Example sentences of "this [is] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the court order may specify a time-limit in which the conveyance or transfer must be completed , this is rarely adhered to . |
| 2 | This is particularly suited to simple , straightforward music ( hymn-tunes , folk-songs , etc. ) where no special atmosphere needs to be evoked , or where the composer deliberately wishes to suggest simplicity . |
| 3 | But if , instead of the present 50–50 split , this is soon loosened to 75%-25% in favour of the wider bands , or even 100% , then , asks John Thornton , why use common investment funds ? |
| 4 | All fungi require about 20 per cent moisture content in the host wood to germinate and although in new buildings the moisture content of the timber may be as high as 18 per cent , this is soon reduced to about 12–14 per cent by heating and ventilation of the enclosed spaces . |
| 5 | This is thus seen to be a continuous monitoring activity as changes late in the development programme , within say the concepts stage , could severely affect the confidence in all downstream activities including the actual articles being produced . |
| 6 | Again , while distraction can cause forgetting during the day , this is normally confined to very recent memories which have no obvious meaning ( such as unfamiliar telephone numbers that have just been looked up ) . |
| 7 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 8 | This once-for-all improvement in the relative wage of women coincided with the implementation of the Equal Pay Act , and this is generally thought to be more than a coincidence ( see Zabalza and Tzannatos , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | There were many more such households in the 1991 Census than in previous years ; this is generally thought to be because many people evaded the enumerators lest they be made to pay the Community Charge . |
| 10 | This is generally linked to a sense of the importance of personal development , so that RE can play a significant role in PSE ( personal and social education ) courses . |
| 11 | substantial — this is generally taken to be 10% or more ; |
| 12 | This is generally held to be wildly optimistic , and in some quarters , an impossible timescale . |
| 13 | It has long been known that the activity of these geothermal systems is intermittent , and this is generally attributed to the effect of magmatic intrusions or fault motions . |
| 14 | This is loosely referred to as an Ehlers transformation ( Ehlers , 1957 ) . |
| 15 | This is partly related to political values ; traditionally , organised voluntary activity has been viewed with greater favour by those on the political right , although in fact , unobtrusively , voluntary organisations have received much support by the old-style left . |
| 16 | Doubtless this is partly owing to echoes of the ending of Love 's Labours Lost , and also of Ambrose Philips 's ‘ Winter Piece ’ . |
| 17 | On the Macintosh Plus , the system we use , there 's a strange mini-DIN connector but this is easily changed to a conventional 9-pin connector with an adapter lead . |
| 18 | Nowadays it is thought that not much new water is generated by volcanoes or by hot springs and vapours , which speeded up in time through land-ocean changes and continental drift ; the vast majority of this is today believed to be recycled hydrospheric water . |
| 19 | This is probably related to an increase in the exposure of the colonic epithelial cells to short chain fatty acids ( SCFA ) , which in addition to being a possible energy source for the cells , may also promote cellular proliferation . |
| 20 | This is automatically set to " N " for No . |
| 21 | This is already starting to ‘ gloss up ’ with use , giving both these guitars a friendly , used feel after only a couple of days ' playing . |
| 22 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 23 | The ‘ whistlation ’ lasted four days , as the pioneer had to repeat himself 808 million times , until someone realised he was whistling the words , ‘ this is just going to be a short whistle because I have very sore throat . ’ |
| 24 | This is closely related to the more general idea of a common association base ( CAB ) : the argument is that some sort of conceptual link has to be formed between individuals which have been introduced if they are to be referred to by a plural pronoun . |
| 25 | This is closely related to how realistic the programme is . |
| 26 | This is closely related to the history of the town centre development . |
| 27 | This is closely related to perceptions of life expectancy ; some people not only anticipate that they may age more quickly , but also that they may die at a younger age . |
| 28 | This is closely related to an absorption spectrum , but not identical to it , because the ‘ spectrum ’ recorded relates only to those molecules that fluoresce rather than losing energy in other ways . |
| 29 | This is closely linked to their passivity : it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world . |
| 30 | This is plausibly believed to be Gorm , Harald 's father , originally interred in pagan fashion in the north mound , and later moved to the church built by his Christian son . |