Example sentences of "this [adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This naturally produces very large degrees of freedom meaning that even relatively small correlations may be significantly different from zero .
2 This generally works out cheaper , allows you to incorporate photographs and colour and produces a better result .
3 This usually involves both temporary and permanent wedges to ensure the glass sits correctly in the frame
4 This usually involves over 1,000 birds , and the highest count so far recorded was of 1,535 in Chichester Harbour on 30 January 1972 .
5 This still enables reasonably compact bar codes to be used , but keeps the reading process easy enough for inexpensive sensors to be used successfully .
6 This still falls well short of supporting the English law of manslaughter , where the ‘ unlawful act ’ doctrine allows a manslaughter conviction if death results from a mere assault or battery .
7 Brazilian cinema has expanded particularly rapidly , for its share of the domestic market has risen from 14 per cent in 1970 to 38 per cent today ( LAWR Brazil 25 Nov. 1983 ) but , nevertheless , this still leaves nearly two-thirds to films from abroad .
8 This also offers precious little science .
9 This probably explains why male dunnocks copulate with such extraordinary frequency — about ten times a day .
10 This probably explains why little children favour tall animals , that they have never seen in reality , to animals that slither and scuffle across the ground .
11 So , this now becomes very urgent .
12 The situation can be complicated if the metalworkers added small amounts of lead , or added pieces of scrap at the casting stage , because the ‘ signature ’ of the lead will no longer be that of a single source and sorting this out seems well-nigh impossible .
13 Planning controls on rural housing have therefore become — in effect , if not in intent — instruments of social exclusivity , although this often depends as much upon implementation as on the principles enshrined in the legislation .
14 The official line on all this often sounds remarkably complacent .
15 Eggshell paint will be fine — or deck paint , although this often looks rather dense .
16 But that 's , but the , this actually sets out that everybody will get the same , it does n't , it has absolutely nothing to do with people coming forward .
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