Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight , this finding suggests very strongly that the clause is an important unit in the planning of spontaneous speech . |
| 2 | Robertson and Walker proposed a model for the Universe having uniform curvature ; this framework works very well and leads to the locally preferred comoving frames noted above . |
| 3 | An argument of this kind seems much more plausible when proposed by Berkeley ; it no longer seems like special pleading when set against the background of his God-centred , immaterialist view of the natural world . |
| 4 | It seems fairly clear , for example , that in domestic animals macro mutations of this kind have quite often been made the basis of new breeds of dogs or of cattle and things of that kind . |
| 5 | This function has long since passed to the Cabinet . |
| 6 | This trial shows yet again the danger that work with vulnerable children , particularly in residential homes , may attract the very people who should be kept at the greatest possible distance from it . |
| 7 | The instructions have to specify the accumulator to be used as well as the store address , giving some of the advantages of the two-address system without the long instruction format required to hold a second store address ; this technique has therefore sometimes been called the " 1½-address system " . |
| 8 | Although he failed to endorse ZOPFAN , from the Soviet perspective this tour' confirmed once again the Soviet Union 's readiness to treat any proposal prompted by the concern for peace and security in Asia with all attention , and to strive to ensure them by joint efforts ’ . |
| 9 | This measure strengthened still further the expenditure controls over local authorities imposed by the 1980 Local Government , Planning and Land Act . |
| 10 | Clear-cut quinine resistance emerged in Asia in the early 1980s when this drug became more widely used , even though quinine has the shortest half-life of all antimalarials and is not given prophylactically . |
| 11 | For reasons unknown this privilege has only recently been denied the young rugby followers of today . |
| 12 | This concentration became even more pronounced in 1983 . |
| 13 | This study indicates that long term higher fibre intake in rats is associated with a modest increase in cellular proliferation in the proximal colon but not the distal colon . |
| 14 | The group of coal miners in this study complained more frequently of anorexia and weight loss , had a higher prevalence of previous gastric surgery , and included a higher proportion of smokers than an age and sex matched group of men from the general population . |
| 15 | This anomaly became even more striking as the increase in merchant prosperity was accompanied by deterioration in the economic position of the ruling class . |
| 16 | Although this review has so far concentrated on those findings which reveal most clearly opposite visual hemifield superiorities for verbal and non-verbal ( especially visuo-spatial ) stimuli it is impossible for one familiar with work in this field not to be struck by the lability of the laterality effects reported ( Cohen , 1982 ) . |
| 17 | The terms of reference for this review stated very clearly that the extent of resources being made available for community care was not being questioned . |
| 18 | This demonstration led shortly afterwards to the demonstration in the Radcliffe Infirmary of its effectiveness in patients with blood poisoning ; subsequently penicillin became one of the most important therapeutic agents in the history of medicine and has saved the lives of millions of animals and human beings . |
| 19 | Jellicoe had sent Rear-Admiral Sir Horace Hood and his 3rd Battle-cruiser Squadron to aid Beatty but , because of the misreckonings of position , this force moved too far eastward . |
| 20 | American onomatologists ( people who study names ) have observed that the most popular children in classrooms are the ones with the most common names , such as John , Michael and Jenny — although this rule applies most strongly to male names . |
| 21 | She said the only way you could another way you can cut your costs , he said , is , is that due to all these drivers he said , you 've got it you 've virtually got any driver on this car said just just have it you and yo , and your wife he said , and that 'll cut your costs down enormously . |
| 22 | This chapter goes more deeply into what video offers and how we might use it . |
| 23 | One common source of distrust of hermeneutics in social science is that the idea of ‘ meaning ’ is so various and elusive , as the first few pages of this chapter make all too plain . |
| 24 | Assuming some acquaintance with the concept , this chapter focuses more specifically on a range of practical and theoretical issues associated with the use of the linguistic variable as an analytic tool . |
| 25 | It is accordingly the main aim of this chapter to indicate as far as possible how The Silmarillion in particular should be read . |
| 26 | The developments traced in this chapter demonstrate very clearly a significant shift in the control of the school curriculum both north and south of the border : whereas responsibility for the nature and structure of the curriculum once rested with local authorities and individual schools it will now rest with central government . |
| 27 | This chapter has so far focused mainly upon south Korea and on the American-Soviet deliberations upon producing a unified administration . |
| 28 | The discussion in this chapter has so far not explicitly recognized the changes that have been taking place and will continue to take place in manufacturing methods . |
| 29 | The threads of this chapter have so far been a little diffuse . |
| 30 | This guidance has almost certainly improved substantially the extent and quality of discharge planning . |