Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investigations of this kind reveal something of the structure of poverty by indicating those who were kept going by the poor rate , the only eighteenth-century tax which was redistributive . |
| 2 | This mourning cleanses us of our false expectations and superficialities , where we try to flatten everything into a manageable world in which we are in charge . |
| 3 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 4 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 5 | This division set something of a precedent . |
| 6 | This force possessed none of the gentle , coaxing qualities associated with telepathic races . |
| 7 | Yeah , well there 's gon na be lots of batteries in the little bedroom because this this machine needs lots of batteries . |
| 8 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 9 | Given the assertiveness and self-advertisement of modernization in Italian life across all forms of culture , from literature to political and social theory , during the 1960s and early 1970s , this return assumes something of the force of a revenge or , at any rate , a restitution . |
| 10 | The greatest sculptures from Sicily in this period have none of this backward-looking character : the metopes from the temple of Hera at Selinus . |
| 11 | NOTE Make sure that this group has plenty of changes of clothing in their wardrobe . |
| 12 | It is sufficient at this point to remind ourselves of Bernard Rollin 's argument , in defence of Rawls , that the interests of infants , imbeciles , and animals , will be included in the scope of those of the moral agent with moral personality . |
| 13 | If this prophecy conveys anything of the sentiments of the Crowland community at the time , it must have been from congenial company hostile to Penda 's descendants that Aethelbald emerged to establish himself as king in Mercia , if not when Ceolred died ( ASC A , s.a. , 716 ) then certainly when an otherwise unknown Ceolwald , who may have succeeded Ceolred , died or was driven out . |
| 14 | The dissociation produced by this procedure constitutes something of a theoretical puzzle . |
| 15 | This procedure provides plenty of room for fudging the figures and building in arbitrary assumptions . |
| 16 | Recording this news reminded me of the valuable role played by Area Presidents in guiding their Area and representing the Areas at a variety of events and functions . |
| 17 | This dress reminds me of my first long dress . |
| 18 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
| 19 | His name too , with all its starkness and its distinctly masculine aura , fitted him exactly — though this man possessed none of the innocence and wonder the first Adam must have had in his Garden of Eden . |
| 20 | This thought reminds her of why she is living in Rummidge . |
| 21 | So I want to , first of all , in presenting this report to remind you of the importance of that link and for us to encourage its development . |
| 22 | This book shows something of what has emerged out of religious interpretations of death , not as a history of death but as an indication of what lies at the root of the major religious traditions , lending to each its characteristic style . |
| 23 | I wish finally in this introduction to say something of the nature of the question which feminism is raising here for Christianity . |
| 24 | To be franc this idea made lots of cents |
| 25 | The first and biggest wave of this century contained none of today 's hostile offers . |
| 26 | Indirectly this problem reveals something of the organisation of craft activities in early Anglo-Saxon England , but we must be wary of categorising the period on the basis of the more influential members ' activities alone . |
| 27 | This convention retained something of the laconic style of drafting of its Latin American predecessors , and like them applied in principle to both the service of documents and the taking of evidence . |
| 28 | At the end of the nomination latency period the LIFESPAN manager and module managers will again receive mail messages , this time informing them of which modules have actually been deleted . |
| 29 | If only I had as much spare time as you evidently do , then I would happily reciprocate by wandering about this house reminding you of tasks you have perfectly well in hand . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This house reminds me of the cottage in Hertfordshire I had before I married , ’ she explains . |