Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So riddled with complexities has this question proved to be that one is tempted to follow the example of the legendary definition of folk song — ‘ all songs are folk songs ; I never heard horses sing 'em ’ — and suggest that all music is popular music : popular with someone . |
| 2 | An analogy with what happens in digital computers illustrates this point . |
| 3 | Anyway , news reaches me of how the most loyal of husbands handles this kind of situation without falling unconscious at the table . |
| 4 | It could be argued that when publication of address lists reaches this scale they are so unselective as to be innocuous ; the Swedish Data Inspection Board took the opposite view when it objected to the Readers Digest organisation compiling its own register of all adult Swedes ( roughly 9 million ) . |
| 5 | The inclusion of cryptogamic entries distinguishes this index from the published Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature , and the convenience of knowing that all entries are represented in the Library makes this index very useful to staff , despite its limitations . |
| 6 | ‘ If any of those Coventry supporters comes this way asking for petrol , ’ shouted Mick , ‘ I 'll tell 'em where to go . |
| 7 | THE countdown to the 1993 awards given by the Association for Business Sponsorship for the arts begins this morning as a distinguished panel of judges select the winning design for the seven awards . |
| 8 | A recent study of primary school practice across the arts supports this view . |
| 9 | Hybridizing with other species and forms dampens this ardour to some extent , but some varieties on offer are merely forms of the base species , and therefore can present problems in a small garden where space is limited . |
| 10 | The training of probationers encourages this transmission , because after formal training in the depot each recruit is assigned to an experienced senior constable in the station . |
| 11 | That is why Britain 's Institute of Directors has this week been rudely attacking the government for allowing the business renaissance of the past decade to be ‘ torpedoed by runaway inflation ’ . |
| 12 | The expression herring and common gulls illustrates this point well , because it is normal if common is taken to identify a particular species of gull ( in which case it is not a semantic constituent ) , but odd if it is taken to mean ‘ not rare ’ . |
| 13 | It is not that varying degrees of procedural protection should not exist : the range of licences demands this diversity . |
| 14 | One of the psalms echoes this beatitude of Jesus : |
| 15 | The recent report by Connolly et al of diarrhoea and malabsorption being more severe in the presence of detectable secondary infections supports this hypothesis . |
| 16 | This skill is assumed to be inborn and intuitive , but one glance at a student 's notes shows this assumption to be unfounded . |
| 17 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 18 | Reflection on the analogous case of promises dispels this impression . |
| 19 | Certain LEAs do indeed seem to have reduced their overall awards budgets this year , but most are continuing to grant awards at about the same levels as in previous years . |
| 20 | The Book of Proverbs expresses this dependence on God for trust in this way : |
| 21 | While third party analysis in the context of international organisations gives this distinction some validity , in other areas it is less significant , as it is difficult to assert that a State is completely foreign to the effects of an agreement to which it is not a party . |
| 22 | The absence of pelvic sensation in the four patients with cervical lesions supports this interpretation . |
| 23 | The Director of Public Prosecutions brings this application for judicial review of these decisions of the single justice on Friday , 16 February ; the first , declining to deal with the issue of the alleged breach of bail condition by Mr. Bell on the ground that that issue could not be resolved by a single justice of the peace but required a court consisting of at least two justices , and the second , to adjourn the hearing of the alleged breach of condition to a court sitting on Monday , 19 February , and to remand Mr. Bell in custody in the intervening period . |
| 24 | So you may start off by saying well two hundred pounds fits this case according to it 's seriousness , but you find that the defendant could n't possibly afford to pay that and realistically , say , only a fifty pound fine can be imposed . |
| 25 | And the prevailing compensation structure in practically all businesses reinforces this attitude because it is heavily biased towards managerial positions and titles . |
| 26 | The segregation of school pupils who have disabilities or learning difficulties poses this question immediately . |
| 27 | What other questions does this framework raise that are not answered by the extract ? |
| 28 | EDUCATION Secretary John Patten 's relentless attempt to turn back the school clocks continues this week with the release of the proposed new children 's reading list . |
| 29 | Evidence from several studies supports this view . |
| 30 | The presence of perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in unaffected family members of ulcerative colitis patients favours this view . |