Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is English law right to define rape in this way , and thereby to exclude from this offence such conduct as forced oral sex ( fellatio ) , cunnilingus , and buggery ? |
| 2 | So I suppose I shall have to rely for my silver lining upon Carrie Schlegel of Capistrano Beach , California , who was kind enough to write to this magazine to say that I was God . |
| 3 | ‘ So far we have identified almost 50 separate groups who work closely enough together to benefit from this type of training , ’ said E.S . |
| 4 | The sane alternative must be to create conditions in which small , self-reliant enterprises can take root and grow ; to provide training and guidance for those bold enough to lead in this direction . |
| 5 | There has been some difficulty in producing a response panel sophisticated enough to allow for this range whilst still being easily understood and accessible to a child . |
| 6 | Natural daylight is not enough to allow for this process . |
| 7 | but not accurate enough to say at this stage . |
| 8 | Everyone has their own favourite gardening wheeze , and if yours is original enough to print on this page we 'll send you a £50 cash prize . |
| 9 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 10 | They came and took his father away to help with this horse . |
| 11 | I simply wanted just to intervene at this point Moderator er there , before we get into a debate on section four , just to remind the assembly that we have a heavy volume of business still ahead of us this afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ There is a lot of work still to do in this match and we must concentrate on getting the right total in our second innings . |
| 13 | Anyway there 's a lot more to say on this subject , but I 'm going to leave it until I 'm having another period of poor fishing . |
| 14 | While the company was later to compromise on this method of operation , cyanide understandably enough having had its share of bad press , by suggesting gravity extraction ( which as well as being cleaner was also cheaper ) as a technical fix to the opposition to cyanide , the opposition had by then extended its attack to issues such as blasting , dust pollution and the contradiction between the short-term benefits mining would bring and the long-term development of the area threatened by mining . |
| 15 | What happens is this : it is swimming along on a near-horizontal plane when it spots a morsel of food , which it can see quite comfortably directly below it in shallow-enough water because its eyes are tilted downwards to allow for this facility . |
| 16 | There has been speculation among local climbers that the individuals responsible for the chipping of Hareless Heart are also to blame on this occasion ; a theory backed up by the likelihood that the vandals had some level of climbing expertise . |
| 17 | The report 's author , Sir Ieuan Maddock , a former chief scientist at the Department of Industry , says the Ministry of Defence is partly to blame for this stagnation in ‘ technology transfer ’ . |
| 18 | Yes I would like also to speak against this amendment erm but for completely different reasons . |
| 19 | Now to extrapolate from this example to a general argument that familiarity of a subject is a disadvantage would clearly be absurd . |
| 20 | Talking during the week with a veteran of the ANC — a man who has opposed Smith publicly and privately for years — I was surprised to hear him say , ‘ Whether the PM was right or wrong , we must assist him now to look into this idea of a change of heart . ’ |
| 21 | We come now to vote on this addendum to deliverance n number four and , since it is in print , we do n't need to ask the clerk to read it out for us , so therefore as , ask those who wish to vote for this addendum would you please stand . |
| 22 | And so his words , ‘ Bless those who persecute you ; bless and do not curse ’ sound like a counsel of perfection only if we fail to realise the process of transformation which is needed to enable us realistically to respond in this way to aggression from others . |
| 23 | There 's about five people you can get really to dislike in this class is n't there ? |
| 24 | And I in I invite I suppose the County Council really to respond to this issue of how they would intend erm indeed the districts , how they would intend to use these criteria certainly in a more rational and erm intellectually rigorous way than the sort of erm statements that were included in their January nineteen ninety two report . |
| 25 | ‘ Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener , courage the greater as our strength grows less … may he lament forever who thinks now to turn from this war-play . ’ |
| 26 | I thought it right to refer to this decision with which again I entirely agree . |
| 27 | Any potential descent party would do well to dwell on this statistic and their own evaluation of the falls rather than Paul and myself . |
| 28 | ‘ That Mrs Scamp is an old witch , I tell you , I come here three weeks ago to look after this place for my brother Rajiv while he does his business accountancy course . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've got , I think , a way here to deal with this problem and improve the quality of life for people in the town . ’ |
| 30 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |