Example sentences of "this [noun] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , the existence of collective action problems of this kind bears little or no relation to the preference intensities of the actors . |
| 2 | However , after the end of the sixteenth century provision for ceremonies of this kind becomes rarer and is found mainly in treaties to which Spain was a signatory . |
| 3 | This story seems garbled and may be nonsense , but the coincidence between King Haldanus and the Haldenne princeps regis of the Canterbury material remains ; possibly Cnut did have a relative or associate of this name , for the fact that his sister Santslaue occurs only in the Liber Vitae of New Minster Winchester indicates that his kin could have extended further than the threadbare sources reveal . |
| 4 | This case makes clear that normally there can not be liability as a constructive trustee merely for ‘ knowing assistance ’ in a fraudulent design if there was no dishonesty or lack of probity on the part of the alleged trustee , and if knowledge would not have been inferred in the circumstances by an honest and reasonable person . |
| 5 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 6 | Director Malcolm Sutherland , who had a major success with his adaptation of The Wasp Factory is plainly drawn to the wayward or the warped , but this play promises more than it delivers . |
| 7 | But Sony is expected to argue that this contract has moral and legal force , was freely negotiated and is of a type common in the industry . |
| 8 | The cold-bloodedness of this experiment becomes apparent when we discover that chess was not one of Polgar 's great interests ; even now he is only a mediocre player . |
| 9 | This term subsumes professional and moral accountability , and expresses the spirit of the second of the LEA 's intentions . |
| 10 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 11 | But this result becomes understandable once it is appreciated that in order to predict the outcome of a change of context it is necessary to know what associations have been formed , how each affects behaviour , and how susceptible each is to the contextual change . |
| 12 | With practice this skill becomes instinctive and you do n't have to think about your sailing — you can just switch yourself to ‘ automatic pilot ’ and concentrate on other aspects of the race . |
| 13 | In fact , although this passage sounds rapid and colloquial it is still easier to analyse than a full-speed conversational interchange . |
| 14 | But for the most part this work emerges clear-cut and direct in its contrasts of dynamics and touch without anticipating the more powerful C minor voltage to follow in the Pathétique . |
| 15 | This record sounds jaded and forced and while Ian Astbury may wish his heart to be buried at Wounded Knee , this time he 's succeeded in putting his foot well and truly in his mouth . |
| 16 | If this process becomes more than sporadic , we may label it ‘ critical ’ or ‘ reflexive ’ , in the sense of turning thought back on itself . |
| 17 | This distinction becomes clearer when one sees that it is mainly the industrial applications which have developed into dispute resolution . |
| 18 | This continuity has practical as well as expressive value , because it facilitates the organic style of change I mentioned a moment ago as a practical advantage . |
| 19 | Greenways which runs this landfill spends more than it has to by law to make sure the site is safe . |
| 20 | When a ball is cut on top , this lift becomes abnormal or exaggerated . |
| 21 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 22 | The problem for Foucault is that this argument involves more than just madness as such , for it really amounts to a questioning of the very possibility of critique . |
| 23 | This paper describes Individual and Group Cognitive Therapy with depressed clients and cites two recent outcome studies . |
| 24 | Poulantzas , like Althusser , believes that this arrangement remains constant and applies to all societies , but he argues that the more specific relations between instances vary with time and place . |
| 25 | The business of turning words into type by this method sounds cumbersome and outdated . |
| 26 | Most people 's basic list — at least to think about — under this heading includes one or more of the following : |
| 27 | This government undermines each and every worker . |
| 28 | However , the futility of this approach becomes apparent if we compare the levels of disorder at soccer , boxing and ice-hockey events . |
| 29 | This approach sees classical and ultra-modern theories as constituting a sound tradition from which the Cartesian emphasis on consciousness constitutes an unfortunate aberration . |
| 30 | But this kid goes haywire and a lot of them do I mean he 's all crash bang wallop is n't he ? |