Example sentences of "this [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So people have rung in on this direct line to find out what 's going on and things appertaining that could be useful to them . |
| 2 | ‘ Given the depressed state of the UK market , it was absolutely essential that we took this painful action to bring down our break-even point and thereby tailor our company to its potential markets . ’ |
| 3 | This required LEAs to set up a careers service . |
| 4 | Unleaded petrol is now widely available and it makes sense environmentally and financially to take this easy opportunity to clean up the atmosphere , and make our cities safer places for our children . |
| 5 | ‘ They have the same basic EQ as a humbucker , so you can get that really crunchy sort of distortion , but we also found that when you linked them up to a Fender-style five-way switch they had this amazing ability to clean up , like a Strat , in the in-between positions . |
| 6 | She 'd made her feelings towards him abundantly clear , of course , and common sense decreed that he leave this little drama to fizzle out , but he 'd glimpsed too many enigmas tonight to be able to shrug off his unease and walk away . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe … but veterans deserve a bit of R and R. Why this sudden desire to get back into the action ? ’ |
| 8 | Sh Now in order to help this black powder to split up the acid . |
| 9 | Do n't miss this great opportunity to look out for are swallowtail butterflies , hawker dragonflies and spectacular orchids on a natural history ramble around Blue Marshes National Nature Reserve in the Broads . |
| 10 | * Reports from Thailand suggest that , following the government 's ban on logging , Thai businessmen are taking increasing numbers of trees from Burma , Laos and Cambodia , in some cases using this legal trade to pass off illegally-felled Thai trees as legitimate imports . |
| 11 | Having allowed time for the full import of this profound conclusion to sink in , the NCO would then inquire : ‘ What are you ? ’ |
| 12 | The Anglican Information Office , a corporate member of WACC , has produced this new publication to follow up on Getting into Print which it published in 1975 . |
| 13 | Moderator I 've asked for this new clause to come in immediately after seven because of what in accepting seven we 've just done . |
| 14 | He would make available an extra £750 million to be used before the end of this financial year to buy up empty properties in the owner-occupied sector . |
| 15 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 16 | This latest attempt to sort out local taxation has all the hallmarks of another fiasco . |