Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's the firstly that of young children , and it 's something that I remember putting a motion to in the last administration about a creche or whatever or looking into this facility , in the fact of erm , trying to encourage more people with young families to erm , actually get involved in local government and politics . |
| 2 | At the time of signing , ratifying or acceding to this Protocol a State may declare that it will process the Letters rogatory to which this article applies only if they identify the relationship between the evidence or information requested and the pending proceeding . |
| 3 | The justices failed to make any determination or finding upon this issue . |
| 4 | Firstly , make a note of all of the bully words and phrases that James Bolham uses when he 's talking about , or talking to , or talking about this man 's management . |
| 5 | To ensure the rights laid down in or following from this treaty , they shall especially guarantee freedom of contract , freedom to exercise a trade , freedom of establishment and occupation , and freedom of movement of Germans in the entire currency area , freedom to form associations to safeguard and enhance working and economic conditions and … ownership of land and means of production by private investors … |
| 6 | If the Vendors also going to warrant the accuracy of all disclosures , care should be exercised before suggesting or agreeing to this compromise . |
| 7 | He spent every minute that was not wasted in eating or sleeping in this pursuit . |
| 8 | But broadly speaking , however , and this will do , I think , the principle as far as Russell 's concerned is this : that according to this way , this way of thinking is monistic . |
| 9 | Moreover , it should be noted that according to this distinction the central detail in the Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) study might well have been categorized as a peripheral detail . |
| 10 | I sit on the side of the bed and decide maybe Rachel is right : I 'd be better off between the sheets than listening to this dross . |
| 11 | : encouraging for Festival director Nikki Milican , and an indication that her vision in bringing less well-established but visually exciting performers to Scotland is more than paying off this year . |
| 12 | We are taken through all the various stages of recording a simple song on four-track and , along the way , it becomes apparent that recording at this level is nowt but common sense and a basic understanding of the gear you have in front of you . |
| 13 | the yard automatically became obliged to increase the return letter of credit pro tanto and were therefore doing no more than undertaking in this respect to fulfil their existing contractual duty . |
| 14 | But at a deeper level Lewis wanted to make it plain that talking in this way was not mere metaphor . |
| 15 | Sex is more like eating than breathing in this regard — and interestingly , the word " appetite " is often used in relation to both activities . |
| 16 | Well , Stan Bowes , thank you very much indeed for joining me this afternoon — Stan Bowes , head of marketing for Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and helping with this look at the tourist industry . |
| 17 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 18 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 19 | There 's a lot of banging and crashing on this tape . |
| 20 | Everything we 've heard today this afternoon shows the disinclination of the County Planning Department to be flexible and enabling on this matter . |
| 21 | It is introduced as a hypothesis which can bring coherence and understanding into this area — a piece of speculation which has continued to worry empiricists ever since it was first developed since it does not seem to be based on facts . |
| 22 | Further , if , as Woolgar emphasizes ( 1988a ) , reflexivity on the part of authors is a vital quality in helping others understand how social-scientific knowledge is produced , these reflections are important to demonstrate some of the social processes lying behind and operating upon this study . |
| 23 | Research and writing on this subject has concentrated almost exclusively on abuse by family members and most of it occurs in the domestic setting . |
| 24 | The unusual nature of this process can be seen through a comparison of these academic practices with those conventionally associated with the most common uses of reading and writing in this culture , such as reading adverts , notices in factories , magazines , popular newspapers etc. , and the writing of lists for shopping , writing letters and filling in forms . |
| 25 | That is accomplished by remembering , applying and living by this truth : at work , whatever our standing , we are servants of Christ before we are servants of any earthly master . |
| 26 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 27 | Now modal tag is one for seeking agreement whereas an effective tag is one that shows concern to the addressee and according to this study , if you looked and the sheer number of tags , women did use more tags than men , but in actual fact women used a higher proportion of the effective tags than men did . |
| 28 | But with her husband constantly coming and going between this house and the other and looking so damned pleased with himself , pretending not to understand when John-William had tackled him about it looking odd , then what — without causing a mighty rumpus — could he do ? |
| 29 | Not so , according to Alan Freedman and Christopher Tarling , who open Freedman and Tarling at this month . |
| 30 | In the next two months it will hand over many of its roles to the British Horse Racing Board and racing in this country will certainly never be the same again . |