Example sentences of "[to-vb] this [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Woolf seemed to ascribe this to the ignorance of English sentencers about prison conditions on the one hand and other countries ’ practices on the other . |
| 2 | It will be interesting to compare this to the speed of the user fittable Cyrix 386 pin compatible 486 device that is rumoured to have a release date towards the end of this year . |
| 3 | Although no one yesterday was able to confirm this as a record defeat , club officials admitted it was the biggest thrashing in their memories . |
| 4 | pressure of work on credit advises can tempt them to see this as a way of reducing the workload |
| 5 | But Widmark seemed to see this as a sign of weakness and continued to argue with Wayne in front of the cast and crew . |
| 6 | In case anyone should be tempted to see this as a sign of weakness , the ultra-authoritarian Blas Pérez González was replaced as Minister of the Interior by the even more hardline Camilo Alonso Vega , former head of the Civil Guard and one of Franco 's oldest and closest friends from their days as soldiers in Africa . |
| 7 | The brewers appear to see this as a chance to think of a figure and double it . |
| 8 | The first is to see this as a tragedy of revenge involving old feuds of churches and peoples , overlaid by score-settling for the atrocities of 1941–45 . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it would be a terrible mistake to see this as a sort of decadence , ’ she says . |
| 10 | The dog is likely to see this as a game , and a means of attracting your attention . |
| 11 | The third way is to have shares of employees , but not to see this as a solution for social questions . |
| 12 | You may be able to arrange this through a hearing aid clinic . |
| 13 | They have tended , however , to treat this as a distinction between two sorts of knowledge , rather than between knowledge and something else . |
| 14 | The other simplification is to treat this as a war of Serb expansion run from Belgrade by ex-communists and their army against the new democracies of Bosnia , Croatia and Slovenia . |
| 15 | He goes on to support this with an appeal to the testator 's intention , but it is a relatively modest one . |
| 16 | To include in teacher training ‘ respect for others ’ as a first principle and to support this by the development of teaching materials and activities which foster a practical understanding of its significance |
| 17 | Apparently she was not prepared to risk this for the sake of pleading Russell 's cause . |
| 18 | It is possible to stimulate this with a Medula supplementer ( Cannon Babysafe ) , whereby a milk reservoir and cannula are attached to the nipple . |
| 19 | I feel it would have been better to include this as a subheading to each mountain . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , is it too far fetched to include this in the collection of stories of guardsmen , telephone engineers and building site workers who went to Ken 's home ? |
| 21 | If ethical considerations are such that it is appropriate to include this in the engagement letter , the following wording may be appropriate : |
| 22 | Once it has occurred , the analyst connects the feature in question with his impression of or feeling for the whole work , and may be led to modify this as a result . |
| 23 | As coordinating primary nurse on most shifts during this period I was reasonably satisfied with having spent 40 per cent of my time delivering nursing care , but would hope to increase this by an analysis of my other activities . |
| 24 | After a great deal of pressure exerted upon him by Dempsey and others , the husband agreed to guarantee the indebtedness on the Dempsey accounts for a limited period said to be ‘ only about four days , ’ and to secure this by a charge on his house in favour of the bank . |
| 25 | After a few initial displays of outraged incomprehension , Brian had been forced to accept this as a fact of life , explaining to his colleagues and superiors , with a wry smile , that Constance was a friend of his wife 's : his wife had a taste for the eccentric , since she was the daughter of a famous artist , and , oddly enough , believe it or not , Constance was a skilled silversmith . |
| 26 | John Hume returned to the head of the march to ask the demonstrators to accept this as the limit of their defiance . |
| 27 | If you have a joystick and a games port for your PC it might be interesting to try this as the input device for a train controller . |
| 28 | Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are . |
| 29 | The Council commended the existing structure to the Secretary of State and asked him to re-consider this as an option for Lothian . |
| 30 | Again like Calvin and his later disciples , Dame Julian agonises about the eternal damnation of those who are not numbered among the elect and struggles to square this with the goodness and love of God . |