Example sentences of "this [is] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is supported by evidence that hospital stays and admission rates are lower in HMOs than under fee-for-service systems ( Petchey , 1987 ) . |
| 2 | This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status . |
| 3 | However , this is followed in Article 92(3) by a further list of aids which may be , but which are not automatically , considered to be compatible with the common market , and could therefore be granted discretionary exemption from the general proscription . |
| 4 | This is followed by laughter . |
| 5 | This is followed by telephone advice work , and attending management committee meetings and management working groups . |
| 6 | This is followed by presentation of the much less appreciated production of Prague and Germany , France and the Gobelins , and the Bourbons in Madrid and Naples . |
| 7 | This is followed by bronchiolitis and finally bronchitis as the larvae become immature adults and move up the bronchi . |
| 8 | Renaissance poetry ( in Sidney 's sense of seriously crafted eloquent language which could include prose ) is perceived to be the province of the truly serious writer , and this is equated with elitism . |
| 9 | So while interest is received in the form of a capital value change , this is treated as income for tax purposes and not as capital gains . |
| 10 | On the next clock pulse this is transferred to Q i.e. Q = 0 and . |
| 11 | This is fixed in advance . |
| 12 | An account of this is given in Chap . |
| 13 | This is given in place of the ordinary single or married allowance , and is called ‘ Age Allowance ’ . |
| 14 | This is done under oath and may reveal the whereabouts of previously secreted assets . |
| 15 | In the extreme case this is done without provocation and through pure malice . |
| 16 | This is done for neatness of presentation . |
| 17 | In chapter 13 we discuss how this is done with contingency tables ; in chapter 14 the technique of standardization is presented , and you learn how to construct a standardized mortality ratio ; in chapter 15 the techniques of chapter 6 , of decomposing variation into a fitted and a residual component , are extended to situations with two explanatory variables . |
| 18 | My hope is , if this is done with integrity , it offers a uniquely personal point of view which distinguishes the artist from the craftsman . |
| 19 | My hope is , if this is done with integrity , it offers a uniquely personal point of view which distinguishes the artist from the craftsman . |
| 20 | This is done by highlighting and emphasising the rather amorphous print by means of colour marking . |
| 21 | This is done by PROMPT $P$G |
| 22 | The required action is broken down into small segments and a reward is given when the next segment of action is correctly performed — even if this is done by chance . |
| 23 | Sometimes this is done by statute . |
| 24 | 6/ End mass hunger and malnutrition — this is done by aid from UN , E.C. , World Bank , expert help etc. and through developing the countries own agricultural production they hope to be able to make the country self sufficient for food . |
| 25 | There is nothing to stop the parties agreeing , after a dispute has arisen , to refer their dispute to an expert for his determination , and this is done from time to time , in the same way as arbitration agreements . |
| 26 | However , if this is done in year one , there is no interest paid at all . |
| 27 | This is done in Appendix C , but to anticipate briefly , the reasons depend in essence on two facts : ( a ) Whenever a property is qualified it remains a property , so that e.g. ( P P ) P reduces to P P ; ( b ) The property of an adjective can not normally be applied to another property-word but only to an E. Thus while ( P E ) P reduces from a purely structural point of view to P P , it needs to be treated as a distinct pattern when the final P is an adjective , since , unless the E can be taken into account , the structure will be literally incoherent . |
| 28 | If this is done in hardness of spirit , it tends to harden attitudes and drive people away for the Lord . |
| 29 | When Escalus cross-examines him , this is done in prose , as befits his true status ( 260ff. ) , and when Angelo invites Lucio to state what he can witness against the Friar-Duke , the medium drops to prose for all four speakers ( 327–33 ) , to be catapulted back to verse as Lucio pulls off the hood and reveals the Duke 's identity . |
| 30 | Look at the start of the play — Catherine is devoted to Eddie and Eddie is kind and even jokes about her independence — this is seen on page 21 , when Eddie says that Catherine will move away when she gets a job ( but this is said without resentment ) and Catherine denies it . |