Example sentences of "[v-ing] this a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than calling this a paradox ( as others did ) the authors preferred to think of it as an indication of the incompleteness of quantum theory . |
| 2 | In Britton , the actions of the defendant took place late at night , and at some distance from the street , and the court took the view that these facts militated against calling this a distribution , although it said that had there been evidence that the documents were visible to whoever passed by , this might amount to publication , with which the particular defendant had not been charged . |
| 3 | He should have been doing this a year or two ago , in the hope that extra jobs would have been created before now . |
| 4 | I used to have a friend at Hull University but we 're doing this a year too late . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't you think you 're taking this a bit too far ? |
| 6 | In fact I think that making this a Court issue will deter some parents from seeking access to their children which is a very bad thing . |
| 7 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 8 | Following this a group of monumental figures from 1908 to 1910 will include ‘ Nu bleu ( souvenir de Biskra ) ’ ( Baltimore Museum of Art ) , ‘ Baigneuse a la tortue ’ ( Saint-Louis Art Museum ) , ‘ La Danse I ’ ( Museum of Modern Art ) and ‘ La Danse II ’ ( Hermitage ) . |