Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Father Watson could scarcely be expected to swallow this . |
| 2 | A period of at least five years in a senior position will generally be needed to enable this requirement to be met . |
| 3 | The absence of a substantive right to a particular benefit should not lead to the conclusion that procedural rights are inapplicable , and the term legitimate expectation should not be manipulated to reach this end . |
| 4 | The Code was later amended to reflect the difficulty which had arisen in the case , which concerned the selection of an estranged parent as an ‘ appropriate adult ’ to be present during the interviewing of a juvenile : see now Code C Note 1C , which provides that an estranged parent should not be asked to fulfil this role if the juvenile objects to his presence . |
| 5 | ‘ They can not be expected to know this , given inadequate food labelling . ’ |
| 6 | We want all sports bodies to discuss the situation , but Verwoerd will not be allowed to rule this nation from the grave ’ — NELSON MANDELA on the singing of Boer national anthem Die Stem at Ellis Park before the Test against New Zealand . |
| 7 | A new bishop who is appointed to a diocese after the Canon has become law will not be allowed to make this declaration . |
| 8 | The somewhat stormy dynastic history of Northumbria should not be allowed to obscure this important aspect of the history of the northern Angles . |
| 9 | The brouhaha of recent days over the behaviour of Lonrho , and the Observer newspaper which it owns , should not be allowed to cloud this issue . |
| 10 | The inter-probe distance measure can easily be extended to use this information by redefining r ab = Σ c ( h ac h bc ) and n ab = Σ c ( h ac + h bc ) — r ab . |
| 11 | Note that since the CRE sequence exhibits inversion symmetry , the conformation of the dodecamer would also be expected to respect this symmetry . |
| 12 | Dietary restrictions may also be used to achieve this aim . |
| 13 | You will often be tempted to use this kind of gibberish . |
| 14 | I urge anyone who may be considering voting Labour to think very deeply about whether Neil Kinnock can really be trusted to run this country . |
| 15 | The strategic matrices may well be seen to represent this looser form of capital-rationing and balanced development , but , interpreted in this way , there seems to be no violent conflict with practical corporate finance . |
| 16 | As regards the latter , Rhee had stated on many occasions that Korea must be reunited ; given his advanced age , the President might well be tempted to accomplish this sooner rather than later . |
| 17 | Do n't be tempted to make this blue too dark . |
| 18 | ‘ I wo n't be spoken to like this . ’ |
| 19 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |
| 20 | They should n't be allowed to do this to people . |
| 21 | He realizes that they ca n't , people ca n't be guaranteed to do this and he points out there are four different motivations that people might have that conflict with the er moral motivations . |
| 22 | I ca n't be bothered to do this . |
| 23 | The client may then be asked to re-order this list in terms of the most and least pressing problems . |
| 24 | I must inform you that you will never be allowed to enter this house again , and that if you do n't leave within three minutes , you will be thrown out . ’ |
| 25 | Ministers who should never be allowed to govern this country again , just as the Tories should never be allowed to run again . |
| 26 | Groups D and E can certainly be seen to have this function . |