Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This drives out a great deal of air through the porous clay of the mould producing a partial vacuum which helps to suck the metal quickly into place when the arrangement is inverted . |
| 2 | Ah … well this goes back a LONG time … well back to 1980 I think . |
| 3 | This points out the bridging nature of WordStar for Windows — it really is an amalgam of word processing and DTP concepts , and is likely to develop further towards the DTP arena as subsequent versions are released . |
| 4 | This starts along a walled lane which opens out into a field . |
| 5 | It may be reached on foot by using a track leaving the Ullapool road four miles out of Kylesku : this climbs over a high saddle before reaching the stream which can be followed down to the lip of the fall . |
| 6 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 7 | However it is linked to these things because they and it are part of a complex whole , and this rules out the simple correlations between two elements which Engels sought to establish in his ‘ historical ’ discussion . |
| 8 | This breaks up the upper crust of the snow and produces , in the long run , a piste which is firmer , and therefore better able to withstand 140 racers . |
| 9 | This takes on an added significance when it is remembered that geriatrics and the terminally ill are regarded as the failures of the health service and are often consigned to the young and inexperienced who , as one doctor recently put it , ‘ do strive very officiously to keep people alive because they are interested scientifically and they want to use every method they can as part of their training ’ . |
| 10 | But this takes out a philosophical loan that must be repaid in the post-philosophical sciences which explain the affinity in question . |
| 11 | This lays down a general statutory objective of making provision for new or better ways of providing legal services and a wider choice of person providing them , while maintaining the proper and efficient administration of justice . |
| 12 | Here the modifier this picks out a particular Thursday in relation to the speaker 's location in the week : this Thursday means the Thursday of the week in which the speaker is speaking . |
| 13 | This sets up a desirable chain of movements so giving a correct position at the top of the backswing which allows the player to swing the clubhead back to the ball on the right path , that is , from inside-to-straight , or as a theory has it , from in-to-out . |
| 14 | This sets out the basic principles upon which courts must decide issues relating to the upbringing of children . |
| 15 | This sets out the fundamental principles which should inform good social work practice and explains how local authorities should translate legal requirements into practice . |
| 16 | This brings in the other theme of how money can corrupt which is obviously shown by the ways in which Pip 's attitude changes towards those around him by becoming condescending towards them and showing little respect and compassion . |
| 17 | This brings out a fundamental issue in such work . |
| 18 | In the case of classical savings ( ) , the steady-state condition also includes the term , and this brings out a significant point . |
| 19 | Testing is the same sort of thing but this brings out the different functions that I talked about either summations or or products . |
| 20 | However , none of this makes up a complete education and training programme for a building surveyor : it is only the first part , the second being the professional training component culminating in the Test of Professional Competence . |