Example sentences of "this [verb] [vb infin] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helps explain why most of the mass of the solar system is concentrated in the Sun , with the rotation spread among the planets ; i.e. they have been ‘ disc-braked ’ . |
| 2 | This helps break down heavy soil and enables free-draining soil to hold water . |
| 3 | When this does happen so much depends on the attitudes of the court for the safeguarding of freedoms which are nowhere written down as such . |
| 4 | It is also suggested as a weapon against parasites , but this does sound rather hazardous ! |
| 5 | This does seem rather ridiculous . |
| 6 | This does seem very reasonable initially . |
| 7 | This makes let very different from allow and permit , which do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event is realized : in ( 212 ) and ( 213 ) above , they even evoke a state of permission as existing before any realization of the act for which permission has been given , something which is absolutely impossible with let . |