Example sentences of "and this [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One single-handed edged weapon — not a two-handed weapon or an axe — can be sharpened with this tool , and this act drains the last magic from it ( other weapons can be sharpened subsequently , but this will not enchant them ) . |
| 2 | Its essential and distinctive feature is the substitution of a bodily state for a personal problem ; and this substitution enables the personal problem as such to be removed . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Meat and animal-based foods were put forward as the most nutritious form of sustenance and this propaganda changed the shape of generations . |
| 4 | The weather was wet and chilly and this run underlines the standard that White is setting in the club this year . |
| 5 | ‘ Therefore , the preliminary announcement and this presentation use the existing accounting format . |
| 6 | She welcomes discomfort , counts hostile situations and relishes third world countries , for she is driven by her life long ambition to be a travel photographer and this trip marked the first rung on the ladder . |
| 7 | She welcomes discomfort , counts hostile situations and relishes third world countries , for she is drive by her life long ambition to be a travel photographer and this trip marked the first rung on the ladder . |
| 8 | The three were presented in ascending order of rank and this order matches the extent to which the views are given ‘ non-prejudiced ’ justification . |
| 9 | The plan contains many elements of the prognosis of the anarchical factor ( e.g. the estimate made of crops , of the amount of grain available as a commodity , the amount of commodities represented by peasant production generally , and consequently , the estimate of prices ) , and this prognosis becomes the starting point for this or that directive . |
| 10 | As he spoke , and this lip joined the upper , so the wet dot transferred allegiance , and then back again . |
| 11 | For instance ( using the familiar Venn diagrams ) it will be said that the underlined phrase of ( 11 ) ( which is , incidentally , a zoologically correct statement ) owes its restrictive quality to the fact that there is an intersection between circle a , standing for the class of piranhas , and circle b , standing for the class of vegetarian creatures , and this intersection represents the beings denoted by the subject of the sentence : ( 11 ) vegetarian piranhas can be found in the Amazon ( 12 ) However , such implications are incorrect ; it is by no means necessarily true that the property instantiated by a restrictive adjective is to be ascribed to the entity qualified . |
| 12 | In Celtic spirituality the Holy Spirit is represented by a wild goose and this symbol gives the songs from the Iona Community their name . |
| 13 | And this glamourization obliterates the social reality . |
| 14 | At the water jump on the second circuit — the fourteenth of the twenty-two fences — the mare dropped her hind legs in the water , and this mistake handed the initiative to Run And Skip . |
| 15 | BGS has been working on this problem for many years , and this year enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 16 | He has enjoyed notable success abroad , and this year won the Derby Italiano for Carroll House 's Italian owner , Antonio Balzarini , with Prorutori . |
| 17 | We are currently witnessing the expansion of Satellite Television in Britain — providing more choice of channels , and this year sees the introduction of Stereo TV broadcasts . |
| 18 | Takamine have long since featured in the upper echelon of electro-acoustic manufacturers and this guitar enters the range in the mid to upper price bracket . |
| 19 | And this approach underestimates the scale of Thatcher 's dominance of the Tory political agenda . |
| 20 | It remembers which signals it has amplified and which it has not , and this information forms the 0s and 1s of a binary memory . |
| 21 | It is often a matter of difficulty to find out exactly what will have to be paid for haulage , toll and wharfage , and this fact increases the office labour in sending out tenders . |
| 22 | Advent means ‘ coming ’ and this season celebrates the coming of Christ . |
| 23 | A similar identifying code was to be sent to the last endorsee or owner of record of the original bill , and this code allowed the printing of the bill of lading , which was used to claim the goods . |
| 24 | ‘ What we have to do this time is to maintain that atmosphere , produce another good performance against Turkey and this time get the result we deserved against Norway . |
| 25 | In a trance-like state he re-climbed the wall and this time made the top , in pain but without further incident . |
| 26 | To get to them you need to go back to the fork in the road from Tardets where before you turned left , and this time take the right fork , for the village of Larrau and the Col d'Erroymendi ( yet another road into Spain , though one that is open generally for no more than five months in the year — these are snowy parts ) . |
| 27 | Helped by some workmen she tried again and this time reached the Wouldham side . |
| 28 | Julie nodded , indicated again and this time swung the car into a gap in front of the cafe . |
| 29 | I found myself touched , and this time let the silence stay . |
| 30 | Amanda did not reply , but the following week she returned to Dublin with one of her five siblings and this time visited the Rotunda . |