Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success of ‘ Darwinism ’ shows that the majority of biologists recognized this point , and the only significant area of debate remaining centred on the problem of heredity . |
| 2 | The panel of experts signing this letter were recruited by the pharmaceutical companies involved in Spain . |
| 3 | The immense significance of the bureaucracy , politically , economically and socially , in the political systems of countries in the Third World has produced a variety of attempts to explain this phenomenon , including a theory of the post-colonial state which relates the pivotal position of the bureaucracy to the unique role of the state in conditions of underdevelopment ( Hirschmann 1981 ) . |
| 4 | The history of the poor law between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries was one of attempts to make this formula work — for local initiative with broad guidelines laid down centrally — despite social changes . |
| 5 | Surveys of houses showing this kind of distress should be left strictly to the structural engineer , as should prefabricated concrete houses , and those made of wattle and clay ( there are some ! ) . |
| 6 | A number of proposals addressing this issue have been considered including the " Fifth Directive " concerning company structures and the powers and duties of governing bodies . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got a couple of hours to spare this afternoon . |
| 8 | And the capacity of institutions to achieve this end was the criterion of their moral development and progress . |
| 9 | They continued to proliferate in the Ordovician , although many of the Cambrian kinds had died out ; in terms of the variety of forms present this period was perhaps their heyday . |
| 10 | A lot of walkers take this fact for granted , striding about in the sure and certain knowledge that nothing will drop from a tree and start to devour their head . |
| 11 | Ninety-two per cent of those in old people 's homes compared with 82 per cent of those in other sorts of homes had this amenity — a difference which fell short of statistical significance — but more of those in old people 's homes had a room of their own , two-thirds against half . |
| 12 | Many of our typical reactions in the presence of animals acknowledge this disparity in the language-games and is further fortified by what we say of them . |
| 13 | The draftsman employed several different forms of words to achieve this result . |
| 14 | Anyway , news reaches me of how the most loyal of husbands handles this kind of situation without falling unconscious at the table . |
| 15 | Moynihan and his growing body of supporters ridiculed this proposal , and many commentators felt that the administration would find it very difficult to reject Moynihan 's demand for an immediate social security tax cut ( which would benefit all citizens ) whilst pursuing a reduction in capital gains tax which would be of chief benefit to those who were already among the most wealthy . |
| 16 | There was a shortage of trained teachers and the planning of schools reflected this circumstance ; most of the instruction was done in a large school-room , off which there might be one or two classrooms which were used for teaching smaller groups . |
| 17 | A lot of Scots came this way via the Northern Line from King 's Cross and they were giving their Scottish concert in the concourse when a heavy metal band arrived and told them roughly to move . |
| 18 | It is not that varying degrees of procedural protection should not exist : the range of licences demands this diversity . |
| 19 | A series of articles outlining this strategy of revolutionary quality rather than quantity was published in Nationalism Today throughout 1987 . |
| 20 | That is why Britain 's Institute of Directors has this week been rudely attacking the government for allowing the business renaissance of the past decade to be ‘ torpedoed by runaway inflation ’ . |
| 21 | The training of probationers encourages this transmission , because after formal training in the depot each recruit is assigned to an experienced senior constable in the station . |
| 22 | Campaigns have been held across a number of universities asking this question to raise awareness about AIDS and HIV . |
| 23 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 24 | Conclaves of economists argued this way and that . |
| 25 | A population of individuals adopting this strategy could not be invaded by any mutant . |
| 26 | The Book of Proverbs expresses this dependence on God for trust in this way : |
| 27 | Due to the wide number of organisations providing this type of assistance Lothian Region Development Authority ( LRDA ) concentrate their direct grant aid on existing businesses wishing to develop , however , I have enclosed a list of the grant funds available from other organisations . |
| 28 | It 's a combination of costs incurred this year plus provision to cover erm , the costs of the settlement , legal expenses and other allied , and other related items . |
| 29 | Reflection on the analogous case of promises dispels this impression . |
| 30 | A module name can be specified so that only the the names of packages containing this module are shown . |