Example sentences of "[adj] this [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this points to a higher than usual intelligence quotient . ’ |
| 2 | All this results in a rare phenomenon : Marks and Spencer is a company people are fond of . |
| 3 | All this calls for a very careful and flexible system of budgeting and control , particularly at the outset and during the last three months of the year . |
| 4 | The afternoon 's programme will consist of Open Classes , a class for older children and one for mothers and Toddlers , all this followed by a full display programme . |
| 5 | All this made for a disappointing start but I am happy to say that much else is on an altogether higher level . |
| 6 | All this happens without a single bird appearing to twitch a muscle . |
| 7 | But all this comes at a cost , one which McDeere only realises as his new employers ' real work becomes increasingly clear . |
| 8 | Then he began to straighten up ( all this happened in a flash , really ) and I did hit him . |
| 9 | All this makes for a sea change in our lives , yet passes without comment during this campaign . |
| 10 | All this matters in a system with overlapping powers , with a tendency to divide Manhattan and its liberal politicians and the mayor from the concerns of the outer boroughs . |
| 11 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 12 | All this leads to a state of depression — with slowness of body and mind , inability to concentrate , lassitude , hopelessness , a tendency to sleep late in the morning and doze all afternoon . |
| 13 | All this leads to a distortion in academic life . |
| 14 | I did n't 'ave all this handed on a plate , ’ he said as we walked out into the backyard . |
| 15 | On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized sententious romantic flourish . |