Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This influences not only the nature of volcanic activity and landforms produced but also the processes tending to initiate back-arc spreading behind the volcanic arc . |
| 2 | Our officers say that this fits in perfectly with our plans for existing and new projects and I believe the officers . |
| 3 | As this turns up later in the memoir , I need only report that , out of dissatisfaction , I scrapped the manuscript more than once , and therefore I did not show it to Eliot just then . |
| 4 | These fixed connections in the brain might suggest that learning is impossible , but this turns out not to be the case . |
| 5 | You may think that all 300dpi page printers would produce the same quality of image but this turns out not to be the case . |
| 6 | Notionally , each of the bureau should be able to provide an identical service but , as we know from our own experiences and those of our clients , this turns out not to be the case . |
| 7 | Author and DJ Charlie Gillett reckoned Brenda 's vocal style was more influenced by R&B singers like Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker than by country artists , but this turns out not to be the case . |
| 8 | If this goes on any longer , he was going too , the doctor had told him . |
| 9 | ( This goes particularly well with a green vegetable , such as broccoli or spinach . ) |
| 10 | ‘ This goes much too far . ’ |
| 11 | This goes much further than the recommendations of the Royal Commission . |
| 12 | If this goes in easily by more than a few millimetres , rot is probably present , and you 'll have to strip off the paint so you can repair it . |
| 13 | This goes down well for a while , until the ‘ MC ’ puppet finally orders them to ‘ kindly leave the stage ’ or to be quiet . |
| 14 | There is a good deal of evidence elsewhere in the Digest to show that in civil-law dispositions too intention was regarded as the key to application of a condition or a term ; and this goes back as early as Pegasus . |
| 15 | This involves not only the introduction of new practices into a system , but their consolidation and continuation after the first enthusiastic impulse has worn off . |
| 16 | This involves not only a replacement of the formerly existing elements of production , but also the insertion of new elements into the new cycle of production . |
| 17 | This involves not only reflecting on why certain types of behaviours are defined as criminal in some historical periods and not others , but also why a particular criminal law comes to incorporate from relatively homogeneous behaviour patterns only a portion and exclude the remainder , even though each and every instance of this behaviour causes avoidable harm , injury , or deprivation . |
| 18 | This involves not only asking ‘ What is taught ? ’ but ‘ How do we ask what is taught ? ’ |
| 19 | Virtually every single item on the list of what ‘ we ’ as English , French , Germans or Czechs are said to have in common , can be acquired by immigrants who wish to do so , except physical appearance , where this differs very markedly from the norm of the receiving population . |
| 20 | oh look at the sky it 's grey , the sun came out for a minute , but it 's all grey again , oh , this sides ever so stiff |
| 21 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 22 | There are about 2,600 housing associations in England and Wales with a total stock of over 600,000 dwellings , and although this represents only about 3 per cent of all dwellings , the associations ' share of the total stock will increase substantially as the full impact of the 1988 Act begins to be felt . |
| 23 | This points not only to a severe differential in the quality of jobs between north and south but also to a differential in their rate of job growth over time . |
| 24 | This crosses not only departmental boundaries but also extends to collaboration with other Faculties , notably Social Sciences , Science and Engineering , Divinity , and Law . |
| 25 | This crosses not only departmental boundaries within the Faculty , but also extends to related areas in other Faculties , notably Arts ( history , philosophy and linguistics ) , Divinity ( theology , christianity in the non-western world ) , Law ( criminology and jurisprudence ) , and Science ( geology , biological and environmental sciences , and artificial intelligence ) . |
| 26 | In the first two cases , this has also usually meant that criminals are seen as being distinguished by biological or psychic features which are identifiable separately from the disposition towards crime ( although they are causally implicated in it ) . |
| 27 | This has however not deterred previous hagiographers . |
| 28 | Oonagh McDonald , the shadow treasury backbencher at the time , said : " Nobody should invest through FIMBRA until a compensation scheme is set up " This has thankfully now come about . |
| 29 | In 1987 the Jaw Commission recommended some radical change and simplification , but this has not yet been adopted . |
| 30 | This has not yet been found to apply to smaller predators of small mammals . |