Example sentences of "this [noun sg] of [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In part this change of attitude has been caused by an awareness that the earliest manuscript of the Histories , which contains only an abridged version of the first six books , does not reflect Gregory 's own intentions . |
| 2 | In human pathology , this kind of mutation has been correlated with severe diseases such as the Kearns-Sayre syndrome , but the mutant strain , does not seem to be affected by the mutation ( 1 ) . |
| 3 | The Darwinians assumed that this kind of coloration had been developed by natural selection . |
| 4 | This kind of repetition has been a method of construction used by composers from Franck , through the French Impressionists , to such as Delius and Lennox Berkeley , and Ravel found it so fruitful that phrase repetition runs through entire movements of his music : In this example the melody does not change on repetition , and Ravel uses the technique to create a series of semi-static periods . |
| 5 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 6 | This kind of criticism has been made by the writers mentioned above , and has also been amplified by Rowbotham et al . |
| 7 | This kind of universalism has been strengthened more recently by the work of Braverman ( 1974 ) who argued that ‘ Taylorism ’ represents the essence of capitalist management , the profoundly anti-democratic invariant to be found within all branches of capitalist production , imposed by the rationality of profit . |
| 8 | This kind of thing has been said about Hamlet , to whom , as I say , Kelman alludes , and more than alludes . |
| 9 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 10 | The type of research which this kind of geology necessitates is careful , painstaking fieldwork , covering large areas of difficult terrain , and it is only by long-term work involving many individuals that the answers to the problems can be found . |
| 11 | It is deceptively easy to keep busy maintaining the status quo , and belief in this function of management has been the source of the relative decline of many proud companies . |
| 12 | This wave of opposition had been echoed in Muslim and Third World countries . |
| 13 | The fact that the total expenditure for components X and Y is shown in the budget for the forthcoming six month period implies this level of expenditure has been endorsed by top management and therefore requires no further authorization from them . |
| 14 | However , in the words of the track 's marketing manager , George Steele , replacing this level of prize-money has been ‘ a nightmare in the current economic climate , though to get a Scottish-based company coming to our aid is marvellous ’ . |
| 15 | But this chorus of praise has been cancelled out by opponents who question both the fiscal and museological sense of the transaction . |
| 16 | I do not have space here to discuss the various ways in which versions of this conception of self have been influential , in philosophy and psychology , for instance . |
| 17 | The case of Nicholson v. Revill is one of the many instances in which this rule of law has been applied , and the reason upon which the rule is founded is as clear and plain as the rule itself . |
| 18 | Without the use of the capital and small letters in combination , it would not have been possible to identify how this piece of notation had been synthesized . |
| 19 | The guardian is given the important task of assessing whether this degree of understanding has been achieved . |
| 20 | The purpose of that , or the reasoning behind f behind that , was that , over the last few years erm , this type of expenditure has been charged not to Social Services but to the section one three seven account . |
| 21 | This type of evaluation has been called illuminative evaluation by Parlett and Hamilton , and responsive evaluation by Stake . |
| 22 | Within the total for universities , seven were providing no Chapter III courses and of the five which did , most of the twenty-one listed in the table were arranged by Birmingham where this type of course had been offered in the industrial areas prior to the introduction of the 1932 Adult Education Regulations and which had continued under an established precedent . |
| 23 | This type of equipment has been widely used on the continent of Europe and particularly in West Germany and Switzerland . |
| 24 | There are many other examples in which this type of protection has been effective . |
| 25 | ‘ This type of operation has been run before but never to this standard . |
| 26 | An example of this type of development has been analysed by Ambrose ( 1974 ) in Ringmer , Sussex . |
| 27 | A crucial requirement for this type of reaction to occur is the presence of solid state channels for the transport of the atomic nitrogen atoms . |
| 28 | It is well known that the plastic used on original Fenders used to fade from white to a sort of greenish grey , and this type of scratchplate has been on offer as a cosmetic retro-fit for some time . |
| 29 | This type of stomach has been referred to as having an ‘ acid antrum ’ . |
| 30 | This type of model has been implemented by many other large organizations including American Greeting Cards , Amoco Chemical Company , Atomic Energy of Canada , Bell Canada , Electronic Surveillance Command of the United States Air Force , North-western Bell , and Union Carbide . |