Example sentences of "this [noun] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Brezhnev 's opinion an accord of this kind involving the states of the region as ‘ full-fledged parties ’ , would act as a ‘ reliable guarantee ’ of their security . |
| 2 | This quake happened in Tangshan province in north-east China and is the only one ever known to have occurred in a really densely populated area , in this case involving the major cities of Peking and Tientsin . |
| 3 | In my judgment , the court should construe the relevant provisions , where the wording so permits , to promote and not to frustrate the evident legislative purpose , in this case reinforcing the position of contractual receivers . |
| 4 | The desire of politicians to control annual outcomes in this way was unrealistic when applied to a policy in which the industry 's own long-term objectives ( in this case overcoming the capacity backlog ) were in conflict . |
| 5 | It is not so difficult , in these circumstances , to accept that at least one of the pilgrim-tellers should be represented as speaking through an incongruously feigned mouthpiece , in this case strengthening the antifeminist line of the tale by purporting to speak as a woman . |
| 6 | In this case asking the question what is the future benefit to be received often unblocks the problem for students . |
| 7 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 8 | Count the number of words in this sentence using the –1 key . |
| 9 | This fragmentation following the 1986 restructuring produced a lack of co-ordination and an absence of overall control . |
| 10 | The comments made earlier in this chapter covering the balance of ability and mutual interdependence of sub-contract gangs apply equally to directly employed labour gangs . |
| 11 | But the easiest to explain it is the fact there is that less gravity on this side holding the sea water in . |
| 12 | ah she said she saw this fella hitting the wall and hitting the football halfway out in the road , it was fucking me . |
| 13 | Simulated recogniser output was produced for this text , and the overlap program run on this data using the collocation dictionary as its source of information . |
| 14 | THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN , which will be a computerised databank of material about the Members of the European Parliament , is designed to fill this gap using the latest in information handling technology . |
| 15 | ‘ 11(1) Any person aggrieved by — ( a ) a notice under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works , ( b ) a demand for the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority in executing works specified in any such notice , ( c ) an order made by a local authority with respect to any such expenses , may , within 21 days of the service of the notice , demand or order , appeal to the county court within the jurisdiction of which the premises to which the notice , demand or order relates are situate , and no proceedings shall be taken by the local authority to enforce any notice , demand or order in relation to which an appeal is brought before the appeal has been finally determined . ’ |
| 16 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 17 | This exercise explaining the carriage controls is included in Ann 's Open Learning Video Course for the Ribber — Course No.7C . |
| 18 | The Nuffield study on the direction of social mobility from the 1930s is considered , together with the latest updating of this work following the 1983 election . |
| 19 | Donald Goodenough , in his scholarly review of the very technical evidence on this issue comparing the recall of dreams by different personality types , comes to the conclusion that while repression may be responsible for the forgetting of some dreams , it is not feasible that it could account for the majority . |
| 20 | Or maybe — in a siding only a mile or two from where I lay — a cleaner 's brush was at this moment encountering the bag , wedged back under the seat … |
| 21 | Two of the four Cd 2+ ions in the asymmetric unit , which are necessary for crystallization , are involved in this interface suggesting the stability of crystal packing in MUP is dominated by the interactions with the metal ions . |
| 22 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 23 | There was , therefore , no real chance of this community predicting the scale of the problem , and no prospect of the early signs of widespread heroin use being fully appreciated . |
| 24 | During this period following the collapse of Roman rule in the West , sometimes still called the ‘ dark ages ’ , Western Christians rethought the culture they had inherited from the ancient world . |
| 25 | The aim is to investigate and explain this shift using the particular example of the English relation to Jamaica . |
| 26 | ‘ I swear to God that Gabriel was in this room mending the television . |
| 27 | Roy [ Jenkins ] ruminated : ‘ Your memory is better than mine , Prime Minister , but I believe it is ten years ago to this very day that we sat in this room discussing the Defence Review . |
| 28 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 29 | He illustrates this point using the life event of separation . |
| 30 | It is also worthwhile spending time at this point examining the things that you know you can do but do n't bother with . |