Example sentences of "this [verb] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has yet to take place . |
| 2 | But this has already given rise to concern about hidden or back-door sponsorship . |
| 3 | In many ways , this has already taken place in the Christian communities . |
| 4 | Although there has been some change in the distribution of wealth in Britain this century , this has largely taken place within the richest 10% . |
| 5 | This has not prevented overflow after heavy rainfall , however . |
| 6 | The rule is that EC competition law takes precedence over UK law , though this has not prevented merger cases being examined by both jurisdictions ( e.g. British Airways/British Caledonian , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties . |
| 8 | However , this has not taken place . |
| 9 | This has often treated technology as an end in itself , and not queried its wider relationship to firm activity or weighed its contribution to performance . |
| 10 | Measurement of protein synthesis in individual tissues is therefore advantageous when further investigating these abnormalities in protein metabolism , but in the past this has usually required animal studies . |
| 11 | This has recently reached Volume 4 and now really looks the part . |
| 12 | This corresponds exactly to rank order of average size of establishment ( see Table 1 ) , although average size of establishment itself conceals considerable variations within each type of authority . |
| 13 | Right I 'm not giving you long to do this do n't waste time . |
| 14 | This hedging usually gives rise to interest income in the form of ‘ contangos ’ which reflect the difference between metal interest rates and US dollar rates . |
| 15 | However , this represented only outline approval , the Supreme Soviet moving to an article-by-article discussion which could still result in amendments . |
| 16 | However the weather and other commitments meant this did n't take place until 3 August . |
| 17 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |
| 18 | This did n't say Alistaire that I know and love . |
| 19 | I referred his valet to Miss Kenton , but this did not prevent M. Dupont snapping his fingers at me every few hours to say : ‘ Butler ! |
| 20 | But this did not prevent assembly acceptance of the plan . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding his own desire to deflate or remove Nasser , and his belief that Britain and France might with reason fear Nasser as a major long-term threat , this did not justify precipitate and premature action . |
| 22 | But this did not deter Mum who leaned out of the window . |
| 23 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
| 24 | We found a small tendency for an earlier deterioration in cognitive function , with loss of speed and accuracy of the four choice reaction during the controlled hypoglycaemia induced by porcine insulin but this did not achieve significance . |
| 25 | In our study women who smoked had lower conception rates , though this did not reach significance . |
| 26 | Although PGE 2 synthesis was lower in patients taking NSAIDs who smoked compared with non-smokers this did not reach significance ( 8.5 ( 2.4–24.9 ) v 18.1 ( 9.8–46.5 ) pg/mg ( p=0.076 ) ) . |
| 27 | We also found lower concentrations in smokers although this did not reach significance . |
| 28 | This did not make sense . |
| 29 | Chinese influence on all aspects of Japanese society and politics was immense , and while this did not preclude friction between the two countries , nor the development of indigenous Japanese cultural traits , many of the institutions , ideas and attitudes important to Japanese history owe a great deal to China . |
| 30 | Brazil , a significant trading partner of Iraq , joined the embargo but emphasised that this did not cover food for humanitarian uses . |