Example sentences of "this [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was with this kind of experience of rapidly changing war behind them that the English began their long conflict against France . |
| 2 | For Horner , this kind of evidence at least suggests that ; |
| 3 | It remains difficult , however , to measure this level of self-sufficiency on purely archaeological grounds . |
| 4 | The family has been in this part of Scotland for about two hundred years or more , from what I can gather , and we used to own a lot of the land around here . |
| 5 | This technique of thinking of how the notes relate to chords is an extremely important improvising and compositional skill , and you 'll find that perseverance produces results that are well worth the effort . |
| 6 | Therefore , the role of increased fasting and residual gall bladder volume — as described in this study of patients with acromegaly receiving octreotide treatment — in the formation of gall stones remains uncertain . |
| 7 | ‘ On Monday … ’ repeated the Substitute , as if wanting to take this piece of information in very particularly . |
| 8 | The study will examine the following issues : what types of coalition exist and how they vary both within and between the companies ; how the hybrid organisation links to the wider ‘ host ’ public sector establishment ; how companies monitor , assess and modify this type of linkage in both the short and long term ; how the companies regard these concentrated coalitions compared with multiparty , less directive schemes ; why sector equivalent companies have failed to initiate this type of linkage in the UK . |
| 9 | From the admittedly fairly simplified drawings on the Cretan seals , it looks as if the Minoans were in fact building this type of vessel by about 1600 BC . |
| 10 | Mayo repeated this type of experiment in more sophisticated conditions with salaries , coffee breaks , working hours and other variables . |
| 11 | Let us however confine this process of differentiation to only the cultural realm . |
| 12 | It simply scraps away at the rabbit 's hindquarters but a rabbit can sit out this sort of treatment for quite long periods before feeling any need to react . |
| 13 | I assume even your second wife would be used to this sort of thing by now but I looked you up : you 've got a boy ant a girl both around college age and — ’ |
| 14 | It was therefore very useful a tool for the Party to adopt during this period of experimentation of how to achieve successful reconstruction of the countryside . |
| 15 | The combination of this group of activists with either the residents or the workers was likely to raise questions on the continued operation of the factory , rather than demands for it to be operated safely , as the activists refused to accept that it was possible to work safely with asbestos or other toxic substances , following their similar rebuttal of threshold limits for exposure to radiation in the anti-nuclear movement . |
| 16 | But for the time being , for this group of travellers at least , the party 's over . |
| 17 | From this point of view at least the actions of the young do not need to be romanticised . |
| 18 | This excess of price over both marginal revenue and marginal cost is a convenient measure of the firm 's monopoly power . |
| 19 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 20 | And of course , the roads were all gravel then , no tarmac , see this cloud of dust across there . |
| 21 | But if our managerial hierarchical organizations tend to choke so readily on debilitating bureaucratic practices , how do we explain the persistence and continued spread of this form of organization for more than 3,000 years ? |
| 22 | I , I take My Noble Friend 's point indeed , but I think nonetheless er that er I have to say that there is a degree that we put it this way of understanding of how the process works rather more informally than the manner in which my Noble Friend has put it . |
| 23 | Such secondary pulses have been observed at about this time of year after very strong El Ninos in 1957 , 1956 and 1972 — but this 1982 ‘ secondary ’ would have been stronger than the ‘ primary ’ it belongs to , again raising the question ‘ why ? ’ |
| 24 | I suppose this set of instructions at least offers you the liberty of constructing your own timetable . |
| 25 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 26 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |