Example sentences of "this [conj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Some , such as Schmenner ( 1987 ) , feel so strongly about this that they talk of ‘ the black holes of cost accounting ’ .
2 South Africa opened an " interests office " in Windhoek on Dec. 13 , 1989 , offering a full range of consular services , including issue of passports and visas ; the deputy head of the office said : " South Africa demonstrates by this that we want to be good neighbours and hope it will be possible to retain normal and friendly relations with the neighbouring state . "
3 Stevenson commented on this that we disagree in attitude , but not ( necessarily ) in belief , and in any case , for attitudinism , since the two statements express opposite attitudes , they are incompatible in much the same way as that in which statements which express opposite beliefs are .
4 It is this that we examine in the next section .
5 Do n't make more out of this than you have to .
6 Now you can do this if you wish of course on ordinary plain paper because all you need to do to create your five empty bars I would suggest is we 'll assume that 's your thing there .
7 That there 's always this if you scratch at the surface of happiness and goodness .
8 Now , erm , what 's wrong with this if you think about it , is that er it 's hard to know what fitness and fittest means and although I 'm now gon na spend about ten minutes talking about it , this will be the last time you 'll hear me mention the word fitness , and I strongly advise you to do the same , for reasons which I will now n now explain .
9 Be prepared to question this if you want to , and do not retreat from any withering looks .
10 I , I 'd rather finish with the other question , or , or the made by the Major in the press question , are you , do you want to follow up the , I mean , have a vote on this if you want to ?
11 You know I always let myself be advised by you , and of course I 'll bow to your judgement on this if I have to
12 I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice .
13 But they 're doing this and they seem to be doing it quite unstressed .
14 put it together on a training session on this and they rely on you and perhaps talk through to the session and say look that when I say this sort of thing , will you be the person that demonstrates or gives me answer you know , this sort of thing .
15 So er as I say we do accept this but we have to er be careful just how much we undertake , and mercifully on this case there is no time limit , a and also I think we have the assurance from the board of world mission and unity , that they and any others who are , have something to offer , will help us .
16 ‘ Maggie , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm sorry to make you do this but you have to .
17 Most of us do this because we have to .
18 The tidal fall this morning was around two feet lower than normal — I know this because we live with the tide tables , but most people would n't think of it .
19 The answer is that individuals have to develop like this because we live in societies which have evolved through all three stages of economic and cultural adaptation ( and their frequent partial repetitions and recapitulations ) .
20 They 're , they 're suffering from this because they want to , they enjoy it .
21 ‘ I 'm doing all this because I believe in Labour and I love talking to people on doorsteps , finding out what matters to them .
22 So they go on like this till they get to late adolescence and then they can have a reasonably normal diet , having said that , they need constant monitoring and they would also be very used to a diet with not very much of milk , egg , fish and cheese etcetera .
23 We 've got two children at the swimming club here , so we thought we 'd do this while we wait for them .
24 where 's the beef ? so , so I 'm dubious about this in terms of quality of nutrition , in terms of choice being offered and I think we need to look a lot more closely at this before we jump into agreement , change or in the system .
25 ( 7 ) Whenever you come across a mortgage or a charge put " M " prominently in the margin ; tick this as you come to any subsequent statutory receipt or other discharge .
26 I 'll tell you this as I sit in the centre of my maze and listen to the clear song of the thrush : the murderous soul I met at Maubisson was one of the most chilling I have ever encountered .
27 And I 'm not quite sure why Age Concern , which has had this for I think at least twenty years for their Christmas Carols , which is not included .
28 Sir we 've only had this for I think for three minutes before the start of the erm of of this erm session , I 'm just wondering if we could have ten minutes to read it ?
29 For example , some people find this when they start on their goals for salt reduction ( they lose excess water ) .
30 It 's a vicar 's house , and thousands and thousands of pounds were spent and one wonders , you know , really whether this was the right moment , you know , the piquant moment to be doing this when we have in our streets men and women who erm are in desperate need .
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