Example sentences of "[vb infin] this [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I too will treat this group of writers as ‘ structuralists ’ and look at some aspects of their work to show how it has created an object for analysis that is relevant to the empirical tasks of the sociology of knowledge . |
| 2 | To understand them properly , however , we need to relate them to wider social structures , and we shall consider this aspect of sociolinguistics in chapter 7 . |
| 3 | No , I 've given ever such a lot of clues , do n't normally give this number of clues . |
| 4 | " … appreciated what you have said about not really meaning to offend anybody , I just ca n't square this version of accounts with that of your workmates , Steve , who insist , I 'm afraid , that you seemed quite serious about back-filling the canal with the tarmac allocated for laying on Colebrook … ah … |
| 5 | But tonight 's edition of The Cook Report will feature this recording of drugs being offered for sale . |
| 6 | If we can see this wealth of ideas as stimulations to the imagination rather than as what we have hitherto understood as literal truth we may gain deeper insights into the true nature of our relationship with the living Earth . |
| 7 | A student attending a well directed breast clinic may personally see this number of patients in less than a month and be taught to make an accurate clinical assessment . |
| 8 | The APU collection of questions was searched for items which conformed individually and collectively to the following criteria : — nearly all the items would have success rates between 60 per cent and 95 per cent nationally ; — all the items would have low omission rates among the bottom 20 per cent band of attainers nationally ; that is , they would not deter this group of pupils , who would be willing to " have a go " at them ; — overall , the items should cover a reasonable variety of topics , including basic ideas such as fractions , decimals , graphs ; and , — as far as possible the items selected would have a high incidence of a distinctive error or errors which would give them some diagnostic value . |
| 9 | But it is not likely that the Court of Appeal 's new power to review excessively lenient sentences ( see the Introduction ) , will greatly alter this state of affairs as there are a number of restrictions surrounding its exercise . |
| 10 | You can separate this group of instructions into a small sub-program . |
| 11 | So I 'd say , ‘ Okay , this is what he used ; it 'll cost this amount of dollars for the whole kit . ’ |
| 12 | You spoke when your face was turned away from me ’ or ‘ I 'll move this vase of flowers so that I can see your face clearly . ’ |
| 13 | I would be grateful if you could publish this letter of thanks to Trilcot Ltd . |
| 14 | We can read this assimilation of characters either as an irony beyond the Miller 's ken , confirming the limits of his churl 's intellect , or as a droll piece of self-examination and reflection on the character 's part : the Miller might , as he says in his prologue , be a cuckold as John is . |
| 15 | It might seem that 1991 can not match this catalogue of ills . |
| 16 | But I do n't suppose this bunch of morons we 've got here will ever read it because by the look of them they are never going to learn to read any thing ! ’ |
| 17 | This corporate issuer must review this range of activities carefully to ensure that the risk of underpricing the bonds is minimised . |
| 18 | Are there any circumstances which might change this state of affairs ? |
| 19 | ‘ Let's get this business of birthrights and loving parents in some sort of perspective . |
| 20 | He believed that it was possible to " foresee this war of positions between the two Spains lasting a long time " , unless there occurred " the intervention of internal political factors ( revolution in one of the two Spains ) or external political factors ( mediation or a more active form of intervention by the Powers ) " . |
| 21 | We can characterize this polarization of views in the following way : flexible accounting is concerned with accounting in accordance with the facts ; uniform accounting is concerned with accounting in accordance with the rules . |
| 22 | We will find this system of countships or counties recurring as a basis of Frankish government when we examine the campaigns against the Saxons in detail . |