Example sentences of "this [vb -s] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's lost a dozen in a decade and this goes some way towards explaining his surprisingly philosophical attitude to his own bad luck . |
| 2 | If a common phenomenon , this goes some way towards accounting for the ingrained belief that such growth engendered serious economic and social problems , not least Carew 's conviction that the opening of tin workings impoverished a parish , whilst their discontinuance restored prosperity . |
| 3 | This goes some way to explaining why the complicated campaigns within Toulouse in the second half of the century were largely fought out under the banners of the Angevin , Aragonese , and French kings ; and why the revolts of Henry II 's sons had widespread ramifications . |
| 4 | This goes some way towards typing the organism causing the disease . |
| 5 | This involves some expenditure , but this can be avoided if staff awareness is raised and a ‘ switch off ’ attitude is developed . |
| 6 | The important thing seems to be that teachers should be aware of this conflict and take some steps to resolve it , and this involves some kind of negotiation between teacher and pupils . |
| 7 | I make no apology for reminding the House of the quotation from Sir Winston Churchill upon which I drew last year : ’ It is said with truth that this involves some sacrifice or merger of national sovereignty . |
| 8 | This offers some sound control ( assigning WAV files to Windows events or individual icons ) and will animate your cursor , and look after Windows wallpaper and screen savers . |
| 9 | So it , this has some things in the picture gain importance , although I still the black and white ones . |
| 10 | This has some advantages , as the rotational envelope results in a spreading of the intensity of a band over a wide range , and may lead to overlapping of bands due to different vibrations . |
| 11 | This has some affinity with the Marxist position . |
| 12 | Now thi this has some implications for decision making . |
| 13 | Fine china sales have improved but the profit has n't and this needs some explanation . |
| 14 | This bears some resemblance to the definition communication referred to in Chapter 2 and seems to me to generalize the meaning of the term authenticity to the point where it ceases to have much significance . |
| 15 | The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment . |
| 16 | For this reason , more on-line measures of processing have also been used to study inferences since this allows some measure to be taken of when inferences are made . |
| 17 | An implication of this is that the contents of the operand field may be modified in accordance with the addressing mode field before being used as a literal value ; this allows some alteration of the value ( for example , by adding the contents of an index register ) without altering the instruction . |
| 18 | The success of this assay is dependent upon the choice of buccal cell donor ( Burke , personal communication ) and this casts some doubt on its usefulness and reproducibility ; it is clearly a difficult technique to standardise between laboratories . |
| 19 | This leads some adherents of psychoanalysis , especially those of a Lacanian disposition , to regard sexual difference — or rather hetero/sexual difference as it should really be called — as both tragic and heroic . |
| 20 | This includes some decrease in day pupils , who may have found places in ESN(M) schools , and in severely handicapped children attending schools within hospitals . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , we can conclude that many of the megalithic monuments had some sort of astronomical import ( and this includes some aspects of the Egyptian Pyramids ) ; as to their religious meaning we can only guess . |
| 22 | To do this requires some ability to acknowledge and manage one 's own infantile feelings rather than inflexibly to project them into the other . |
| 23 | Suitable arrangements for the instruments available have to be made and this requires some skill . |
| 24 | This requires some practise but once the skill is acquired it is far preferable to the alternative method which is to shred the oviduct with fine watchmakers forceps and collect the embryos from among the debris . |
| 25 | This requires some means of recording moves . |
| 26 | This requires some time to be spent on organising access to playback machines and on introducing teachers to the concept , but that time is well spent as it then frees the tutor to give individual guidance to teachers with problems . |
| 27 | Common sense tells us that this requires some form of trading activity , and although this will cover such things as the purchase of raw materials , capital equipment , etc. , it should be noted that if such actions were merely preparatory to the later formation of a company then these can not be considered as the actions of a partnership ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 28 | Draw in a little air to release the flavours — this takes some practice , and do n't worry about making slurping noises ! |
| 29 | As you might imagine , this takes some time and is also completely mental . |
| 30 | Del , and this takes some saying , is easier on the ear . |