Example sentences of "and this [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously very close relationships are built up through being in a small , close knit group everyday , and this helps to carry girls through their work and exams . |
| 2 | And this helps to foster it because the tourist contribute well to the funds and this gets the children more prize money and so on . |
| 3 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |
| 4 | Moreover , different stances and modes of enquiry can exist in respect of the same object , and this helps to explain why considerable ambiguities and tensions can exist within disciplines as well as between them . |
| 5 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |
| 6 | He read — and this helps to fix the date — the beginning of what he announced to be ‘ a new poem ’ . |
| 7 | Tensions between right and left flared up in a dispute over the May 1968 by-election in the City of Londonderry constituency , and this helps to illuminate some of the characteristics of the Derry Labour left . |
| 8 | What the figures do n't show is the effect of the overall increase in labour turnover on standards : it ca n't have been good , and this helps account for some of the loss of business . |
| 9 | This is because some weight is given to the cash flows in early years of the bond 's life and this helps to bring forward the average time at which cash flows are received . |
| 10 | Any spare spaces available on courses for its own advice workers are filled by people from outside and this helps provide additional professional stimulation for its trainers . |
| 11 | Pupils know which keywords to use to find information since the keywords are part of their classwork and this helps to prevent lengthy and potentially confusing or searches designed to solve the problems of synonyms . |
| 12 | However , the installation and operation of robots and related equipment improves output , albeit not immediately , and this helps to increase jobs . |
| 13 | Some will give tongue when on the scent of a rabbit and this helps to determine their position and keeps rabbits on the move . |
| 14 | She knew his ways and had adapted to them and this seemed to give him a satisfaction which quietened him . |
| 15 | This school was the one with the most positive process score in our earlier study : it achieved good results for all its pupils despite a relatively poor balance in its intakes , and this seemed to reflect a very positive and cohesive ethos , supportive of academic attainment for all children , combined with a clear concern for their other needs . |
| 16 | He did n't come back for several hours , afraid of Mum 's temper but Dad said he would replace the mirror and this seemed to pacify her . |
| 17 | Then the paper that had published the earlier report recognised her name as that of the rather hysterical women 's libber who was planning to expose PopCon as the enemy of women … and this seemed to clear the matter up . |
| 18 | She took a step backwards and this seemed to satisfy him , because he went on up the ladder . |
| 19 | And this seemed to straighten her out . |
| 20 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 21 | Preventing substance misuse is largely a matter of controlling the availability of drugs and this involves controlling the cultivation and processing of drugs , preventing their import through ports and airports , and ensuring tight pharmacy security and controls on prescribing . |
| 22 | It is , therefore , most important to search for all the possible angles to a question , and this involves reading the question with meticulous care . |
| 23 | The Japanese machines will knit lace from specially produced and marked cards and this involves using the lace carriage for many transfer rows in between two knitted rows with the main carriage . |
| 24 | And this involves having a demonstrative understanding of the causes why these things have these properties . |
| 25 | Direct marketing is also an extension of telephone selling and this involves selling direct to the purchaser through mail order , television , radio , newspaper or magazine advertisements . |
| 26 | It 's one of my jobs to meet the boats and this involves assembling the visitors and talking to them for a short while about the wildlife and rules of the island . |
| 27 | On the other hand , there are battery chargers which can be run off a car 's lighter-socket , and this does open up possibilities for running camcorders at locations such as remote camp sites which do not have a public mains power supply . |
| 28 | Admittedly legal training may be a bit wider , and may include elements of economics and political science , erm than the kind of training that we have in Britain , but it is nonetheless a law-dominated training , and this does make for a difference erm in approach , I think . |
| 29 | Thank you , Mr Chairman , erm , I 'm here to say , it 's quite true to say that it does vary from year to year , on er , what our programme is , but er , we we also have to face it , that er , com compared with some other areas , both east midlands and nationally , we do not have the traffic , and this does go against our for T A. Er , the the traffic on our roads |
| 30 | Both pockets have two retaining straps with quick release buckles and this does mean a lot of excess strapping when the pockets are n't full . |