Example sentences of "this [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are doing this for the right reasons . ’ |
| 2 | Going public is an ideal way of doing this for the right company , but , unlike in the mid-1980s , it will not be an option for many smaller companies with most flotations now capitalised at over £25m . |
| 3 | But if you like , governments could do this for the non-teaching staff and not do that for the teaching staff . |
| 4 | You could say this for the new position : it took us back a way from the medical cut and thrust . |
| 5 | I assume you wrote this for the New Staffroom , though you are n't credited . |
| 6 | This for the first time established boards representing employers and workers to fix minimum wages in the largely ununionized ‘ sweated ’ industries . |
| 7 | Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them , and this for the first time . |
| 8 | This for the first time drew explicit attention to the contradiction between the order EX 77268 of 17 May , the " Distone order " , that " Chetniks and dissident Jugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy , and the agreement reached by 5 Corps that they should be handed over : " Ref F 77268 of 17 [ the Distone order ] . |
| 9 | Wycliffe did not prompt her but her mother , evidently hearing all this for the first time , had no such scruples . |
| 10 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
| 11 | Remember you 're going into this for the first time . |
| 12 | One of Mr Thomas 's conditions , supported by Mrs Noble , was that Edward and Helen should not correspond when he left for Oxford , and they agreed to this for the first term . |
| 13 | We 're commissioning the talent of the whole organization to achieve business success , ’ says Jim Whiston , ‘ and we 're in this for the long-term results . ’ |
| 14 | The WO then further subdivides this for the eight counties of Wales . |
| 15 | Is this for the key stage three what we 're doing ? |
| 16 | erm In this area , all our ‘ weather ’ as we call it , rain , cloud , and wind , mostly occur , so we have to study this for the general forecast point of view . |
| 17 | Is Synod willing to take this for the general assembly as a nomination for erm if she agrees to nomination for moderator general assembly . |
| 18 | I was interested in all this for the simple reason that as something that takes your fancy passes you , you only get a glimpse . |
| 19 | Other authors have been more coy : " I have left the central concept of this paper , namely pragmatic context , in rather thorough vagueness , and this for the simple reason that I see no clear way to reduce the vagueness at the moment " ( Bar-Hillel , 1970:80 ) . |
| 20 | If I can pick up with motion three eight zero which refers to the privatation of sat statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay the C E C would like reference back on this for the very basis that the point is they do still remain State benefits and those who qualify them , for them , are legally entitled to do so . |
| 21 | Figure 7.3 illustrates this for the same capacitor as that in Figure 7.2 . |
| 22 | Figure 7.3 illustrates this for the same capacitor as that in Figure 7.2 . |
| 23 | Or even , Rachel wondered , ‘ You 've got to say this for the old girl , she does keep on trying . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He left this for the little Romany Rei I reckon you be he so take it bor an plant no gorja curses on his grave . ’ ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Where is the space in all this for the little man ? |
| 26 | It may , in fact , be better to organise it for the day after you move , because being certain that everything will run according to plan on the day of the move is almost impossible , so it is better to do without your cooker overnight and schedule this for the next morning when you know you are definitely going to be there . |
| 27 | What 's this about the entire Unit ? |
| 28 | Can I go back to , I know I keep on harping back , but this about the actual designs of the light fittings , erm you 've told me that erm invariably the ceiling er lighting position was fixed by , being in the centre unless it was an open plan |
| 29 | I even felt this about the two trombones , who did not join the magnificent brass corps until its final chorale . |
| 30 | So that 's R Z , one Z two , that 's two R's together and then , what I calculate the side B , the square root of sixty minus thirty I , eh this about the hardest figure that I can do in complex numbers , the square root of sixteen , minus thirty I . |