Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a few straightforward effects ( slow motion , freeze frame ) , art movies tend to fall outside this area , because by and large SFX are expensive and time-consuming , whereas art movies of limited appeal tend to be made on relatively low budgets . |
| 2 | As children we tend to work on this and practise asking for what we want at every available opportunity . |
| 3 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 4 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 5 | So er I , I b basically go to the office one day a week , that 's my admin day , and the rest , I , I tend to work within this area . |
| 6 | However , if you intend to work at this ‘ subtle ’ level all the time , it may be helpful to learn one or two ‘ psychic protection ’ techniques ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ If needs be , and I hate to stoop to this , I can take steps to override your obstruction , from which you might find it difficult to recover ! ’ |
| 8 | One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed . |
| 9 | and blind people go wait a minute you know , I want to go to this and I want to go to that |
| 10 | Well you want to go to this other car park for Boots do n't you ? |
| 11 | Well that 's as far as I want to go with this , this particular topic , erm as is my practice I 'm ending now so that we can have questions . |
| 12 | erm and er then you know you 'll , you 'll have a bit more of a , a shopping list as it were , and , and that may help you to erm actually define where you want to go within this huge range of of er you know possibilities . |
| 13 | In the ‘ good pupil ’ list , teachers placed a high priority on ‘ being interested in the opposite sex ’ , and the pupils who appear to deviate from this ( ‘ cissy ’ boys or ‘ tomboy ’ girls ) call up spectres of homosexuality uncomfortable for many teachers . |
| 14 | Many labour markets appear to fall into this category , with wage rates being determined through complex institutional arrangements and bargaining processes which seem to imply that they will be less than fully flexible . |
| 15 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 16 | ‘ You 've got to have ambition if you want to come to this club . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think I want to know about this , ’ said Melanie , trying in vain to shake off Carol 's arm . |
| 18 | Can your client live without an income , they 've just convinced you that they ca n't , they now want to know about this Health Master . |
| 19 | And if there are any teachers that want to know about this , they could get details by contacting you , Peter Simpson , at the university ? |
| 20 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 21 | And they might reply , ‘ But I do n't like working like this , I want to work like this . ’ |
| 22 | er I 'm sorry to produce the problems er erm we can not this time for large sum of money which er the labour group in particular er want to provide in this area er to spend on rights of way . |
| 23 | Any one else want to participate in this discussion ? |
| 24 | I do n't know if I want to talk about this on a Saturday lunchtime I tell you Dan I mean it really is it 's erm What are you doing ? |
| 25 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 26 | I want to dwell on this subject a little while , to look at a few areas which are important and necessary and have their foundations in team spirit . |
| 27 | Aboriginal sacred sites appear to conform to this principle ; each tribe being responsible for its own section of line , visiting the sites at the appropriate season and performing traditional rituals and chants . |
| 28 | It is no accident that in all the great religions , people who want to engage in this kind of contemplative activity have organised a monastic life to cater to their needs . |
| 29 | That distinction , shockingly banal though it is , has been hard to shake from my mind , and its persistence is one of the things I want to explore in this article . |
| 30 | Yeah well we 're gon na stay here cos we 've got quarter of an hour and if you want to listen to this that 's fine , but if you wan na carry on |