Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this goes down each time until finally |
| 2 | The talking that accompanies play with such materials as water , sand , clay , junk materials , and bricks , with dramatic role-play in the Wendy house and the model shop , and with imaginative play with miniature animals , people , and vehicles — all of this builds up spoken vocabulary . |
| 3 | This rules out radical new ventures . |
| 4 | The use of eqn ( 10.18 ) shows that this monster would only radiate 10 -30 W of gravitational wave power : this rules out any laboratory equivalent of Hertz 's experiment for the production and detection of gravitational waves . |
| 5 | All this rules out any causative connection between biography and literature , but there are cases where the Formalists allow biography a legitimate literary function . |
| 6 | This includes around one hundred works painted between 1780 to 1850 , when Copenhagen was a major European art centre . |
| 7 | Linked to video materials , this opens up all kinds of possibilities for learning by individuals or small groups . |
| 8 | This opens up possible discussion about dramatic structure . |
| 9 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 10 | My theory has always been that since Martin and I loathe losing to one another at games , this burns off any other rivalry between us . |
| 11 | When women do try to make such claims , this sets up predictable antagonisms between brothers and sisters . |
| 12 | Now this will affect a vast area of atmosphere , because the air moving over that sea surface tends to take up the characteristics and if the temperature 's higher on the sea surface than normal , the air becomes warmer than normal , and this sets up all sorts of reactions , it will probably produce a lot more clouds , for instance , and erm this in turn will cut off the sun 's rays from that area of atmosphere , and this will have an effect on the whole erm heat engine of the atmosphere as we know it so erm we 're now studying how far afield this is affecting the weather . |
| 13 | This sums up all of Owen 's thoughts on the futility of war . |
| 14 | Drying may be accelerated by flooding the surface with acetone several times ; this carries off some water when it evaporates . |
| 15 | Clicking this brings up another dialog box , where you can set which directories should be chosen , and specify the details that should select the file or files . |
| 16 | This comes in useful when the time comes to mark the position of the mortises . |
| 17 | Similarly , we will look at female crime and the reasons why this makes up such a small proportion of known criminality . |
| 18 | This makes up such a large audience that the de-limited field of cultural production is no longer de-limited . |