Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter from the Chairman of the Juniper Green Primary School Board detailing the steps already taken to alleviate this problem . |
| 2 | In witness whereof the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date set forth above . |
| 3 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |
| 4 | Convincing evidence that animals actually do operate this way comes from James Serpell of the University of Cambridge ( Animal Behaviour , vol 30 , p 1244 ) , who has been studying the aggressive behaviour of nine species of tropical parrots of the genus Trichoglossus . |
| 5 | The barn had been rented by the men , who just days earlier had towed this rubber dinghy to Holland . |
| 6 | Unlike Lucas , these writers rarely attempt to justify this conviction formally , preferring instead to allude vaguely to the Walrasian model of general equilibrium and to the behavioural assumptions which underpin that model . |
| 7 | Campaigners desperately wanted answers this time . |
| 8 | Accountants often attempt to discourage this , probably to reduce the risk of claims of negligence arising from the report . |
| 9 | In later experiments a brightly coloured plastic bottle was used and the blackbirds even learned to mob this object , although it was not so effective as a novel stuffed bird . |
| 10 | Many economists are inclined to think that static welfare losses are outweighed by dynamic welfare gains from technological progress , and policy-makers generally seem to share this presumption . |
| 11 | However , this conflict is unlikely to occur because a number of legal and regulatory constraints usually operate to neutralise this sort of activity . |
| 12 | It 's obvious that refs and players still need to have this law more clearly defined — that indirect free kick was , in my book , a travesty . |
| 13 | Miniatures still survive showing this part of the palace decked in all its splendour with shady silk awnings of brilliant scarlet , gilded cupolas shining atop the chaffris and , lying open to pavilions , the Hayat Baksh or Life-Bestowing Paradise Garden , planted with cypress , mangoes , apricots and sweet-smelling nargis , kuzah and gulal . |
| 14 | He is one of the two architects ever to have held this position twice , but this may have been more in recognition of his wealth and status as an MP , and for his interest in the organization of the profession , than for his abilities as an architect . |
| 15 | But the new vans specially built to convey this traffic were 27ft long and capable of holding two at a time , the forerunner of the car flats of the 1970s and '80s . |
| 16 | Spectator sport could be followed from home on a winter 's afternoon and older men increasingly chose to do this . |
| 17 | Services also tend to take this segmented approach rather than offering an integrated package of support services to families . |
| 18 | If the adventurers really want to investigate this place , it appears as a whirling vortex of buff-coloured smoke , with a strong smell of bile . |
| 19 | Organisms commonly need to rest this apparatus and this is achieved by sleep and its attendant strategies , such as finding a safe place or , as with chimpanzees , constructing one . |
| 20 | That sorbus berries when red and ripe turn blackbirds , starlings and other fruit eaters into the most shameless gluttons merely serves to underline this tree 's usefulness . |