Example sentences of "this [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If mothers receive a benefit which they are expected and indeed do spend to service the needs of their families , then this re-confirms them as the day-to-day managers of household finances , which for millions of women is not only a chore but also a source of considerable anxiety ( McClelland , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ This got me into the very comfortable American hospital , where I was well pampered . |
| 3 | This involves them in the same difficulties as those faced , or evaded , by psychologists . |
| 4 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 5 | This bring you to the main designing screen . |
| 6 | This manifested itself in the falling returns in grain collections for provisioning the towns and the Red Army . |
| 7 | This has something of the smack of a ‘ like it or not ’ pronouncement of the kind commonly declaimed by those who would have us suppose that opposition to things we do not like would be pointless . |
| 8 | The carving of the features on the youth 's head , fig. 70 , is so like that of the girl 's that they may well be the work of one artist ; but this has none of the other 's contradictions . |
| 9 | This has none of the mysticism about it , but has been hammered in by a pragmatic human being , after careful choice of the most suitable section available . |
| 10 | At one level , this exhibits itself in the place that mathematics and science have come to occupy , mainly in virtue of their underpinning of technology in all its forms , including information technology and computerization . |
| 11 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 12 | This places one in the domain of knowledge or facts and the perceiving necessarily precedes the logical conclusion to which it gives rise . |
| 13 | As a general approach , this presents a very attractive picture of human beings , but we must not , on the other hand , allow this to distract us from the pressing reality of society as an institutionalised , patterned , constraining system . |
| 14 | This says nothing about the Government 's industrial strategy , because although the Government give nothing to the DCDC , they give more than £500,000 to the Devon and Cornwall development bureau , the inward investment bureau . |
| 15 | However , this says nothing about the under — or overpricing of their insurance services . |
| 16 | Even if there were regular hours , this says nothing about the intensity of labour . |
| 17 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 18 | This says something about the economy in this region , and the sensible way in which local people conduct their financial affairs . ’ |
| 19 | The prosecution alleges this links them with the 3 lorry attacks . |
| 20 | This links itself to the three previous parts because it displays a process which metaphorically or symbolically represents change . |
| 21 | They abandoned the ride and walked instead in the shade of the trees beside the track , but although this protected them from the sun 's rays the leaden heat was everywhere and there was no escaping it . |
| 22 | The Midland kept its own account at the Bank and used the Bank 's notes instead of its own ; this protected it against the effects of Sir Robert Peel 's clampdown on note issuing in 1844 . |
| 23 | This leads me to the last determinant of transmission teaching I want to explore here : that of teacher isolation . |
| 24 | All this leads me to the conclusion that the greater part of the passage of geological time has left over most of the earth no more than Shakespeare 's " gap in nature " . |
| 25 | This leads us to the composition and behaviour of sports crowds , especially at football matches and the current debate about the reasons for hooliganism . |
| 26 | This leads us to the most widely adopted material for kite sails , Ripstop Nylon |
| 27 | This leads us to the disturbing conclusion that there is a degree of subjectivity in identifying a stretch of language as discourse — it may be meaningful and thus communicate to one person in a way which another person does not have the necessary knowledge to make sense of — yet in practice we find that discourse is usually perceived as such by groups , rather than individuals . |
| 28 | Our concern then Mr Mayor is to see social housing used correctly , for those in greatest need and this leads us to the conclusion that means testing is the best way to ensure , is positive discrimination in favour of people in such need . |
| 29 | This leads us into the next stage of whole-healing , namely diet . |
| 30 | But this leads us into the area of secularisation that has been the most damaging to the Christian church . |