Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This term refers not to a single theory but rather to a set of assumptions underlying a particular approach to the study of perception and cognition . |
| 2 | This conception arises out of a ‘ distinct but recurring type of historical situation in which a fundamental challenge is directed at established institutions and in which the supporters of those institutions employ conservative ideology in their defense ’ . |
| 3 | This fear derives more from a recognition that they often lack the additional personal qualities which they see as necessary for certain types of work , which is why most policemen are reluctant to deal with rape victims or to undertake community and neighbourhood policing . |
| 4 | This chapter sits uncomfortably in a book about public disorder . |
| 5 | Bearing these points in mind , the remainder of this chapter consists chiefly of a discussion of backward projection of variability , including case-studies from my own research . |
| 6 | This chapter draws extensively on a paper jointly written with Michael Griffiths — Griffiths and Johnston ( 1991 ) — and his substantial contribution to development of the ideas in it is fully and gratefully acknowledged . |
| 7 | This machine reads more like a wish list than a specification : it 's a 66MHz DX2 with 16Mb of RAM , a 200Mb hard disk , a cached IDE local bus host adaptor , local bus video , topped off with Jumbo 250Mb internal streamer . |
| 8 | This article arises out of a research project on the ‘ Identification of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties : Participant perspectives ’ , funded by the Economic and Social Research Council , Research Grant No . |
| 9 | This point leads on to a further problem in sampling — which is non-response . |
| 10 | Adrian become–the over-protective parent to his miserable father and although we can understand how this behaviour comes about in a child whose parents are asserting their own needs , who are themselves needy children , it nevertheless feels funny , feels inappropriate . |
| 11 | This suggests that ri2 originated from the transposition of ri1 , but that this event dates back to a time before P.wickerhamii and S.obliquus diverged . |
| 12 | This argument comes close to a constitutional paradox — that people who are protesting against the fairness of the political system may find themselves convicted of serious offences because their mode of protest is a realistic one . |
| 13 | This mechanism serves equally as an informal check on the interpretation and use of the information system to ensure accurate advice giving . |
| 14 | This word works well as a hedge as regards a passing topic ( e.g. " this is arguably also the case in Aphra Behn 's other works … |
| 15 | This statement comes ahead of a report soon to be issued , covering the Community 's financial relations with 26 countries , pursuant to the Second Banking Directive . |
| 16 | This project arises out of an earlier ESRC-funded study in England and France which revealed unexpected and significant differences in teachers ' approach to their classroom practice in the two countries . |
| 17 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
| 18 | This animal rolls up into an almost perfect ball , with the top of the head and the top of the tail fitting close together like the last pieces of a jigsaw puzzle , leaving no gap anywhere for a predator to probe . |
| 19 | That this principle applies even to a person convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment seems to me to emerge clearly from the decision in this court in Reg. v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison , Ex parte St. Germain [ 1979 ] Q.B . |
| 20 | The epidermis at this stage consists simply of a single basal layer of cuboidal cells overlaid by an outer layer of squamous cells , called the periderm . |
| 21 | This forgetfulness comes daily in a blanket of fog . |
| 22 | My Lords , this appeal arises out of a memorandum of agreement dated 19 December 1930 and said to have created a lease for a term which was not limited to expire by effluxion of time and can not now be determined by the landlord . |