Example sentences of "this [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 2 | This constitutes a revolution that has , I believe , been very generally welcomed . |
| 3 | D9 ) the batsman must simultaneously press the Bat button to halt the ball on this l.e.d. ; this constitutes a hit and the field display will then indicate his score or his penalty . |
| 4 | We can certainly agree that political sociologists have not confined their attention to the narrower governmental sphere or believed that this constitutes a part ( albeit an important part ) of the world of politics . |
| 5 | In a two-person game , if player 1 adopts strategy A and player 2 adopts B this constitutes a Nash equilibrium if neither player would gain by changing his strategy , so long as his opponent sticks to his . |
| 6 | Although this constitutes a piece of anecdotal evidence , it serves to illustrate the point about the value of the information content of dividends . |
| 7 | This constitutes a penalty to the deserting management by depriving them of any uplift in the market value , and gives comfort to the investors about the level of commitment of the managers . |
| 8 | Inasmuch as this constitutes a methodology , it presupposes learning aims which many students will not necessarily have an awareness of . |
| 9 | From Brussels and Strasbourg came the stern warning : ‘ This constitutes a monopoly — get rid of it ! ’ |
| 10 | In our opinion , this constitutes a violation of the Theft Act 1968 subsection 32 ( c ) and we would be grateful if you would consider the following advice : please stop going down Convent St. and entering houses without the owners ' permission . |
| 11 | The inspector argues that because the directors ( the husbands ) have the right to veto a transfer of shares , this constitutes a condition under s 685(4B) ICTA 1988 , thus taking the gift outside the provisions of independent taxation and rendering the dividends taxable on the husbands . |
| 12 | Together with inevitable involvement with patients and their families over long periods , this encourages a change of emphasis from diagnosis/treatment/cure to assessment/assistance/care . |
| 13 | This begs a question as to what is democracy ? |
| 14 | This begs a number of questions . |
| 15 | This denotes a quality or characteristic and answers the question Of what king ? |
| 16 | ( With the particular apparatus on which this description is based , this involves a reduction in the driving frequency of typically 3% . ) |
| 17 | This involves a willingness to acknowledge that co-operation can be difficult and that mistakes will occur , and a commitment to making the solving of problems a priority , rather than allowing them to fester . |
| 18 | A reason why a pattern of vertical stripes might have been selected as a social bonding device is that attachment takes place most strongly during periods of grooming ( right ) and this involves a zebra bending its neck creating vertical folds in the skin ( below ) ; the bold stripes could have evolved to augment and elaborate these dark lines . |
| 19 | It has to be able to cope with fluctuating events and changing personalities , and to do this involves a variety of social skills . |
| 20 | This involves a bailiff going to your debtor 's home or workplace and seizing and selling sufficient of his goods to pay your debt and costs . |
| 21 | This involves a parameter λ ( the proportion of available waste paper that is actually recycled ) . |
| 22 | This involves a change of character for Mason , who has decided to become , in his words , a lager lout . |
| 23 | This involves a change of research strategy . |
| 24 | However , this involves a change in the distribution of income . |
| 25 | This involves a criticality assessment of the problem as well , to decide if actions/measures are required immediately or they can be deferred . |
| 26 | This involves a survey of about 11 000 households per year from all over the UK to obtain information on personal income and expenditure . |
| 27 | Material has to be made into data and this involves a structure of inference that directs the material to research problems . |
| 28 | This involves a rail journey of approaching a thousand miles — Neryungri being , by Russian standards , relatively close to the sea . |
| 29 | Mr. Collins accepts that this involves a person or body being simultaneously an authorised person and an exempted person under section 3 of the Act of 1986 . |
| 30 | Of course , this involves a departure from the general subjective principle of criminal liability , since it involves imposing a duty on the defendant to ask about the victim 's consent before continuing with his conduct . |