Example sentences of "this [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strips of this make ideal flashings for brickwork , whilst whole plates can be used to make weatherproof roofs for sheds . |
| 2 | In short , rapid population growth was a result of poverty and this asked fundamental questions about access and control over the means of production as well as the technical means by which they were developed . |
| 3 | This encourages first-time buyers into the market , believing that it is ‘ now or never ’ , and also encourages existing home owners to ‘ trade up ’ to larger accommodation . |
| 4 | HOW WILL THIS AFFECT LOCAL AUTHORITIES ? |
| 5 | Of course all this begs important questions about whether chemists have succeeded in duplicating the conditions of the early Earth but , even so , given that we ca n't answer these questions , the argument is worth pursuing . |
| 6 | This supplies varying impedances , in the same way that working speakers do — unlike ordinary power soaks which supply a fixed impedance . |
| 7 | This prohibits local authorities from intentionally promoting homosexuality or publishing material ‘ with the intention of promoting homosexuality ’ , or promoting ‘ the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship ’ . |
| 8 | This involves personal ties between those in elite positions in society . |
| 9 | This involves developing explanations for particular actions or behaviours that have caused problems , expressed in terms that both parties can understand and recognize in more positive and acceptable ways . |
| 10 | This involves close connections with operations analysis . |
| 11 | As was emphasised earlier " Is it genuine ? " is an important question , but there is a real need for pupils to come into contact with genuine , quality artefacts , that are some of the best examples of their kind , and this involves regular visits to the nearest general museum , to do work in depth on particular groups of genuine old objects . |
| 12 | This involves significant benefits with regard to financial and foreign trade operations , as well as financing . |
| 13 | This housed oriental manuscripts , many of poetry , mysticism and jurisprudence , going back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 14 | Beech claims that this aids fast readers skimming for meaning as well as helping learners with new words . |
| 15 | This produced double sets of office-bearers in the same burgh , with the result that commissions were given to two different persons as commissioners for electing the burgess to represent the District in Parliament . |
| 16 | This made short-term gilts an attractive buy ( before any interest rate cut ) , because of their fixed interest payments , so the price of these rose , driving down their yield . |
| 17 | Version 6.20 of Logitech 's versatile MouseMan driver software is supplied and this offers various utilities like programmable mouse buttons , Windows pointer customisation and even an option for the pointer to temporarily grow as it moves . |
| 18 | This offers concessional rates for leisure centres and adult educational courses to retired people and those receiving supplementary and unemployment benefit . |
| 19 | One might expect this to include advisory visits , aid with the development of study skills and so on , and to some extent this does happen . |
| 20 | This produces extraordinary scenes when traffic is heavy , with cars proceeding smoothly and quietly over the ramps , almost like a school of porpoises . |
| 21 | The breakage of the teeth has produced two distinct types of damage : the splitting described earlier has progressed to cut whole sections of the teeth away from the rest ( Fig. 1.5C , D ) , so that the crowns of the teeth are split longitudinally , and this produces split molars ( Fig. 1.5C ) as defined in Table 3.10 . |
| 22 | This produces early colours that go well with the wax-polished timbers , and accumulates to give the finish a smoothness and richness of texture impossible with more modern paints . |
| 23 | This produces annual rings in the trunk . |
| 24 | This covers identical articles and articles substantially to the design . |
| 25 | This has political implications for democracy and accountable government within the EC , but also for the stability of world trade , since the Community 's dirigiste thinking threatens to prevent agreement on liberalising trade in the GATT talks . |
| 26 | This has various effects . |
| 27 | The UK has an open and flexible labour market with little governmental regulation of the occupations at this level and this has certain benefits to the UK economy . |
| 28 | This has certain implications for the kind of research on the inner city that we are interested in . |
| 29 | This has distinct advantages over using eye drops . |
| 30 | This has major implications for those who develop and provide services . |