Example sentences of "this [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests . |
| 2 | He began by taking the wrong road out of Burford , then tried this lane to get back to the A40 . |
| 3 | Smokers really should take this opportunity to give up this addictive habit once and for all . |
| 4 | As a result of the amalgamation of ‘ COACH ’ and ‘ SUMS ’ we are taking this opportunity to find out whether the quantity being sent at present meets your requirements . |
| 5 | This opportunity to strike out for independence was precisely what her fiery Arien temperament craved ! |
| 6 | In the case of the simple penal code , the essential reason it is in the interest of a firm in this case to carry out the threat of punishment is that it believes that if it does not it itself will be punished . |
| 7 | The Regional Health Authority voted this afternoon to shut down the specialist chest and orthopaedic hospital . |
| 8 | In 1812 Cuvier used this technique to break up the chain of being . |
| 9 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 10 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 11 | If someone said , Okay nitric acid and calcium hydroxide. as long as you were using this chart to work out which are single negative and double negative , what 's going to happen to that one ? |
| 12 | We have asked the people who constructed this building to take over the theatre in January until March . |
| 13 | You know I think Leicester are one of the er one of the real favourites in this Division to go up . |
| 14 | Straightaway Steve got on to Malcolm and told him they needed all this money to join up with Scientology . |
| 15 | While waiting for this money to come through , he asked the owners if they would allow him to order goods for the coming summer season . |
| 16 | But how is this glory to shine through to others ? |
| 17 | ‘ Because I use this boat to travel around on . |
| 18 | In a taped statement broadcast on two radio stations yesterday he said : ‘ I , David Koresh , agree upon the broadcasting of this tape to come out peacefully with all the people immediately . ’ |
| 19 | Use the information in this chapter to draw up your own advertising campaign for the shop you work in OR the shop of your dreams . |
| 20 | It matters a great deal , and I want in this chapter to sketch out some of the implications of this inviolable link which the New Testament writers make between Jesus and the Spirit . |
| 21 | It is relevant to the theme of this chapter to point out that they have also been called " epieugeosynclines " , that is to say , fault-bounded geosynclines developed on top of old eugeosynclines . |
| 22 | Em , but that 's the reason is that there 's , there 's a shortfall of the government funding of one point eight five six on that rollover funding which we think it would be unfair to ask this committee to find out of you know cuts in other areas within our , within our budget and that 's the reason for the recommendation . |
| 23 | It is proposed in this plan to lay down all the streets , squares , spaces , courts , lanes , yards , passages , fields , gardens , etc. , etc. , in such a manner as to express the exact dimensions of every regularly bounded plot of land in the township of Manchester and Salford , that will fall within that square which shall be judged the most proper to encompass it . |
| 24 | Local education authorities in Northern Ireland were required by this Act to set up management committees for further education institutions , with some degree of autonomy , instead of managing them directly . |
| 25 | Once the prescription is dispensed , it 's sent to one of several pricing offices , which use this column to mark down how much the medicines or other products ( eg hosiery , dressings etc ) cost . |
| 26 | When we then find ourselves confronted by the weary who need sustaining , both in personal conversation and in public worship alike , we have this reservoir to draw on . |
| 27 | Time slowed down , Phoebe wanted this moment to go on for ever , this calm moment before the storm . |
| 28 | The Batband choose this moment to strike up with a counter attraction , and our Jeremy has a hard job making himself heard . |
| 29 | They were just finishing their lunch and Barton chose this moment to walk over to their table . |
| 30 | There are now signs that this failure to work out a coherent relationship between the two logics of approach will have to be addressed and in some cases this task has already been started . |