Example sentences of "this [verb] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This covers topics such as : the calibration of hot-wires ( this is always necessary — hot-wires are not absolute instruments ) ; the geometrical combinations of hot-wires needed for measuring different components of velocity fluctuations ( a particularly important arrangement being two wires in the form of an X as shown in Fig. 25.2 ) ; the particular problems in achieving accuracy that arise when the velocity fluctuations are not small compared with the mean velocity ; the problems associated with velocity measurements in the presence of temperature variations , to which a hot-wire probe is also sensitive ; and much else . |
| 2 | This has repercussions all through the labour force . |
| 3 | This contains factors such as age , income , sex , occupation , size of family , type of dwelling , religion , social class or grade . |
| 4 | Animals that do this include fish such as the cod , which of course are highly mobile even as adults ; crustacea such as crabs and lobsters ; echinoderms such as sea urchins ; gastropod molluscs such as winkles , which are mobile as adults but are not able to travel huge distances ; and also — crucially — most of the animals which are sessile as adults — that is , remain immobile in one place . |
| 5 | This caused Eliot some surprise . |
| 6 | Merchant et al. ( 1987 ) for example , use the image processing system ERDAS to construct an index of vulnerability to groundwater pollution ; this uses variables such as depth to water table , soil type , slope and so on ( see Estes et al. 1987 for a similar approach ) . |
| 7 | This affects countries such as Somalia , which has been mentioned , Ethiopia , Sudan , Zaire , Liberia , Mozambique , Uganda and Angola . |
| 8 | This includes features such as dress , hairstyles and personal belongings . |
| 9 | This concerns matters such as heirarchy , scale , harmony , decoration and art . |
| 10 | This opens possibilities such as ‘ V ’ neck sweater with stripes on the right and hounds-tooth check on the left . |
| 11 | This followed cases such as Chandler v. D.P.P. |
| 12 | This creates situations such as that in Karnataka , says Reddy , where one aluminium plant uses 20 per cent of the present power supply , in a world with a glut of aluminium , and a state where not all houses have electricity . |
| 13 | All this took place some years ago . |
| 14 | All this took place some years ago . |
| 15 | ‘ Because there is this very large economic involvement , this gives Germany more power in Iran , more influence in Iran than any other country . ’ |