , all vying to operate the network , which should be up and running by 1995 , with the licence award expected this autumn . |
| 6 | Camp integrates this aspect of gender with aesthetics ; in a sense it renders gender a question of aesthetics . |
| 7 | A training database is created by encoding samples of handwriting using this technique , and at run-time the input is similarly encoded and then compared with the characters stored in the database . |
| 8 | Children seem to have little difficulty accepting this convention because it is so like the action replays they will frequently have seen on television . |
| 9 | Broome Manor also has the Women 's champion in 16 year old Vicky Hanks … she 's broken three course records this summer … |
| 10 | If you missed out last year , you will have another opportunity to attend this seminar which is scheduled to take place again this Autumn on Saturday and Sunday , 24th and 25th October . |
| 11 | As we have seen , the inheritance of wealth and educational advantage make this ideology of ‘ free competition for unequal reward ’ a very dubious claim , but in studying social mobility we are still comparing the actual amount of social mobility with the ideal of totally free movement through totally equal opportunity . |
| 12 | I personally have not had any problems with over-reaction using this method . |
| 13 | Going to need a truck to carry this home . |
| 14 | ‘ In some ways , I regret losing my opportunity to perform this piece , but I do n't begrudge you yours . ’ |
| 15 | The first common computer using this character.oriented architecture was the ( second.generation ) IBM 1401 ( McCracken 1962 , Bell and Newell 1971 , pp. 225–34 ) . |
| 16 | The monumentally crass decision to include this item in the Environment Bill reflects badly on the judgement of ministers and the competence of their advisers . |
| 17 | As you know , his sister inherits this place . |
| 18 | So just one new route to report this month , climbed by Rab Anderson just before the late November thaw . |
| 19 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 20 | fabulous productions , also a sightseeing tour of London , seventy nine pounds , Miss Saigon , do n't miss this great opportunity to see this smash hit musical prices include bed and breakfast and a visit to Covent Garden |
| 21 | It is possible to borrow money using this undertaking , or promise to pay , as security . |
| 22 | Weir has not been the only Scottish success story to report this week . |
| 23 | A welfare ideology develops this function beyond the narrow , protective remit of the residual model to encompass rehabilitation and prevention ( Hardiker , 1981 ) . |
| 24 | Only in Champagne has this grape proved so successful . |
| 25 | Part of the campaign against any form of discrimination has this problem : part of the success of any such campaign carries with it , by the yardstick of some , disbenefits . |
| 26 | Rollin emphasises this aspect of them . |
| 27 | The second point er chairman is that one particular solution adopted by a couple of County Councils the one in particular has been to have a local act requiring registration of car boot sales which gives enforcement officers a chance to know they 're going to happen and it also requires display of names and addresses not suggesting it is not entirely suggest that is here but late last night we simply felt we want to talk about the possibility of a framework enabling this legislation which will allow that to happen on national basis oh , as a way of controlling this , this sort of activity . |
| 28 | This four-volume , 1772-page text furthers this aim and is an extremely valuable report on the state of modern research . |
| 29 | Once again , however , Communist inability to consolidate this position can be attributed to a combination of swift and effective repression of Communism in Latin America ( partly a response to their increased support , partly due to the onset of the Cold War and the pro-US orientation of most Latin American regimes in the late 1940s and 1950s ) and failures in tactics by the parties . |
| 30 | Seb would have little difficulty keeping this promise . |