Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the preceding chapters there is a lot of advice about how to apply systems ideas , but , to encourage a more complete understanding , it has been necessary to surround this advice with detailed explanations and examples . |
| 2 | That it has been possible to reach this point in the book without describing the signs of insanity in detail is a measure of their universality and of the fact that most of us have an intuitive understanding of their general quality . |
| 3 | It will become clear on June 5th whether the president has been able to exploit this split . |
| 4 | The Chancellor has been able to offer this help because he has found some extra money in the Exchequer 's coffers . |
| 5 | Unfortunately has been unable to edit this issue as she has been in Charing Cross Hospital for treatment after her mole pregnancy earlier this year . |
| 6 | She 'd been lucky to get this flat and at a reasonable price , for accommodation in Branchester was n't easy to find . |
| 7 | But maybe she 'd been wrong to accept this job , wrong to come . |
| 8 | I would have been pleased to start this section in similar fashion , but could find very little evidence of improvements . |
| 9 | ‘ I see Dr Nichols would have been due to cover this evening 's surgery anyway . ’ |
| 10 | In one case , however , a misunderstanding of what are admittedly very unclear social security regulations meant that the minimum period was twice as long as would have been necessary to satisfy this objective . |
| 11 | Dear me , she 'd have been sad to see this day . ’ |
| 12 | I was favoured with your letter and should have been glad to embrace this opportunity of sending a packet of seeds to Dr. Manetti of Florence , but the season has been so cold that but few of them have ripened as yet , but if the next month proves favourable , I hope to send him some in November , if you have any opportunity to convey them . |
| 13 | A good spiritual director would have been able to interpret this experience and have led him , step by step , past these dangerous swings of mood to a disciplined equanimity which was rooted in a deeper part of the self and which was not so dependent upon exterior circumstance . |
| 14 | It would not have been difficult to fill this page with a glowing report based entirely on first impressions . |
| 15 | Certainly this method of drawing has not been seen at a later date , and it would have been difficult to produce this quality and style of work in quantity . |
| 16 | A car accident has scuppered Leeds ' plans to sign Australian Test forward Mark Geyer , who had been due to arrive this week . |
| 17 | Harriet was also , he had been surprised to learn this time from Laura , the author of a saga entitled Briony Rides at the Horse of the Year Show . |
| 18 | You 've been fucking put this thing on and ! |
| 19 | You 've been busy doing this surgery , too . ’ |
| 20 | He said be sure to back this horse — over the sticks at Fontwell Park . ’ |
| 21 | That Conservatives have been keen to sustain this argument should have sounded alarm bells for scholars of Conservatism , but the only alarming thing has been a tendency to accept this concept of Conservatism almost at face value . |
| 22 | We have been obliged to meet this difficulty by treating the lower prizes as marks of distinction for merit rather than as indicating special selection of the design as fitted for separate construction . |
| 23 | up to a point I have been able to illustrate this theme by drawing attention to contrasts which are likely to be familiar to all my readers , e.g. the difference in modern Western societies between monetary and non-monetary exchanges . |
| 24 | Attitudes appear to be somewhat unfavourable to ‘ welfare state ’ provision ; Newby ( 1979 ) suggests that influential local interests ( farmers and landowners ) have been keen to minimize local council house building in order to keep down rates — and through key positions on councils have been able to realize this objective . |
| 25 | The result has been that the Conservatives have been able to transform this country from the laggard of Europe in the hands of the unions with inflation well over 20pc to a lean , competitive economy with low taxes ready to take full advantage of the upturn when the recession ends . |
| 26 | I try to ride last so I can stop now and then to be alone , to look back and be glad that I have been able to come this way , but Tony has the feeling too and has bagged the back spot for the morning run . |
| 27 | Other researchers have been able to overcome this problem in split-brain patients . |
| 28 | Archaeologists have been able to follow this trade route across Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean by analysing pieces of amber with unique chemical properties which identify the source area in Samland . |
| 29 | In my own university , for instance , the number of first year students of biology that we have been able to accept this year has been entirely constrained not by the quality of our applicants but the physical size of our teaching laboratories . |
| 30 | At the time of writing , the NVC existed in draft form only , but we have been privileged to see this draft in order to prepare the following account . |