Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has yet to take place . |
| 2 | But this has already given rise to concern about hidden or back-door sponsorship . |
| 3 | In many ways , this has already taken place in the Christian communities . |
| 4 | Although there has been some change in the distribution of wealth in Britain this century , this has largely taken place within the richest 10% . |
| 5 | This has not prevented overflow after heavy rainfall , however . |
| 6 | The rule is that EC competition law takes precedence over UK law , though this has not prevented merger cases being examined by both jurisdictions ( e.g. British Airways/British Caledonian , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties . |
| 8 | However , this has not taken place . |
| 9 | This has often treated technology as an end in itself , and not queried its wider relationship to firm activity or weighed its contribution to performance . |
| 10 | Measurement of protein synthesis in individual tissues is therefore advantageous when further investigating these abnormalities in protein metabolism , but in the past this has usually required animal studies . |
| 11 | This has recently reached Volume 4 and now really looks the part . |
| 12 | This corresponds exactly to rank order of average size of establishment ( see Table 1 ) , although average size of establishment itself conceals considerable variations within each type of authority . |
| 13 | Up in the branches this does not make sense . |
| 14 | At first glance this does not make sense . |
| 15 | Nitrite and nitrate are tolerated well , but this does not excuse sloppiness . |
| 16 | This does not excuse imprecision in writing the contract . |
| 17 | This does not convey authority over the specialist ; it is a co-ordinating role added to the specialist role . |
| 18 | It will be recalled that this does not confer priority ( see Chapter 3 , p30 ) ) . |
| 19 | This does not mean separation from sinners , in a sense of isolation and self-satisfaction like the monks of Qumran ; instead , it means involvement with needy , fallen , spoiled humanity , following the example and endued with the Spirit of him who was a friend of tax gatherers and sinners . |
| 20 | IBM said this does not mean equity exchanges , but rather co-operation — using the factories to full capacity . |
| 21 | It is important that our colleagues and the public recognise that although , in general , preventive strategies by their nature are likely to involve minimal risk , this does not mean zero risk ; an intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to few . |
| 22 | But if , at the time the shares are subscribed they carry no voting rights for , say , the first five years , this does not give rise to a chargeable event when the five years have elapsed , because the entitlement to vote after five years exists from the outset . |
| 23 | But this does not stop Abse constructing an elaborate thesis based on Thatcher 's ‘ sphincter morality ’ , for which her mother , Beatrice , should really take the blame : ‘ Thatcher succeeded in initiating the electorate into a new form of gambling : her personal need to end the earlier constraints which she had endured , outlawing the joys of shitting and coprophilia , drove her to open the doors of the Stock Exchange , and end its exclusivity . ’ |
| 24 | But this does not ensure credibility , which is related to the way the child 's account is obtained . |
| 25 | But as Carl Simonton , the radiation oncologist prominent in the holistic health movement , and others point out , this does not isolate diet as the sole or even the main cause and it is likely that cultural factors , for which Japan is unique among industrialised nations , may be more significant ( Simonton et al . |
| 26 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |
| 27 | This does not deny Government any role at all . |
| 28 | In what has been described , we have moved from a model of a community in which neighbourly acts were performed within clearly defined limits , with reciprocal benefits looming large , to a model in which , so far as very old people are concerned , such acts are more often the product of altruism ( remembering that this does not deny gratification to the giver ) and of a more systematic attempt to offer and channel care appropriately . |
| 29 | This does not increase suppleness , as such , but it loosens the joint |
| 30 | Schrader refers to the short , written out cadenza-like flourish just before the final cadences of the Prelude in F minor BWV534 as a precedent , but this does not seem justification enough , particularly as the cadenza he provides in this case is much more than merely a brief manual flourish . |