Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change appears to have little effect on the remaining coefficients from ( 2.2 ) , confirming the importance of both relative returns and aggregate financial activity in determining the level of foreign portfolio investment in the UK . |
| 2 | This picked up language used in earlier Hague Conventions ; given the establishment of the Central Authority system , this provision seemed to have little point , as the Rapporteur himself admitted . |
| 3 | This study proposes to settle such questions empirically . |
| 4 | This research seeks to fill this important gap . |
| 5 | This research aims to do that and , whilst it will not ‘ value ’ the benefits , these will be itemised and related to those costs and perhaps cheaper ways of producing similar benefits found . |
| 6 | This chapter seeks to explore some of the implications of drama as a popular form , distinguished in terms of its place and material existence from other literary writing within the English Renaissance . |
| 7 | This chapter seeks to explore these matters in some depth , for they are critical to the understanding of elderly people . |
| 8 | This chapter seeks to examine some of the means employed by New Historicism in trying to address these problems . |
| 9 | This chapter tries to answer these questions , to show the deficiencies in the system , and how to use a DIY survey in conjunction with the present schemes as a ‘ belt and braces ’ exercise . |
| 10 | I checked the documentation which implied that a 2Mb version of this machine needed to have all four SIMM sockets occupied for it to work . |
| 11 | This conference intends to explore these and other related issues from a number of incisive and contentious angles . |
| 12 | This article aims to explore these questions on exercise as fully as possible . |
| 13 | This article aims to shed some light on JCI 's history , its relationship with JM and its many diverse interests . |
| 14 | This lid has to fulfil several other functions . |
| 15 | For some reason , this group seem to have more interest in women 's bottoms than any other in our sample . |
| 16 | This leaflet tries to answer some of the questions you might have on giving to ACET by covenant . |
| 17 | This leaflet tries to answer some of the questions you might have on giving to ACET through the Gift Aid scheme . |
| 18 | One called Success After Sixty ( address on page 149 ) now considers anyone from the age of 50 because of early retirement or redundancy , or because some women on finding themselves alone at this age need to find another job . |
| 19 | Mr Nind this week declined to make any comment . |
| 20 | This paper aims to explore some of the key issues , clearly set out some of the pitfalls , and provoke some deeper thought and debate about how new research can usefully inform resource allocation . |
| 21 | It is not the purpose of this paper to attempt to redress this historical balance , there are others at work already far better qualified to do this . |
| 22 | The brain behind this operation had to know this . |
| 23 | But for many years after 1979 this approach seemed to embody many of the qualities which a depressed , declining nation yearned for and acclaimed . |
| 24 | Because this approach appears to generate some undesirable side-effects , this chapter concludes by arguing that closer attention should be given to more direct ways of influencing migration patterns . |
| 25 | ‘ Are you accusing me of … of using this mix-up to try to gain some advantage for Chester Fabrics ? ’ |
| 26 | How significant that his response to the overwhelming evidence that the people of this nation want to have some form of democratic control over their own destiny is to propose anything other than a democratic solution . |
| 27 | I called the waitress over and told her : ‘ This plate seems to have some of yesterday 's fish-pie on it . ’ |
| 28 | And now President , colleagues , this organization seeks to ostracize those very people . |
| 29 | Have to read this letter have to read this afterwards see what it says . |
| 30 | This project seeks to examine this group of farmers , find out how they are affecting agriculture and what kinds of careers they follow . |