Example sentences of "[that] this [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Ford would dominate the UK car market , it was hoped that the company would have a major interest in ensuring that this market was successful and that this might involve the expansion of research and development in the UK . |
| 2 | Mr Siaurusevicius said that this might split the Lithuanian Party , with the majority approving the proposal , and a minority remaining members of the All-Union Party . |
| 3 | Stephanie had tried herself , but the paint vapour made her vomit , and she had an idea that this might damage the baby . |
| 4 | It was implied that this might explain the enormous rise in my BMA/BUPA premium . |
| 5 | The government has resisted introducing a ‘ disregard ’ of maintenance for those on income support partly because of fears that this might create a disincentive to work . |
| 6 | Even amongst those who supported restricting the giving of accountants reports to registered auditors , concern was expressed that this might create a monopoly for larger accountancy firms who would then be in a position to charge higher fees . |
| 7 | There was speculation that this might provide the party with an opportunity to press for its social democratic goals , including stronger welfare provisions and labour and trade union rights . |
| 8 | So your Higher Self lovingly sends you an emotional trauma , in the hope that this might release the blocked-up emotions . |
| 9 | On I May he left for a Mediterranean cruise in the vain hope that this might cause an improvement . |
| 10 | Er now I mean One thing that a lot of the literature says is that this might indicate a power , and another thing that the literature says |
| 11 | It is suggested in Bramwell on Taxation of Companies and Company Reconstructions that this might constitute a value-shifting arrangement entitling the Revenue to adjust the consideration on a disposal of Target 's shares , though the Revenue have indicated that payments for group relief would not usually constitute value shifting — see the Institute of Chartered Accountants ' Technical Release TR 291 . |
| 12 | Fearing that this might produce an aggregate increase in local government spending the government responded by introducing a second expenditure-control mechanism known as targets . |
| 13 | It seemed impossible that this might become a battlefield , and perhaps it would not , for Sharpe was already beginning to doubt what he had seen that same morning . |
| 14 | His parents hoped that this might prove a stepping-stone to a painter 's career , but Rosenberg hated the work , only deriving consolation from his reading of such poets as Byron , Keats , Shelley , and , most importantly , William Blake [ qq.v. ] ; from his own writing ; and from evening painting classes at the art school of Birkbeck College . |
| 15 | Replying for the General Committee , Barnes argued that this would alienate the movement from organised labour . |
| 16 | Phosphates were given in the form of glycerophosphate , which the membranes of cells contain , in the belief that this would facilitate the assimilation of phosphate into the tissues , particularly in the brain . |
| 17 | They would devolve power to national assemblies in Scotland and Wales and to regional assemblies in England , and their hope is that this would promote a sense of national and regional identity while preserving the United Kingdom and a sense of belonging to a British community . |
| 18 | The Danzig authorities immediately began to drag out the renewal of the Accord and , hoping perhaps to stop the visit altogether , told the British that all procedures were in temporary suspension and that this would prevent the Poles from greeting the British in the agreed manner . |
| 19 | Studies of a European customs union in 1947–8 suggested that this would demand a revolution in British economic practices without necessarily bringing dramatic results . |
| 20 | While this made eminent sense for production efficiency in wartime , it was very much apparent to the British that this would give the United States a natural advantage when the war ended . |
| 21 | Dr John Wright , the director of the CEGB 's technology planning and research division , stressed last week that this would give the board considerable ‘ flexibility ’ over future reprocessing options ‘ in the event that BNFL 's costs seem to be escalating . ’ |
| 22 | The notion of quotas has angered the Central Council for Jews in Germany , whose chairman , Heinz Galinski , has said that this would represent a sinister form of selection . |
| 23 | Dr Frank Graham , the American chairman , persuaded the Indonesians to accept these humiliating terms by telling them that this would internationalise the dispute : diplomasi again . |
| 24 | It was expected that this would open the way for further World Bank and European Community lending ( Yugoslavia having already requested $500 million in aid to recapitalize its banking system , and $1,000 million in medium-term economic assistance over three years , from the Group of 24 Western countries and Japan ) . |
| 25 | Judging the moment of British surrender to be very close and believing that this would bring the war to a close , Franco sent his confidant and Minister of the Interior , Serrano Suñer , to Berlin with a letter for Hitler , in which he repeated Spanish support for the Axis cause . |
| 26 | The government says that this would depoliticise the choice , though critics claim the economy minister would still have the final say . |
| 27 | On the coalition side the USA and the United Kingdom insisted on Iraq 's unconditional withdrawal as the essential requirement , leaving only limited scope for any mediator to suggest to Saddam Hussein that this would create a more fruitful atmosphere for addressing regional problems . |
| 28 | I explained that this would make no difference as the results would be the same , whether the past lives were real or simply figments of her imagination . |
| 29 | His idea was that this would make no difference to those who knew how they were going to vote anyway , but could sway the others ; the floating vote , I suppose . |
| 30 | Pieda calculate that this would involve an increase in the real level of duty of less than 10% on wines and beers . |