Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 2 | It is probably true , its probably the case that every single person in the room is better placed to write this procedure then Jenny . |
| 3 | American owned rival Whyte and Mackay made its long awaited swoop this morning and now owns around fifty five percent of the Leith based company . |
| 4 | American owned rival Whyte and Mackay made its long awaited swoop this morning and now has control of the Leith based company — making the combined group the third biggest scotch whisky firm . |
| 5 | Traditional Christians had long struggled to escape this identification . |
| 6 | Papal implication in subsequent plotting against Elizabeth and financial support for the Spanish Armada only served to confirm this equation , and as a consequence Elizabeth was unable to withstand the growing pressure from her Protestant subjects for the introduction of harsher recusancy laws and civil disabilities for Catholics . |
| 7 | Dramatic developments since then — most notably Black Wednesday and the scandals engulfing the Royal Family — have only served to heighten this sense of dislocation . |
| 8 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 9 | More recent research has not only failed to support this view , but has also laid open the possibility that simplified input may not be particularly useful . |
| 10 | Stealth and persuasion were obviously required to achieve this change by democratic means . |
| 11 | Actually , the band-pass and band-stop filters just treated illustrate this point nicely . |
| 12 | We 've already heard mentioned this morning , some verses have been quoted from another Old Testament prophet , Izekial who used similar graphic language in Izekial chapter thirty four in verse six , |
| 13 | Now she was no longer prepared to accept this onslaught from the royal family . |
| 14 | Input for absence , overtime , payroll exceptions and temporary upgradings are generally made using this method . |
| 15 | We will use the process of question analysis already shown to dismantle this question . |
| 16 | Large owners of wealth with good tax advice largely avoided paying this tax . |
| 17 | Since centres would be the best judged to make this kind of judgement , colleges were asked to nominate potential prizewinners . |
| 18 | The geographical patterning of the subsequent ‘ national ’ economic recovery has largely served to reinforce this dichotomy . |
| 19 | Now I have somehow contrived to write this screed without mentioning the donors and the customers , without whom there would be nothing . |
| 20 | Campaigners desperately wanted answers this time . |
| 21 | A letter from the Chairman of the Juniper Green Primary School Board detailing the steps already taken to alleviate this problem . |
| 22 | A source already mentioned provides this summary for those who have to deal with the immediate problems ( Elliott , 1982 , p.10 ) : |
| 23 | In the nature of things , experienced judges are those best qualified to perform this task . |
| 24 | Though the sound of solo voice with choral accompaniment can be very beautiful , composers have largely failed to exploit this resource , possibly because they are well aware that a good solo voice may not always be available . |
| 25 | However , the Code is very persuasive for a number of reasons : ( 1 ) Any company listed on the London Stock Exchange which does not comply with the Code can have its listing suspended or withdrawn ( although the Panel has rarely had to use this sanction and it can have the effect of injuring innocent shareholders ) . |
| 26 | Hill was eventually persuaded to drop this proposal to gain acceptance for what he regarded as the greater reform : that price should be independent of distance . |
| 27 | You 'd better go to St Stephen 's for tests : they 're properly equipped to handle this sort of thing . ’ |
| 28 | The Nottinghamshire CMHTs were deliberately designed to meet this challenge head-on . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Yeah , but you 'll be , still got to pay this week . |