Example sentences of "this [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives . |
| 2 | Ron Spill , pension controller with Legal & General , said : ‘ This has made a big difference in people 's behaviour . |
| 3 | The number of stock under the supervision of a single worker has increased considerably and this has placed an additional burden on the skill of the stockman to face the new challenges which have resulted . |
| 4 | This has placed an excessive burden on industry , and on the people of the country as a whole , and has also overloaded the government machine itself . |
| 5 | " This has placed an excessive burden on industry , and on the people of the country as a whole , and has also over-loaded the government machine itself … |
| 6 | This has determined a no-loan policy for the UK clearinghouse ( although duplicate material is available for users to keep ) . |
| 7 | Finkelstein ( 1991 ) has argued that this has created a hierarchical view of disability , with groups higher up the hierarchy adopting alienistic attitudes to those seen to be lower down . |
| 8 | This has created a widening gap between the leaders and their electorate . |
| 9 | This has created a long period of uncertainty , but in fact it now appears that they do not grant core funding ( and inside information indicates that the NCC element is the dominant one ) . |
| 10 | This has created a new sense of potential fluidity in political attitudes . |
| 11 | This has created a new sense of potential fluidity in political attitudes . |
| 12 | Almost every eventuality has been foreseen , but this has necessitated a complicated set of forms which , although simple in principle , are so detailed as to be regarded by many as impractical . |
| 13 | This has spawned a fragmented movement of new religions which worship a female divinity . |
| 14 | All of this has spawned an unexpected exodus of new , young diplomats prospecting for a stylish Euro- citizenship in marked preference to what is on offer in Britain . |
| 15 | This has generated a considerable debate on the size of the household , its class basis and the changing meanings given to it . |
| 16 | In February 1990 a European style option was made available on the FT-SE 100 Index , and this has generated a fair degree of interest among the investing public . |
| 17 | There has been a surge of field studies in the Himalayan-Tibetan region since the late 1970s and this has generated a large body of published work . |
| 18 | This has generated an understandable concern that the arts are particularly vulnerable in this respect . |
| 19 | This has enabled a low-profile firm to have one of the highest profiles in terms of revenues . |
| 20 | This has done a great deal for the world . ’ |
| 21 | Coun Legg said : ‘ This has caused a great deal of distress , especially to the staff at the school who have a very great commitment to their work and their pupils . |
| 22 | This has caused a certain amount of wrangling , with those stalwarts who had been at Down Royal through thick and thin — mostly thin — complaining because there were now too many layers to be accommodated . |
| 23 | This has become a regular occurrence lately : lying awake in the dark , waiting for the alarm to bleep , worrying . |
| 24 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 25 | This has become an annual embarrassing exercise . |
| 26 | In our age this has become an urgent question for many people and many others have left Christianity behind them . |
| 27 | Over the years this has killed a great many Canberra aircrew . |
| 28 | Not only has significant use been made of committee matter in broadcast programmes , but this has spanned a wide range of committee activity . |
| 29 | As these sales have evolved from the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative market place for groups trading in illegal software . |
| 30 | ‘ As these sales have evolved form the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative marketplace for groups trading in illegal software . ’ |