Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one person has in their mind the whole range of the project from initial conception through data analysis and system design to sitting at the computer and typing the program lines into the computer , it 's not only more efficient : the person is creating in freedom like an artist and is involved in the act of creation at a deeper level and as a result enjoys the whole thing . |
| 2 | We also have the paradox that ( as Posner , 1972 , p. 153 admits ) those same people who tend to argue that the common law promotes efficiency also reject the idea that regulatory law does the same thing . |
| 3 | One unexpected bonus ( for those with contemporary level perfect pitch ) , is the fact that this is the original E flat version of the Magnificat , which means that those used to hearing the D major revision can rest comfortably as the ‘ authentic ’ pitch adjustment brings the whole thing down roughly a semi-tone anyway ! |
| 4 | Beware of small point sizes and avoid the mistake of thinking that 10 characters per inch means the same thing as 10 point , it does n't ! |
| 5 | But tomorrow never happens — and , worse , the wife does the one thing absolutely guaranteed to put the kibosh on the whole matter . |
| 6 | Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out . |
| 7 | But this one , standing before me in her underwear , was immediately possessable , if possession means the same thing as physical penetration , or if possession is something you measure by its financial cost , and if possession is acknowledged to be temporary , a leasehold , an object you lose or abandon . |
| 8 | For Derrida , language replaces the signified thing . |
| 9 | , my mother does the same thing , no . |
| 10 | The fact that they are performing to a camera instead of just for the teacher or the rest of the class makes the whole thing less artificial . |
| 11 | A voltage across opposite sides of the sausage makes the whole thing into a huge Geiger-counter . |