Example sentences of "[vb infin] this [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think this sort of advertising is a good or a bad idea ? |
| 2 | A spokeswoman for the Tyne and Wear Anti-Fascist Association said : ‘ The best thing people can do is consign this sort of rubbish to the rubbish bin which is where it belongs . ’ |
| 3 | The growth of , usually , a flower is recorded in single frames spaced out over hours or days ; schools could even conduct this type of experiment with suitable 16mm or 8mm equipment . |
| 4 | Although I shall cricitize this theory of responsibility below , we should next complete this outline of choice theories by examining how they deal with the question of what kinds of obligation should the state enforce . |
| 5 | ‘ The people of Philadelphia do n't want this type of film , ’ declared its District Attorney , ‘ It 's dirt for dirt 's sake . ’ |
| 6 | The purpose of that is to remove from Mr Jewitt at Hambleton and Mr Earle at Richmondshire and any others erm who just do n't want this kind of pressure brought upon them , er by putting criteria in at the strategic scale you could derive that criteria and maybe even name local authority areas to make to protect those who do not want this feature . |
| 7 | I do n't want this piece of chicken . |
| 8 | normally they do n't want this time of year . |
| 9 | Both cases raise the question of just how the press should cover this type of crime . |
| 10 | The impending characterisation of a melanoma related tumour suppressor gene from human chromosome 9 should make this type of approach even more useful . |
| 11 | She had never heard anyone make this kind of remark to another person 's face before . |
| 12 | Maybe we should be when your budget for all nations have plenty of food and plenty of resources should automatically make this sort of money and food available to nations without it . |
| 13 | You go to a seminar and say ‘ Listen , they do n't eat this kind of thing ! ’ |
| 14 | It also revealed how easily bad workmanship could expose this type of house to the risk of damp and rot . |
| 15 | Luxury hotels may only allocate twenty per cent of their accommodation , whereas other hotels may regard this type of business as their main source of income and allocate eighty per cent or more of their accommodation and plan their services around this kind of market . |
| 16 | Even if only a tiny portion of blue sky is visible , the bee can compare this section of pattern with a reference map of the entire pattern in its brain , and pinpoint the sun . |
| 17 | We believe that if we could liberate this wealth of talent we would transform our economy and create a shared society of which we should all be proud . |
| 18 | Second , they may seek this type of identification with a partner and be disappointed when they can not find it . |
| 19 | Let us however confine this process of differentiation to only the cultural realm . |
| 20 | While some people may need this kind of advice this is highly insulting to unemployed people and reflects how the government view the unemployed . |
| 21 | Embargoes should be used only if they are really necessary and a good deal of the embargoed material which reaches an editor 's desk does not really need this form of restriction . |
| 22 | If they can stomach this quirk of undemocracy to keep their MPs in line , why not ? |
| 23 | Tilden even vulcanized this forerunner of synthetic rubber with sulphur , but did not pursue this line of research in the absence of any pressing need for rubber . |
| 24 | ( We will discuss this factor of word stress later . ) |
| 25 | Yeah but he had n't registered , that 's what cos I said to well I do n't really know this sort of thing I said , said here , that 's first I knew . |
| 26 | You actually have a sense of style , there are three different sections to that description and you have , and there is actually some repetition involved erm , by by starting each , by by this reference to the sight , the smell , the touch , and you have to , and and that 's the kind of sty stylistic element that you have to incorporate into your version and I put a note at the bottom too , that there are times when you ca n't totally update this kind of work . |
| 27 | The experiments are not particularly relevant to anything , they 're just experiments for experiment 's sake , one experiment illustrating a particular bit of theory ; it does n't do anything particularly useful , you just look at an oscilloscope and take some readings and hence you can demonstrate this bit of theory . |
| 28 | The firm wo n't survive this sort of scandal . |
| 29 | I think , well , clearly those people those people who have er those who have some notion of decency and particularly even taking into account the mixed economy that we need to work in will support er the notion that those people who can not burden this kind of tax should not have to er er should not have to partake . |
| 30 | Going back to the apparent contradiction between this chapter and chapter 1 , we must consider this question of diachronism more carefully . |