Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To my mind , ’ she wrote , ‘ he has all the qualities of a leading man that the British film industry badly needs at this juncture : youth , good looks , a photogenic face , obviously alert intelligence and a trick of getting the maximum effect with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 2 | The value placed on this formal approach is reminiscent of American New Criticism , and also of Russian Formalism and the work of Roman Jakobson — all of whom Genette approvingly cites in this essay on structuralism and literary criticism . |
| 3 | However , it is only open to those who already hold the overpriced asset and so relies on this group of investors trading sufficient assets to move the relative prices of the shares in the index and index futures back into line . |
| 4 | And the mud it is rooted in gives off this light |
| 5 | Much obviously hinges on this word ‘ normal ’ and the accepted idea of family life . |
| 6 | Life for Hannah Hauxwell then settled into a pattern which basically continues to this day . |
| 7 | Since the connection with future profits no longer holds in this situation the basis on which ‘ altruistic ’ acts can normally be supported , their putative contribution to long-term profits , does not obtain . |
| 8 | The sceptic might argue that the modern Roman Catholic Church in civilized societies no longer acts in this way but the convinced anti-Catholic can turn Rome 's own claims to be unchanging back on the Catholic Church and insist that the basic aim remains the same . |
| 9 | Lower labour mobility than elsewhere combines with this effect to keep salaries down and , crucially , to encourage a relatively high investment in training . |
| 10 | The IBOA fundamentally disagrees with this course of action as the clarification document which resulted from the Labour Court Recommendation 13601 clearly indicates times for opening from 10.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. uninterrupted with one late opening day . |
| 11 | This protection earned the soldiers the nickname of ‘ leathernecks ’ , which still persists to this day . |
| 12 | Nithard 's account hardly goes beyond this point . |
| 13 | According to Welsh legend Merlin still lives to this day on the mysterious Bardsey Island off the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales . |
| 14 | My wife , Ann , and I have experienced the sense of the terror that these unfortunate people must have felt , because it still lingers to this day in some of the small corries and glens in the hills above Tummel and Rannoch . |
| 15 | Happily , I was able to acquire the latter 's autograph myself shortly afterwards , but the disillusionment still lingers to this day ! |
| 16 | The careful exegete , however , will also be troubled by the fact that the Bible hardly majors on this issue , that we do not know the context of Paul 's two references to the subject , and that a strong anti-homosexual line is only possible if one has already assumed that such statements are immediately transferable into our situation straight from the biblical period . |
| 17 | It is generally felt that in the past local authorities have dragged their feet in taking on their responsibilities to care for mentally disordered people , and the Minister of Health , Roger Freeman , outlined further plans for this group to Parliament the day after Secretary of State Kenneth Clarke 's speech on community care ; these were , clearly , some last-minute additions to the government 's package of proposals . |
| 18 | The set still closes with this song , but it 's a wandering acidly mix with sampled snippets of Sea — not exactly lethal . |
| 19 | The set still closes with this song , but it 's a wandering acidly mix with sampled snippets of Sea — not exactly lethal . |
| 20 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 21 | I also suggested that he go and live in San Francisco for six months , where he might see for himself and in practice the ideal which Jesus Christ was talking about , which is far removed from anything the Church of England ever practises in this country . |
| 22 | Happily , The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits , compiled by Fred Bronson , hardly suffers from this affliction and provides a complete summary on every single to top the US listings from 1955 through till April this year . |
| 23 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 24 | Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is . |
| 25 | The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage . |
| 26 | Despite her success , Buchi Emecheta still feels about this country much as she did when she first arrived 30 years ago , on a grey March morning in Liverpool . |
| 27 | Suspension noise is well contained , too , and while there 's a little more tyre and wind noise than we would have expected , the Safrane still shines in this category and makes a particularly quiet and refined motorway cruiser . |
| 28 | In international trade , however , the bill of exchange still operates in this way . |
| 29 | Cocaine usually comes into this country in the form of cocaine hydrochloride . |
| 30 | Moreover , in showing us what he loves about Tbe Faerie Queene , he shows us in embryo what he hardly knows at this point himself : the sort of books which he himself will excel at . |