Example sentences of "[coord] this [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any spare spaces available on courses for its own advice workers are filled by people from outside and this helps provide additional professional stimulation for its trainers . |
| 2 | On the other hand , there are battery chargers which can be run off a car 's lighter-socket , and this does open up possibilities for running camcorders at locations such as remote camp sites which do not have a public mains power supply . |
| 3 | Admittedly legal training may be a bit wider , and may include elements of economics and political science , erm than the kind of training that we have in Britain , but it is nonetheless a law-dominated training , and this does make for a difference erm in approach , I think . |
| 4 | Thank you , Mr Chairman , erm , I 'm here to say , it 's quite true to say that it does vary from year to year , on er , what our programme is , but er , we we also have to face it , that er , com compared with some other areas , both east midlands and nationally , we do not have the traffic , and this does go against our for T A. Er , the the traffic on our roads |
| 5 | Both pockets have two retaining straps with quick release buckles and this does mean a lot of excess strapping when the pockets are n't full . |
| 6 | Where I think we have tried to do something interesting is in this idea of giving the student a , a whole year 's experience in the school to help them become professionalised , rather than the normal practice , the traditional practice of school practice , which meant going twelve , sixteen weeks into perhaps two bytes , into a school , and this does mean the student can get integrated with the school community and take part in the extramural life of the school , get involved in games and school plays and school outings in a way that 's not possible if they 're in and out on that short basis . |
| 7 | And this does tend to add weight to the suggestion that the result of the three month cystoscopy is a good guide to the likelihood of developing recurrence . |
| 8 | but they 're not the representatives , and this does have some bearing I think on er remark with regard to erm where does the parish council P P C actually fit in ? |
| 9 | However , if indifference characterizes the attitude a person has towards the consequences of his/her action , then s/he are indifferent as to who suffers — it could literally be anybody — and this does display disdain for humanity in general . |
| 10 | If you are thinking of feeding a composite source into the monitor , from a video recorder say , then the problem would be one of matching scan rates as well and this does get complicated . |
| 11 | ‘ Any further search for a definition would be axiomatic ’ suggests Moncrieff , and this does seem to be true , the Third Karolinska Institute Symposium on Environmental Health , defining an odour as ‘ The product of the activation of the sense of smell , an olfactory experience ’ . |
| 12 | This observation prompts the speculation that chains of right-handed amino acids will form left-handed a-helices and this does seem to be so . |
| 13 | That 's the overall and rather special context of this year in , in the year of the youth but every year is an important from the point of view of commodores and clubs and the amount of work that ac goes on on the ground through supporting causes and the effort to recruit membership and it 's in that rather mundane day to day part of R Y A membership that I would like to congratulate you first I think all of you have worked extremely hard and the reports reflect the success achieved and I would particularly highlight the increase in membership , now that obviously has n't been easy and this does require a huge effort of , a consistent effort and it 's not something you can just apply every now and again . |
| 14 | Talking Teacher does talk , albeit with an American accent , and this does add to the fun and help keep a hold of your child 's attention . |
| 15 | It has one very curious feature ; it was drawn up by one ‘ Henry Balfour , priest of Dunkeld diocese , notary public by apostolic authority ’ , who was in fact no notary at all , and this did give ground for doubt . |
| 16 | And this did raise the whole issue of the future of the sterling area . |
| 17 | Of course , after my husband died , I had to find work that would enable me to look after her , and this did seem ideal . " |
| 18 | Not long afterwards the Dams Raid took place , and this did hit the headlines and captured the imagination of the public . |
| 19 | But this does mean that he thought that the law of value was the regulator of the Soviet economy . |
| 20 | Credit notes can be exchanged before they mature but this does involve the deduction of a premium . |
| 21 | The second edition of Introduction to High Energy Physics by D. H. Perkins requires considerable initial knowledge of quantum theory , but this does make it possible to use Feynmann diagrams immediately . |
| 22 | Less expensive boots are made from split leather or suede , and some have a polyurethane coating to make them waterproof but this does make the boot less breathable . |
| 23 | It is possible to make dulcimers of different sizes and shapes but this does affect the sound produced . |
| 24 | To their credit , a few prisoners do manage to discover their loving , creative , expansive side — Jimmy Boyle being a celebrated example — but this does break the unspoken rule . |
| 25 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 26 | A further solution is to permanently silicone the hanger into place but this does create problems with cleaning the glass behind . |
| 27 | I 'm a great believer in putting house plants out in the garden for a ‘ summer holiday ’ but this does provide something of an open invitation to the vine weevils to lay their eggs in the pots . |
| 28 | You may , if you wish , use a 9V supply , but this does increase the current consumption and is not so economic . |
| 29 | Fuel load also increases from 40 to 50 gallons , some of which is needed by the larger engine , but this does increase range to 560 nautical miles , respectable for a touring aircraft . |
| 30 | It is also suggested as a weapon against parasites , but this does sound rather hazardous ! |