Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Females are just as colourful as males , and it is hopeless to try to sex this fish on the basis of colour |
| 2 | But all that has changed this year . |
| 3 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 4 | Only 22 managed to meet this date , but by 1955 a good submission record meant that about half the country 's plans had been approved , and the bulk by the end of the decade . |
| 5 | He is prepared to die to end this war . |
| 6 | The sugar plantations and the slaves on them were the first British overseas investment of any size , at a time when investment of this sort was unusual , and in several eighteenth-century wars the British fought to defend this property , though it was not a central cause of any of the wars in which they were involved . |
| 7 | This had started this morning before erm Rosie and Jim . |
| 8 | Many models now incorporate a thrust race below this bearing to reduce this effect . |
| 9 | It would be much easier to begin to resolve this argument if we knew more about how advertising works , and if we could be much more sophisticated than we are about how to relate target audiences and purchasing patterns to advertising . |
| 10 | Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week . |
| 11 | Many salespeople who , to an outsider , seem naturally quick-witted have developed this skill through careful preparation beforehand , imagining themselves as buyers and thinking of objections that they might raise if they were in such a position . |
| 12 | But nothing much has happened this year that suggests he is about to start firing . |
| 13 | But nothing much has happened this year to suggest he is about to start firing . |
| 14 | Of all the trophies which can be won in schoolboy lacrosse , only the Centurion Trophy , for under-13s , eluded his teams : but on 15th March 1980 , in a match against William Hulme 's School , the School under-13 team — the sixth such to have reached this final — was victorious by 8 goals to 5 . |
| 15 | ‘ We are very fortunate to have made this bridge ’ . |
| 16 | I 'm delighted to have secured this deal at long last . |
| 17 | Unix distributor Qualix is due to announce SayIt this week , a new productivity software product that will let Sun users operate their Sparcs by voice commands . |
| 18 | The audition which is the additional item includes moves at Policy and Resources Committee that they asked all committees to expose further reductions if possible to help close this gap of six hundred and seventy one thousand pounds . |
| 19 | Similarly , areas of meadow can be used for little else without massive investment in drainage , and hay crops and rich pasture seem to have been too valuable to consider using this land in any other way . |
| 20 | Many of these hoped to start this course in the next academic session ( 46% of enquirers ) and 58% of those who said they wanted to do a course in the future had made enquiries about it . |
| 21 | Slated urban roofs are likely to have reached this state after about eighty years . |
| 22 | I thought I was very abnormal to have created this second Lily from the real one . |
| 23 | ‘ Master Corbett , you 've told me how I am supposed to have killed this woman , but not the reason why . ’ |
| 24 | The first phase of the battle was to coat the shellac on a cardboard base ; in fact , the Neophone Company of 1904 had tried this idea . |
| 25 | The computerized Belfast Newsletter ( BNL ) Index 1737-1800 seeks to remedy this situation by providing the first comprehensive index of an 18th-century newspaper : 63 years of the oldest , continuously-published English-language newspaper in the world . |
| 26 | I myself my previous have had this case er where an eight year old wanted baptise and in the event the parent was prepared , though not herself a member of the church , to take the promises . |
| 27 | A spokesman for the Oxford diocese said : ’ We are very sad that people who are grieving have experienced this kind of rejection and we are very sad that it happened . |
| 28 | There are signs that Channel 4 has given this matter some thought . |
| 29 | ‘ We all want to see this concern cleared up quickly . ’ |
| 30 | Are we all resolved to finish this day 's work ? ’ |