Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Earthquakes , especially the big ones , are caused when two tectonic plates — segments of the earth 's crust that float freely on the molten magma beneath — come into contact with one another and one plate bangs into another or rubs alongside it or dives under it . |
2 | And it is this that connects to our specific concerns with the instinctive bases of human behaviour . |
3 | It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education . |
4 | It is full of lies and it is this that leads to disaster for Blanche . |
5 | and coming up with a travesty like this that masquerades as a motion to the Council . |
6 | There is one on Cross Fell and another that runs from Cotterdale by the ruins of High Dyke Farm to Lunds Chapel . |
7 | The Anisminic decision goes much further than this and says in effect that A 's decision can be set aside by the courts if they disagree with his interpretation of the rules which he is required to apply . |
8 | An adult owl normally knows this and stays in shelter , but inexperienced hunters may not have the sense to come in out of the rain . |
9 | Agrees with so and so and agrees with this and agrees with that . |
10 | It starts as for Ziggerat , climbs direct to the first roof , pulls through this and continues up the steep wall to the next roof which is passed by very difficult bridging . |
11 | Francis Lee 's youngster has ideal form for a contest like this and seems to be improving with every run . |
12 | But I think that er this er Centenary Sports Ground gon na be large enough for the public to see and this and wants to be on a smaller metal er edition that 's there for er ever and a day . |
13 | The great advantage of this approach is that it gets away from picking out odd texts from the bible to ‘ prove ’ one thing or another and asks after the underlying message . |
14 | A Scottish lord told King James that Andrewes ‘ did play with his text as a jackanapes does , who takes up a thing and tosses and plays with it and then takes up another and plays with it . |
15 | His species propagation theorizing itself was accordingly constructed , from the very opening of Notebook B , as an argument that starts with the sexual generation of one individual organism from another and ends with the propagation of one species from another . |
16 | Alternatively , it may appear too acrobatic or athletic because the choreographer has been so concerned with the turning of the pages of a picture book that there is no explanation why one picture follows another and leads to another and yet another until the curtain falls . |
17 | But that that goes through that goes to chiller wo n't it . |
18 | We feel that the development that we admit is necessary , can comfortably be spread around the constituent authorities and we 've heard nothing I I would submit that that that that that goes against that . |
19 | And you know , the sad thing is there are an awful lot of Chri faith , that mu that that comes under the realm , to my way of thinking , of mind over matter , that 's the power of positive thinking , that is not biblical faith . |
20 | Prosecutions by local authorities under the Act of 1950 have little deterrent effect , because the increased sales are such that fines at the level presently authorised under the statute can be absorbed by large retailers as a relatively small increase in their costs , though the same is not true of small shops with their much lower sales . |
21 | Some of the revisions are relatively trivial , but collectively , they show that the principle of stylistic variation — that there can be alternative ways of saying " the same thing " — can explain much that goes into the process of literary composition , as well as much that is involved in the reader 's interpretation of the text . |
22 | To confront the anger of God in the way the ancient Israelites dared to do , to face it as directed against ourselves and the society of which we are so much a part , is to escape the romantic pretence , the unrelieved jollity , or the easy , unthinking speech of so much that passes for Christian belief and worship . |
23 | I hope you manage to see everyone during the holiday period , as I know how much that means to you . |
24 | However , so much that needs to be done requires professional lobbying and political change , and I question whether a well-meaning group of amateurs can do much beyond counselling and sharing information . |
25 | I am impatient and intolerant of much that seems to me to be merely negative , if not actually destructive , legislation . ’ |
26 | In science , for example , the earth science component ( attainment targets 9 and 16 , with aspects of attainment targets 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 ) includes much that has in the past been described as geography , while the materials component ( ATs 6–8 ) includes a great deal that has conventionally been regarded as technology . |
27 | Well let's say er if you had two Ps if you had three two Ps you might want to work out how much that comes to . |
28 | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons ' Act 1970 provided the basis for much that comes under the heading of community care . |
29 | The Prayer Boat do n't write songs , so much as swells of piano and guitar which float the peculiar Mike Scott-like voice of Emmet Tinley . |
30 | Anyone who so much as hints at a ‘ third way ’ between communism and capitalism is considered naive ; there is simply no time to try more experiments . |