Example sentences of "[prep] this [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sheer quantity of calculation and printing required for this stretches the modest administrative processor to its limit for two days . |
| 2 | But none of this alters the ethical issue and the consequent injustice done in 1985 . |
| 3 | All of this creates the fractured rivalry which has existed during the whole of my service and which has survived attempts by management to ‘ weld the uniform and C.I.D . |
| 4 | Much of this reflects the entrenched acute-service bias of the National Health Service , and major change would have far-reaching implications . |
| 5 | One example of this concerns the deadly sea snake and a variety of predatory fish . |
| 6 | One of the most interesting examples of this concerns the electronic arms race , as shown in the brain sizes of fossil animals . |
| 7 | All of this supports the growing insistence of many gerontologists that we should conceive of the elderly as a resource not as a burden . |
| 8 | None of this means the socialist objective of equalising power and spreading choice and freedom should be abandoned . |
| 9 | Above this lies the usual hierarchy found in all police bureaucracies . |
| 10 | From this stems the historical importance of the ordinances of war issued by kings on campaign : by Richard II during the Scottish war of 1385 ; by Henry V in France in 1419 ; and by his brother John , duke of Bedford , in Normandy in 1428 , all three attempts to control the illegal or ‘ un-peaceful ’ activities of soldiers , in particular in their relationships with non-combatants . |
| 11 | Perhaps the one exception to this concerns the unsatisfactory cleaning of the Pottery Hut . |
| 12 | By this means the aesthetic unity of a work is revealed along with its various meanings and conflicts . |
| 13 | They may , however , be taken into account in the initial measurement of the liability in respect of debt to which they directly relate since by this means the financial effect on the issuer of the transaction as a whole is properly reflected . |
| 14 | By this means the usual order of events led toward a compromise solution eventually being reached . |
| 15 | By this means the total compensation payable by the fund would be increased to £75,000 . |
| 16 | By this means the Sun-facing regions become cooler than they would otherwise be . |