Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] this [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that it is assumed by most people , including those who planned this course of lectures , that language is a means of communication — that this is what it is for ; and that since literature is made out of language , it too must be a kind of communication , as defined by , for instance , the Collins English Dictionary : ‘ the imparting or exchange of information , ideas , feelings ’ . |
| 2 | In patients who suffer this form of aphasia no language ability is spared : speech comprehension , spontaneous speech , repetition ( and reading and writing ) are all absent or minimal . |
| 3 | Einhard 's criticism that the late Merovingians travelled around in ox-carts ignored the fact that in so doing they were copying late Roman provincial governors , who used this means of transport to ensure that they were accessible to petitioners . |
| 4 | Anyone who tried this line of argument would be taken to task by the pollsters , who have a commercial interest in resisting such reasoning . |
| 5 | Moral philosophers who hold this sort of view are wont to agree with the attitudinist that moral judgements , or value judgements on which they are based , express emotional attitudes , but will insist that these can be correct or incorrect in quite as objective a way as that in which judgements can be true or false . |
| 6 | Thus while generally speaking all terms listed can be presumed to be unfair , this presumption may be contested by a seller who uses this type of term in specific situations . |
| 7 | The testing boom has been resisted vigorously by civil liberties groups and trade unions , who view this aspect of the ‘ war on drugs ’ as a frontal assault on a worker 's dignity and entitlement to due process . |
| 8 | To arrive at such a figure , however , the BMA must consult with solicitors and the courts to avoid unsustainable advice being given to doctors who accept this sort of work . |
| 9 | Who finances this sort of ? |
| 10 | Take as an example from a fine writer , not of blueprint detective stories but of detective novels , June Thomson , who prefers this sort of clue to the purely verbal ones . |
| 11 | Christopher the Crusader is in his stride , the man who reckons this generation of youngsters is deprived . |
| 12 | But those who maintain this state of untroubled innocence have missed an opportunity . |
| 13 | All four patients who developed this sequence of biopsy changes died , including one patient in whom this pattern occurred in two allografts . |
| 14 | However , the ‘ progressive ’ employers who developed this form of occupational welfare , mainly after World War I ( Jones , 1983 ) , typically operated a ‘ marriage bar ’ and the ‘ women 's pension scheme ’ doubled as a savings scheme which produced marriage gratuities . |
| 15 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 16 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) As a necessary accompaniment of all this , it has a body of persons who exercise this monopoly of violence in its name , namely , the common government . |
| 18 | The man who offered this piece of advice turned out to be Lord Cole , who was chairman of Unilever at the time and went on to be chairman of Rolls-Royce and several other major companies . |
| 19 | It 's the very first stage and anyone who ignores this aspect of the hobby , will spend no end of lovely days pottering about on river banks but will never be rewarded with a good show of colour ( gold ) in their pan . |
| 20 | There must be many people who knew this state of financial insecurity but she found that she did not want to think about them . |
| 21 | The Birmingham Money Advice Centre pointed out to us that the sort of people who use this type of weekly credit would otherwise often be unable to get credit at all , and stressed the danger of making business difficult for lenders who might be relatively expensive but the only available credit resource for some people . |
| 22 | A major reason for a manager to understand something about statistics ( and to overcome his fear of numbers ) is to enable him to cope with other managers who use this method of proving a point or presenting a case . |
| 23 | One is certainly not enough , when you consider the number of cars and drivers who use this stretch of motorway each day.It 's unwise for people tol have to drive for more than an hour and a half without taking a break . |
| 24 | You may remember Bill from M5(i) ‘ What is quality ? ’ who liked this aspect of task allocation . |
| 25 | He was the only subject who gave this pattern of judgments . |
| 26 | ‘ People who do this sort of thing should not only lose their jobs but have any money they make from the deal confiscated , ’ she said . |
| 27 | And erm the majority of people who do this sort of work are ex-police officers and erm that 's why w you know we have the training and we can re recall instances of bad driving , that 's why we 're q quite vehement in our pursuit of safety procedures . |
| 28 | Are there specialist people who do this sort of thing ? |
| 29 | Coun Young said : ‘ I think it is pretty ludicrous to suggest anyone is getting rich by taking people to hospital ‘ But if people who do this sort of thing are facing the prospect of making a loss they just wo n't bother . |
| 30 | Mothers who choose this course of action should not drink cow 's milk themselves , nor should they eat butter , cheese , yoghurt or soya . |