Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This goes to the six charities chosen by the Princess Royal , the Duke and Duchess of Kent , Prince Edward , and Princess Alexandra the Hon. |
| 32 | There is more chance of persuading the court to substitute its own finding of inferential fact from the direct facts , because this goes to the conclusions drawn by the trial judge from direct facts . |
| 33 | I resume my explanation of the Bill , and this goes to the very heart of the issues raised by the two hon. Gentlemen . |
| 34 | If s if he does n't why not and would , would you please tell us what possessed him to come out with such a , a remarkable statement and I think this goes to the what we 're talking about this morning . |
| 35 | This goes to the heart of how some judges would like to define |
| 36 | This goes against the general rule that says the bigger the band , the longer and more excruciatingly dull , the soundcheck . |
| 37 | This goes against the general trend of the rest of the survey ( which suggests that these groups are less well informed and less accurately informed about credit ) . |
| 38 | And if this goes round a sort of roughly circular track , the we 're not measuring velocity , we 're measuring speed . |
| 39 | This plays upon the naturally alienistic attitudes of hearing parents who desperately want their deaf children to speak because of parental fear of physical expression and the implications of having to express themselves in a predominantly physical mode in order to achieve basic communication . |
| 40 | This accumulates on the sea bed as coral sand . |
| 41 | Again this contributes to a continuing shift from manual to non-manual occupations which is affecting most parts of the economy . |
| 42 | This contributes to the separation . |
| 43 | This contributes to the lack of contact between the branch members and the members of the branch committee , leading both to feel isolated . |
| 44 | This contributes to the power of her work , adding an element of claustrophobia , but there is some risk of it being missed . |
| 45 | Although this refers to a Christian 's relationships with other Christians , it is legitimate to extend Paul 's principles to all human relationships . |
| 46 | This refers to a process whereby a child is rewarded every time it completes a desirable behaviour . |
| 47 | Alcuin [ q.v. ] says that Offa shed much blood to secure Ecgfrith 's position , and if this refers to a purge of the royal kindred may explain why Cenwulf was so distant a relative . |
| 48 | As we have seen , this refers to a sense of knowing who or where you are in a society which has increasingly ‘ spread ’ over time and space . |
| 49 | This refers to a culture 's ideas concerning beauty and good taste , together with an appreciation of colour and form . |
| 50 | Extremely small are the figures for We/Us/Our , where this refers to an aspect of experience shared by the poet and his friend ( Sonnets 1–126 : 10 times ) or mistress ( Sonnets 127–52 : twice ) ; also the plural You or Ye ( once only ) and the plural They ( twice ) . |
| 51 | This refers to an increase in the numbers of nematode eggs in the faeces of animals around parturition . |
| 52 | This refers to the professionals and white-collar workers whose earnings are linked to their skills and qualifications rather than capitalist ventures . |
| 53 | This refers to the length of the board measured in metres . |
| 54 | ( This refers to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross ) . |
| 55 | This refers to the decision of the NATO countries in December 1979 , when Europe more or less begged the US to act as its protector . |
| 56 | At its most obvious this refers to the placement of the school in the natural or man-made environment and I have already commented on the vast variations which exist , from town to country ; seashore to savannah , forest or mountain . |
| 57 | This refers to the area between Florence and Siena , including the towns of Castellina , Radda , Gaiole , Greve and San Casciano . |
| 58 | Therefore the flower is ultimately linked to the earth itself , which is thought of as part of a ‘ sphere ’ — this refers to the Ptolemaic system , already out of date in the seventeenth century . |
| 59 | Rather than the carpets , curtains and video , this refers to the quality of relationships which should exist between parents and children . |
| 60 | This refers to the question of whether the group of people or the situation that we are studying are typical of others . |