Example sentences of "[conj] this [verb] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a fairly consistent finding in such studies that this does tend to be the case . |
| 2 | Admittedly legal training may be a bit wider , and may include elements of economics and political science , erm than the kind of training that we have in Britain , but it is nonetheless a law-dominated training , and this does make for a difference erm in approach , I think . |
| 3 | Thank you , Mr Chairman , erm , I 'm here to say , it 's quite true to say that it does vary from year to year , on er , what our programme is , but er , we we also have to face it , that er , com compared with some other areas , both east midlands and nationally , we do not have the traffic , and this does go against our for T A. Er , the the traffic on our roads |
| 4 | ‘ Any further search for a definition would be axiomatic ’ suggests Moncrieff , and this does seem to be true , the Third Karolinska Institute Symposium on Environmental Health , defining an odour as ‘ The product of the activation of the sense of smell , an olfactory experience ’ . |
| 5 | This observation prompts the speculation that chains of right-handed amino acids will form left-handed a-helices and this does seem to be so . |
| 6 | Talking Teacher does talk , albeit with an American accent , and this does add to the fun and help keep a hold of your child 's attention . |
| 7 | If this does appear to be happening there is a need either to warn the teachers in the unit documentation or maybe even to indicate possible dangers within the program . |
| 8 | Then , and only then , will it be safe to assert that Parliament is no longer sovereign ; and until then United Kingdom courts will be right to follow the well-marked paths , even if this does result in conflict between the constitutional laws of the United Kingdom and Europe . |
| 9 | If this does need to be done then it is recommended that the run be aborted and restarted at Option 6 , but sometimes Option 5 will be necessary . |
| 10 | If this does prove to be the case , then the Main Wall area will be closed to climbers for an unspecified time . |
| 11 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 12 | and er , but apparently they did a , they did a test and that was also a package where the stuff like that , transfer although those three may of been carrying weapons , they split open the policeman , but this does seem to basically at , well not no , not indiscriminately they did n't say that but they shot innocent people , I mean like I said well the I mean that 's got to kill in those streets and stuff the ricochet 's can go quite easily go through somebody but there , there was , there 's always been claims er , there 's no I R A gunmen there |
| 13 | It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition . |
| 14 | It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition . |
| 15 | At national level , there is no legislation specifically concerned with discrimination against people with disabilities , though this does exist in some other countries . |